Eppendorf is a German company for the development, production and equipment and consumables for laboratories.
Eppendorf products are used in academic and industrial research laboratories, for example in the pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical and food industries. It is also used in laboratories that perform clinical or environmental analysis, forensic laboratories, and industrial laboratories that analyze manufacturing processes, products, and quality control.
One of the world’s most famous inventions is Eppendorf-type tubes – these are test tubes for collecting, storing and centrifuging material, with a conical bottom and a snap-on lid. This revolutionary tube shape was first developed by Eppendorf for microvolume applications and has been in production since 1963. She gained great fame and popularity, having proven herself in a wide range of laboratory tasks. To date, many manufacturers produce test tubes of this form, and the name has become a household name.
