Specifications

1870
Founding year of Sartorius
The “university mechanician” Florenz Sartorius
founded a precision mechanical workshop,
“Feinmechanische Werkstatt F. Sartorius.”
1888
First short-beam analytical balance built
Florenz Sartorius unveiled a short beam
analytical balance that stabilized much faster
than the conventional balances available.
1927
A Sartorius membrane filter company was
started with Nobel Prize winner Zsigmondy
The company’s primary objective was research
development and manufacturing novel
membranes.
1940
Manufacture of the first filter devices
The first filter devices manufactured by
Sartorius facilitated breakthroughs in sterile
filtration and microbiological testing of liquid
media and gases.
1945
Key player in providing clean drinking
water during World War II
During and after World War II, people were
exposed to considerable risk of contracting
diseases. Sartorius helped alleviate the
situation by providing filters for testing
drinking water. These were the beginnings of
bacteriological analysis, one of Sartorius’s core
areas of expertise.
1960
Sartorius develops a range of
hemofiltration products for people with
kidney failure
Sartorius worked closely with leading
specialist clinics and hospitals to develop
hemofiltration products for patients with
renal insufficiency. Its crossflow filter units
were used to reliably filter out toxins from the
human body.
1962
Guinness Book of World Records
Sartorius manufactured a vacuum ultra-
microbalance called “Gastnanogram.” For
many decades, it was listed in the Guinness
Book of World Records as the “most accurate
balance in the world.”.
c. 1980
The first manufacturer of pleated
membrane filter cartridges
Sartorius was the first manufacturer to create
membrane filter cartridges using pleated
material well known in air filter technology.
This space-saving design is still the basis for
today’s innovations in pleated membrane
filtration equipment.
2009
The first fully modular-design laboratory
balance
Sartorius developed the world’s first
modular and menu-configurable series of
laboratory balances. As a result, they give
users customized instruments to make their
everyday workflows much easier and more
accurate.
1969
Sartorius is involved in the Apollo 11
mission
Sartorius caused a worldwide stir by weighing
the first moon rocks brought back by Neil
Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission.
1970
First subsidiaries founded worldwide
At the beginning of the 1970s, Sartorius
began to establish its own subsidiaries abroad.
1971 – The first subsidiary was founded
in Austria, then more companies were
established.
1975 - The U.S. subsidiary was incorporated,
which started in a hotel room in San
Francisco, California.
Sartorius Laboratory Products & Services
US Selection Guide 2015
Sartorius Laboratory Products and
Services is a global provider offering
integrated solutions for your everyday
lab applications. An industry leader for
over 140 years, we pride ourselves with
our innovative expertise, diverse product
portfolio, and excellent customer and
product services.
Strongly rooted in the scientific
community and closely allied with
customers and technology partners,
we provide laboratory weighing,
filtration, purification, cell culture,
microbiology, lab water, liquid handling,
electrochemistry, and moisture products.
Sartorius is dedicated to its philosophy
of “turning science into solutions.”
The purpose of this selection guide
is to showcase features, benefits and
specifications of our Lab products and
services in an easy to follow format.
Basic tables and simple graphic icons
will allow you to find the right product
for your application work-flows.
Since 1870