Short History of Eurofins Scientific

Eurofins Scientific was founded in 1987 with 10 employees to market the SNIF-NMR technology, a patented analytical method used to verify the origin and purity of several types of food and beverages and identify sophisticated fraud not detectable by other methods. Today the Eurofins Group is a leading provider of analytical services with:

• an international network of around 180 laboratories across 35 countries in Europe, the USA, Asia and South America
• over 14,000 staff
• a portfolio of over 100,000 reliable analytical methods
• more than 80 million assays performed each year to establish the safety, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability, identity and purity of biological substances

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Eurofins' history can be divided up into four distinct phases:

 

• Start-up Phase
• Expanding the technology portfolio
• Establishing the infrastructure
• Becoming a global reference