History

1990 – 1991: Starting at Zero

  • Klaus Berka and Jens Adomat founded Analytik Jena as a distribution company for analytical measuring instruments
  • With the commercial register number 27 Analytik Jena was among the first company founders to be established in the final months of the GDR

1992 – 1995: Start-Up with a Future

  • New environmental legislation and the catching-up process in laboratory analysis brought about a huge selling market for analytical instruments in Germany’s new Federal states
  • Starting with tentative business premises — partly without telephone — the foundation for own company buildings is laid
  • Stakes in the first partner company IDC are acquired and pave the way for own products

1996 – 1998: Decided for Growth

  • With the acquisition of Carl Zeiss Jena’s lab analysis technology operations at the end of 1995, products, patents, employees and their know-how are taken over and the foundation for the "Analytical Instrumentation" business unit is laid
  • Considerable enlargement of production sites and possibility of own analytical systems due to the acquisition of Docter Optic Eisfeld GmbH (1997), Expansion by a new business segment of optical consumer products (optics)
  • The basis for "Made in Germany" has been established

1999 – 2000: Growth Euphoria for Shareholders

  • The company’s legal form is changed from a GmbH into an AG
  • The IPO (2000) generates EUR 24 m cash which secures the further expansion of sales activity and the vigorous advancement of research and development

2001 – 2004: Innovations conquer New Markets

  • The continuous expansion of the sales network is the first priority: Eastern and Western Europe, the United States and later particularly Asia, are the emerging markets for AJ
  • Company acquisitions determine the first years of the new millennium and extend the product portfolio by new business segments
  • The contrAA® is presented on the market and revolutionizes the Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
  • Analytik Jena has achieved the market breakthrough and is perceived worldwide as a serious player

2005 – 2008: Analytik Jena in the Fast Lane

  • AJ positions itself from a consolidated market position, with an own business unit even notably on the Life Science market
  • The strong demand in Asia for Analytik Jena products contributes to the distinct growth of the company
  • Acquisitions and distinct research and development investments in the Life Science area extend the product portfolio and the sales network in this emerging market

2009 – 2010: With Growth into the Future

  • With Biometra GmbH (100%) and CyBio AG (73%) global players are integrated into Life Science

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