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About Eppendorf

Eppendorf contributes to improving human living conditions

Eppendorf is a leading international life science company that develops, manufactures, and distributes instruments, consumables, and services for use in laboratories around the world. The product portfolio of the business units Liquid Handling, Consumables, Separation & Instrumentation and Bioprocess includes, for example, pipettes, pipette tips, centrifuges, mixers, ultra-freezers and bioreactors for cell and gene research. In addition, Eppendorf offers a wide range of high-quality consumables.

Eppendorf products are most broadly used in academic and commercial research laboratories, e.g., in companies from the pharmaceutical and biotechnological as well as the chemical and food industries. They are also used in laboratories that perform clinical or environmental analysis, in forensic laboratories and in industrial laboratories where process analysis, production and quality assurance are performed.  

Since 1945, the Eppendorf Group has been headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, and today operates production and R&D sites in Europe, Asia and North America and has subsidiaries in more than 30 countries. Today, the Group employs about 4,500 people worldwide.

Purpose

Our Purpose

Our commitment to people and the environment

Sustainability
Awards

Scientific Awards

With the aim of encouraging and supporting outstanding work of promising young scientists, Eppendorf awards two research prizes.

Eppendorf Group

Annual Report 2024

The Eppendorf Group recorded consolidated revenue of €980.3 million in the reporting year (prior year: €1,078.2 million). In comparison with the same period last year, this corresponds to a decrease of 9.1% (prior year: -12,6%). The Eppendorf Group’s operating profit (EBIT) likewise declined, coming to €39.4 million in 2024 (prior year: €116.4 million). This equates to an EBIT margin of 4.0% (prior year: 10.8%).
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Annual Report 2024

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Management & Supervisory Board

Dr. Christine Munz

CEO of the Eppendorf Group

    Dr. Dirk Eric Loebermann

    Chief Operating Officer

      Hans-Christian Stuff

      Chief Financial Officer

        Philipp von Loeper

        Chairman

          Prof. Dr. Elmar Hinz

          Vize Chairman

            William A. Linton

            Vice Chairman

              Poncho Meisenheimer

              Member of the Supervisory Board

                Marlis Kripke

                Labour Representative

                  Peter Schmidt

                  Labour Representative

                    Code of Conduct

                    It is our common understanding that we do not just wish to comply with legal and regulatory requirements. We feel committed to high ethical standards and principles. In order to prevent any - however unintentional - reputational damage, clear rules of conduct for all members of the Executive Board and all employees are required. In order to make our views of an integral corporate conduct transparent, we have defined and laid them down in a binding Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct for all employees and members of the Executive Board of Eppendorf SE and its German and international subsidiaries provides guidance for legally impeccable behavior based on ethical principles. The rules mark the commitment of both Eppendorf and its business partners to attach the utmost importance to the quality of business, advice and dealings with each other within their cooperation. The Code of Conduct also contains a procedure for reporting violations to help employees respond immediately to any wrongdoing they may encounter.

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                    History

                    History