| Headquarters |
Hilden, Germany (Operational Headquarters)
Germantown, USA (North American Headquarters)
Shanghai, China (Asian Headquarters) |
| Founded |
1984 |
| Number of Employees |
4200 worldwide
ca. 20% in the Research & Development department |
| Locations |
over 35 sites in more than 25 countries, sales offices in 60 countries |
| Customers |
more than 500,000 worldwide |
| Markets |
Molecular Diagnostics
Pharma
Academic Research
Applied Testing |
| Products |
more than 500 core products (marketed in more than 80 countries) |
| Intellectual Property |
more than 1270 issued patents
more than 900 pending patents |
| Annual Sales |
US$ 1,36 billion |