• DIN EN ISO 9001 – quality management • DIN EN ISO 14001 – environmental management 50 • cTÜVus – product certification to facilitate access to US and Canadian markets TÜV Rheinland C US KNAUER today • AEO-C – authorized economic operator certification Our mission statement • Our passion: liquid chromatography. • LCA – life cycle assessment • Our driving force: pure curiosity. • Sophisticated and eco-friendly solutions which benefit customers worldwide. • TOP 100 ranking for most innovative businesses in Germany 2008, 2010, 2012 Strategic Alignment 50 50 Years KNAUER • Craftsmanship and innovation. Experience and enthusiasm. • KNAUER, a modern German family business – 50 years of knowing how. 50 KNAUER 2012/2013 50 years of pure curiosity! How curious are you? Products and Facts 2012/2013 for the next 10 years Product areas • We will strengthen our international presence and establish ourselves as THE German HPLC Chromatography instruments: KNAUER is known for its reliable and high-center of competence. quality instruments and systems for analytical and preparative HPLC, as well as continuous chromatography (SMB and Contichrom®). • Organized into strategic business divisions, we will focus on customer-specific and application-Chromatography columns and packing materials: KNAUER produces high-oriented solutions. performance sophisticated packing materials in-house and can supply customers with optimal solutions from one manufacturer. • We will develop new markets besides HPLC with existing and new products. Software development and customization: KNAUER offers complete soft-ware programs and services for chromatographic applications. • We will increase our market share in the fields of continuous chromatography and biochromato-Osmometers: KNAUER develops and delivers osmometers for medicine, graphy. physiology, chemistry and polymer chemistry. Company • 115 employees • 70% export quota Esteemed customers, partners, and friends, 50 • Worldwide distribution in more than 60 countries •Sponsorship of apprenticeships to develop skilled staff Being curious has always been a tradition at KNAUER – whether We thank you, dear customers, business partners, and em- Alexandra Knauer Dr.-Ing. Alexander Bünz, MBA • Production of components, instruments and systems in Germany in the pursuit of technical innovation, or in the search for ways ployees, for your loyalty – and for your cur • Completely self-financed family-owned business and our products. You have always been driving us to further develop and improve /mixxd2.1 50 iosity in our company Earned her diploma in Business Administra-Earned his degree and doctorate in chemical to keep KNAUER unique and to lead the company into the next an important force in tion with an emphasis on business-to-engineering from the Hamburg University of 50 years. our products. business marketing, organization and psy-Technology, followed by a postdoctoral fel-8 chology. She is an active member of several lowship at the University of California, Berke-Address and Contact Information /0 Most of the employees at KNAUER have been working together How curious are you? We invite you to learn more about our .0 Berlin business organizations and is commit-ley (USA) and an executive MBA from the S/2 for many years. We recognize that enthusiastic teamwork and a company and join us in meeting the challenges of the next U ted to various social projects. Member of the TSM Business School in Twente (Nether-Wissenschaftliche Gerätebau 28 good work environment are essential factors in our success. 50 years. 7 renowned Advisory Board of the Federal Inlands) and Promoter of Innovation training Dr. Ing. Herbert Knauer GmbH Hegauer Weg 38 14163 Berlin, Germany V7210 Telephone +49 30 80 97 27-0 2 ER U Fax +49 30 8015 010 A E-Mail info@knauer.net 50 50 stitute for Materials Research and Testing. at Humboldt University in Berlin. Held va-She and her husband Christian enjoy rious positions in the industrial chemistry spending time with their two children, sector and successfully managed a medium-With warmest regards, Lukas (12) and Melina (10). sized manufacturer of laboratory instruments www.knauer.net KN © Dr.-Ing. Herbert and Roswitha Knauer Alexandra Knauer Dr. company founders CEO and Owner Man 50 for several years. He and his wife Tatjana are -Ing. Alexander Bünz, MBA the proud parents of Julika (12). aging Director 2006 The modular PLATINblue system for ultra The unique "Smartline Assistant" can high performance liquid chromatogra- 50 accomplish a variety of tasks such as phy (UHPLC) can handle pressures up to sample preparation, sample injection 1000 bar and acquire measurement data or fraction collection. 1962 1996 up to 200 Hz. A compatible range of UHPLC columns and a compact LC/MS It all starts with a worldwide Development of the world’s smallest solution are also offered. sensation: Dr.-Ing. Herbert Knauer, SMB system for preparative continu-In 2011, the PLATINblue system is sup-then a 31-year-old chemist, develops ous chromatography for the separa-plemented with a high performance co-a universal temperature measure-tion of two-component mixtures lumn oven. We also release a life cycle ment device which can measure up such as chiral products. 1970 assessment of the system, the first ever to 1/1000 °C. Shortly thereafter he to be published in the HPLC field. develops another instrument: an KNAUER is honored with a gold 2008 2009 2012 electronic freezing point osmome-medal at the Leipzig Trade Fair in ter/cryoscopy device for determining East Germany – then a rare honor for Bioline is launched, the new product · AZURA® Preparative HPLC – the new molecular weights up to 3000 g/mol. a West German company. This award range based on proven Smartline product line for preparative HPLC With these two developments, the helps KNAUER to gain entry into 2001 technology optimized for biochroma-with a wide range of modules and base for the future success of the vapor pressure osmometry markets tography separations, in particular new column hardware featuring company, founded by Dr.-Ing. in Eastern Europe. Alexandra Knauer, daughter of the Starting in 2001, production is protein purification. The product line axial compression Herbert Knauer and his wife company’s founder, is appointed Ge-increasingly moved in-house to is further expanded with glass bio- · BlueShell – core-shell column mate-Roswitha on October 1, 1962, neral Manager and manages the further ensure quality and chromatography columns which rial for fast separations and high reso-is established. company together with her father. improve flexibility. can withstand up to 100 bar. lution at conventional HPLC pressures Introduction of another innovation: 1995 · AZURA Elements – compact LC detectors with fiber optics. modules which can be combined to create a complete high quality HPLC system · Contichrom® lab and prep-scale sys- 50 tems – continuous HPLC separation 50 Years KNAUER – our passion: liquid chromatography technique for multi-component mixtures 1962 2012/2013 2007 1974 1987 1998 Dr.-Ing. Alexander Bünz, MBA takes KNAUER develops additional analysis KNAUER offers columns with inner Completion of the WellChrom over from Bernward Rittgerodt 2012 instrumentation and marks its first diameters ranging from 2 to 32 mm, HPLC line, one of the most compact as Managing Director success with instruments and co-packed from an assortment of several HPLC systems on the market with on January 1, 2007. 2009 New central laboratory: KNAUER ex-lumns for HIGH PERFORMANCE LI-hundred stationary phases, as well as a scanning UV detector. pands and combines its various labo-QUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC). expertise in column packing and Bernward Rittgerodt joins KNAUER 2000 KNAUER introduces BlueShadow, a ratories into one new central lab with The company, still housed within the application development. as Managing Director alongside new product line exclusively for OEM more than 1000 square meters of Knauer family’s own large residence, Alexandra Knauer. Alexandra Knauer becomes sole business, suitable for both HPLC and space in which an interdisciplinary is bursting at the seams. The new As of this year, the company begins owner of the company. non-HPLC applications. group of employees perform company headquarters is completed training apprentices in technical research and development, test in 1974 and offers 4500 square meters and sales areas. products and carry out customer of working space for production, de-contract work. 2012 velopment and administration. TOP 100 award: For the third time, KNAUER is ranked among the 100 2003 most innovative medium-sized companies. Introduction of the modern Smartline 2010 HPLC series, including a diode array detector with an attractive price/ Veuve Clicquot, the French company performance ratio. and brand of premium champagne, 1992 awards Alexandra Knauer with its fe-male entrepreneur of the year prize Introduction of a complete range in 2010. In the same year, KNAUER is of products for preparative selected as the most family-friendly chromatography. company in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. 1976 50 KNAUER is the first European manufacturer of HPLC instruments in modular format and quickly become well-known for their outstanding flexibility. KNAUER’s biggest selling product at the time is the Pump 64. 50 2006 The modular PLATINblue system for ultra The unique "Smartline Assistant" can high performance liquid chromatogra- 50 accomplish a variety of tasks such as phy (UHPLC) can handle pressures up to sample preparation, sample injection 1000 bar and acquire measurement data or fraction collection. 1962 1996 up to 200 Hz. A compatible range of UHPLC columns and a compact LC/MS It all starts with a worldwide Development of the world’s smallest solution are also offered. sensation: Dr.-Ing. Herbert Knauer, SMB system for preparative continu-In 2011, the PLATINblue system is sup-then a 31-year-old chemist, develops ous chromatography for the separa-plemented with a high performance co-a universal temperature measure-tion of two-component mixtures lumn oven. We also release a life cycle ment device which can measure up such as chiral products. 1970 assessment of the system, the first ever to 1/1000 °C. Shortly thereafter he to be published in the HPLC field. develops another instrument: an KNAUER is honored with a gold 2008 2009 2012 electronic freezing point osmome-medal at the Leipzig Trade Fair in ter/cryoscopy device for determining East Germany – then a rare honor for Bioline is launched, the new product · AZURA® Preparative HPLC – the new molecular weights up to 3000 g/mol. a West German company. This award range based on proven Smartline product line for preparative HPLC With these two developments, the helps KNAUER to gain entry into 2001 technology optimized for biochroma-with a wide range of modules and base for the future success of the vapor pressure osmometry markets tography separations, in particular new column hardware featuring company, founded by Dr.-Ing. in Eastern Europe. Alexandra Knauer, daughter of the Starting in 2001, production is protein purification. The product line axial compression Herbert Knauer and his wife company’s founder, is appointed Ge-increasingly moved in-house to is further expanded with glass bio- · BlueShell – core-shell column mate-Roswitha on October 1, 1962, neral Manager and manages the further ensure quality and chromatography columns which rial for fast separations and high reso-is established. company together with her father. improve flexibility. can withstand up to 100 bar. lution at conventional HPLC pressures Introduction of another innovation: 1995 · AZURA Elements – compact LC detectors with fiber optics. modules which can be combined to create a complete high quality HPLC system · Contichrom® lab and prep-scale sys- 50 tems – continuous HPLC separation 50 Years KNAUER – our passion: liquid chromatography technique for multi-component mixtures 1962 2012/2013 2007 1974 1987 1998 Dr.-Ing. Alexander Bünz, MBA takes KNAUER develops additional analysis KNAUER offers columns with inner Completion of the WellChrom over from Bernward Rittgerodt 2012 instrumentation and marks its first diameters ranging from 2 to 32 mm, HPLC line, one of the most compact as Managing Director success with instruments and co-packed from an assortment of several HPLC systems on the market with on January 1, 2007. 2009 New central laboratory: KNAUER ex-lumns for HIGH PERFORMANCE LI-hundred stationary phases, as well as a scanning UV detector. pands and combines its various labo-QUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC). expertise in column packing and Bernward Rittgerodt joins KNAUER 2000 KNAUER introduces BlueShadow, a ratories into one new central lab with The company, still housed within the application development. as Managing Director alongside new product line exclusively for OEM more than 1000 square meters of Knauer family’s own large residence, Alexandra Knauer. Alexandra Knauer becomes sole business, suitable for both HPLC and space in which an interdisciplinary is bursting at the seams. The new As of this year, the company begins owner of the company. non-HPLC applications. group of employees perform company headquarters is completed training apprentices in technical research and development, test in 1974 and offers 4500 square meters and sales areas. products and carry out customer of working space for production, de-contract work. 2012 velopment and administration. TOP 100 award: For the third time, KNAUER is ranked among the 100 2003 most innovative medium-sized companies. Introduction of the modern Smartline 2010 HPLC series, including a diode array detector with an attractive price/ Veuve Clicquot, the French company performance ratio. and brand of premium champagne, 1992 awards Alexandra Knauer with its fe-male entrepreneur of the year prize Introduction of a complete range in 2010. In the same year, KNAUER is of products for preparative selected as the most family-friendly chromatography. company in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. 1976 50 KNAUER is the first European manufacturer of HPLC instruments in modular format and quickly become well-known for their outstanding flexibility. KNAUER’s biggest selling product at the time is the Pump 64. 50 2006 The modular PLATINblue system for ultra The unique "Smartline Assistant" can high performance liquid chromatogra- 50 accomplish a variety of tasks such as phy (UHPLC) can handle pressures up to sample preparation, sample injection 1000 bar and acquire measurement data or fraction collection. 1962 1996 up to 200 Hz. A compatible range of UHPLC columns and a compact LC/MS It all starts with a worldwide Development of the world’s smallest solution are also offered. sensation: Dr.-Ing. Herbert Knauer, SMB system for preparative continu-In 2011, the PLATINblue system is sup-then a 31-year-old chemist, develops ous chromatography for the separa-plemented with a high performance co-a universal temperature measure-tion of two-component mixtures lumn oven. We also release a life cycle ment device which can measure up such as chiral products. 1970 assessment of the system, the first ever to 1/1000 °C. Shortly thereafter he to be published in the HPLC field. develops another instrument: an KNAUER is honored with a gold 2008 2009 2012 electronic freezing point osmome-medal at the Leipzig Trade Fair in ter/cryoscopy device for determining East Germany – then a rare honor for Bioline is launched, the new product · AZURA® Preparative HPLC – the new molecular weights up to 3000 g/mol. a West German company. This award range based on proven Smartline product line for preparative HPLC With these two developments, the helps KNAUER to gain entry into 2001 technology optimized for biochroma-with a wide range of modules and base for the future success of the vapor pressure osmometry markets tography separations, in particular new column hardware featuring company, founded by Dr.-Ing. in Eastern Europe. Alexandra Knauer, daughter of the Starting in 2001, production is protein purification. The product line axial compression Herbert Knauer and his wife company’s founder, is appointed Ge-increasingly moved in-house to is further expanded with glass bio- · BlueShell – core-shell column mate-Roswitha on October 1, 1962, neral Manager and manages the further ensure quality and chromatography columns which rial for fast separations and high reso-is established. company together with her father. improve flexibility. can withstand up to 100 bar. lution at conventional HPLC pressures Introduction of another innovation: 1995 · AZURA Elements – compact LC detectors with fiber optics. modules which can be combined to create a complete high quality HPLC system · Contichrom® lab and prep-scale sys- 50 tems – continuous HPLC separation 50 Years KNAUER – our passion: liquid chromatography technique for multi-component mixtures 1962 2012/2013 2007 1974 1987 1998 Dr.-Ing. Alexander Bünz, MBA takes KNAUER develops additional analysis KNAUER offers columns with inner Completion of the WellChrom over from Bernward Rittgerodt 2012 instrumentation and marks its first diameters ranging from 2 to 32 mm, HPLC line, one of the most compact as Managing Director success with instruments and co-packed from an assortment of several HPLC systems on the market with on January 1, 2007. 2009 New central laboratory: KNAUER ex-lumns for HIGH PERFORMANCE LI-hundred stationary phases, as well as a scanning UV detector. pands and combines its various labo-QUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC). expertise in column packing and Bernward Rittgerodt joins KNAUER 2000 KNAUER introduces BlueShadow, a ratories into one new central lab with The company, still housed within the application development. as Managing Director alongside new product line exclusively for OEM more than 1000 square meters of Knauer family’s own large residence, Alexandra Knauer. Alexandra Knauer becomes sole business, suitable for both HPLC and space in which an interdisciplinary is bursting at the seams. The new As of this year, the company begins owner of the company. non-HPLC applications. group of employees perform company headquarters is completed training apprentices in technical research and development, test in 1974 and offers 4500 square meters and sales areas. products and carry out customer of working space for production, de-contract work. 2012 velopment and administration. TOP 100 award: For the third time, KNAUER is ranked among the 100 2003 most innovative medium-sized companies. Introduction of the modern Smartline 2010 HPLC series, including a diode array detector with an attractive price/ Veuve Clicquot, the French company performance ratio. and brand of premium champagne, 1992 awards Alexandra Knauer with its fe-male entrepreneur of the year prize Introduction of a complete range in 2010. In the same year, KNAUER is of products for preparative selected as the most family-friendly chromatography. company in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. 1976 50 KNAUER is the first European manufacturer of HPLC instruments in modular format and quickly become well-known for their outstanding flexibility. KNAUER’s biggest selling product at the time is the Pump 64. 50 • DIN EN ISO 9001 – quality management • DIN EN ISO 14001 – environmental management 50 • cTÜVus – product certification to facilitate access to US and Canadian markets TÜV Rheinland C US KNAUER today • AEO-C – authorized economic operator certification Our mission statement • Our passion: liquid chromatography. • LCA – life cycle assessment • Our driving force: pure curiosity. • Sophisticated and eco-friendly solutions which benefit customers worldwide. • TOP 100 ranking for most innovative businesses in Germany 2008, 2010, 2012 Strategic Alignment 50 50 Years KNAUER • Craftsmanship and innovation. Experience and enthusiasm. • KNAUER, a modern German family business – 50 years of knowing how. 50 KNAUER 2012/2013 50 years of pure curiosity! How curious are you? Products and Facts 2012/2013 for the next 10 years Product areas • We will strengthen our international presence and establish ourselves as THE German HPLC Chromatography instruments: KNAUER is known for its reliable and high-center of competence. quality instruments and systems for analytical and preparative HPLC, as well as continuous chromatography (SMB and Contichrom®). • Organized into strategic business divisions, we will focus on customer-specific and application-Chromatography columns and packing materials: KNAUER produces high-oriented solutions. performance sophisticated packing materials in-house and can supply customers with optimal solutions from one manufacturer. • We will develop new markets besides HPLC with existing and new products. Software development and customization: KNAUER offers complete soft-ware programs and services for chromatographic applications. • We will increase our market share in the fields of continuous chromatography and biochromato-Osmometers: KNAUER develops and delivers osmometers for medicine, graphy. physiology, chemistry and polymer chemistry. Company • 115 employees • 70% export quota Esteemed customers, partners, and friends, 50 • Worldwide distribution in more than 60 countries •Sponsorship of apprenticeships to develop skilled staff Being curious has always been a tradition at KNAUER – whether We thank you, dear customers, business partners, and em- Alexandra Knauer Dr.-Ing. Alexander Bünz, MBA • Production of components, instruments and systems in Germany in the pursuit of technical innovation, or in the search for ways ployees, for your loyalty – and for your cur • Completely self-financed family-owned business and our products. You have always been driving us to further develop and improve /mixxd2.1 50 iosity in our company Earned her diploma in Business Administra-Earned his degree and doctorate in chemical to keep KNAUER unique and to lead the company into the next an important force in tion with an emphasis on business-to-engineering from the Hamburg University of 50 years. our products. business marketing, organization and psy-Technology, followed by a postdoctoral fel-8 chology. She is an active member of several lowship at the University of California, Berke-Address and Contact Information /0 Most of the employees at KNAUER have been working together How curious are you? We invite you to learn more about our .0 Berlin business organizations and is commit-ley (USA) and an executive MBA from the S/2 for many years. We recognize that enthusiastic teamwork and a company and join us in meeting the challenges of the next U ted to various social projects. Member of the TSM Business School in Twente (Nether-Wissenschaftliche Gerätebau 28 good work environment are essential factors in our success. 50 years. 7 renowned Advisory Board of the Federal Inlands) and Promoter of Innovation training Dr. Ing. Herbert Knauer GmbH Hegauer Weg 38 14163 Berlin, Germany V7210 Telephone +49 30 80 97 27-0 2 ER U Fax +49 30 8015 010 A E-Mail info@knauer.net 50 50 stitute for Materials Research and Testing. at Humboldt University in Berlin. Held va-She and her husband Christian enjoy rious positions in the industrial chemistry spending time with their two children, sector and successfully managed a medium-With warmest regards, Lukas (12) and Melina (10). sized manufacturer of laboratory instruments www.knauer.net KN © Dr.-Ing. Herbert and Roswitha Knauer Alexandra Knauer Dr. company founders CEO and Owner Man 50 for several years. He and his wife Tatjana are -Ing. Alexander Bünz, MBA the proud parents of Julika (12). aging Director • DIN EN ISO 9001 – quality management • DIN EN ISO 14001 – environmental management 50 • cTÜVus – product certification to facilitate access to US and Canadian markets TÜV Rheinland C US KNAUER today • AEO-C – authorized economic operator certification Our mission statement • Our passion: liquid chromatography. • LCA – life cycle assessment • Our driving force: pure curiosity. • Sophisticated and eco-friendly solutions which benefit customers worldwide. • TOP 100 ranking for most innovative businesses in Germany 2008, 2010, 2012 Strategic Alignment 50 50 Years KNAUER • Craftsmanship and innovation. Experience and enthusiasm. • KNAUER, a modern German family business – 50 years of knowing how. 50 KNAUER 2012/2013 50 years of pure curiosity! How curious are you? Products and Facts 2012/2013 for the next 10 years Product areas • We will strengthen our international presence and establish ourselves as THE German HPLC Chromatography instruments: KNAUER is known for its reliable and high-center of competence. quality instruments and systems for analytical and preparative HPLC, as well as continuous chromatography (SMB and Contichrom®). • Organized into strategic business divisions, we will focus on customer-specific and application-Chromatography columns and packing materials: KNAUER produces high-oriented solutions. performance sophisticated packing materials in-house and can supply customers with optimal solutions from one manufacturer. • We will develop new markets besides HPLC with existing and new products. Software development and customization: KNAUER offers complete soft-ware programs and services for chromatographic applications. • We will increase our market share in the fields of continuous chromatography and biochromato-Osmometers: KNAUER develops and delivers osmometers for medicine, graphy. physiology, chemistry and polymer chemistry. Company • 115 employees • 70% export quota Esteemed customers, partners, and friends, 50 • Worldwide distribution in more than 60 countries •Sponsorship of apprenticeships to develop skilled staff Being curious has always been a tradition at KNAUER – whether We thank you, dear customers, business partners, and em- Alexandra Knauer Dr.-Ing. Alexander Bünz, MBA • Production of components, instruments and systems in Germany in the pursuit of technical innovation, or in the search for ways ployees, for your loyalty – and for your cur • Completely self-financed family-owned business and our products. You have always been driving us to further develop and improve /mixxd2.1 50 iosity in our company Earned her diploma in Business Administra-Earned his degree and doctorate in chemical to keep KNAUER unique and to lead the company into the next an important force in tion with an emphasis on business-to-engineering from the Hamburg University of 50 years. our products. business marketing, organization and psy-Technology, followed by a postdoctoral fel-8 chology. She is an active member of several lowship at the University of California, Berke-Address and Contact Information /0 Most of the employees at KNAUER have been working together How curious are you? We invite you to learn more about our .0 Berlin business organizations and is commit-ley (USA) and an executive MBA from the S/2 for many years. We recognize that enthusiastic teamwork and a company and join us in meeting the challenges of the next U ted to various social projects. Member of the TSM Business School in Twente (Nether-Wissenschaftliche Gerätebau 28 good work environment are essential factors in our success. 50 years. 7 renowned Advisory Board of the Federal Inlands) and Promoter of Innovation training Dr. Ing. Herbert Knauer GmbH Hegauer Weg 38 14163 Berlin, Germany V7210 Telephone +49 30 80 97 27-0 2 ER U Fax +49 30 8015 010 A E-Mail info@knauer.net 50 50 stitute for Materials Research and Testing. at Humboldt University in Berlin. Held va-She and her husband Christian enjoy rious positions in the industrial chemistry spending time with their two children, sector and successfully managed a medium-With warmest regards, Lukas (12) and Melina (10). sized manufacturer of laboratory instruments www.knauer.net KN © Dr.-Ing. Herbert and Roswitha Knauer Alexandra Knauer Dr. company founders CEO and Owner Man 50 for several years. He and his wife Tatjana are -Ing. Alexander Bünz, MBA the proud parents of Julika (12). aging Director