industry laboratory analysis founded 1987 1 founder gilles martin 1 revenue eur 2.24 billion 2015 number of employees 23 000 2016 website www.eurofins.com eurofins is an international group of laboratories headquartered in luxembourg providing testing and support services to the pharmaceutical food environmental and consumer products industries 1 2 and to governments . eurofins employs more than 20 000 employees across around 200 sites in 39 countries and has about eur 1.4 billion annual revenues 2014 . the eurofins group offers a portfolio of over 130 000 reliable analytical methods for characterizing the safety identity purity composition authenticity and origin of products and biological substances . through research and development in licensing and acquisitions the group draws on the latest developments in the field of biotechnology and analytical sciences . eurofins pursued an aggressive strategy of expansion buying more than eighty competitors worldwide since it was founded . notable examples include the acquisition in 2005 of the german company mwg biotech and in 2011 of the us company lancaster laboratories the latter being acquired for 150 million euros . 3 contents 1 recent news 2 product authentication 3 see also 4 references 5 external links recent news edit in may 2015 eurofins acquired qc laboratories in the us and experchems in canada as part of its american expansion strategy . 4 in june 2015 eurofins announced the acquisition of biomnis in france for 220 million euros . 5 product authentication edit the company has developed an exclusive method of food analysis testing and authentication that has thwarted the counterfeiting of food goods and also cigars . 1 6 the company s testing can also detect food contaminants . 1 see also edit assay site specific natural isotope fractionation nuclear magnetic resonance snif nmr used by eurofins for the analysis of wines and other alcoholic beverages references edit a b c d e french le r seau botte secr te d eurofins l usine nouvelle n 2965 26.05.2005 german eurofins . der testsieger . warum der labormulti von skandalen in aller welt und neuen eu verordnungen profitiert focus 15.10.2008 french le monde entier s arrache les experts d eurofins capital 01 12 2011 joe whitworth 7 may 2015 . eurofins acquired us and canadian firms to push into americas market . foodqualitynews.com . retrieved 8 may 2015 . http www.eurofins.com en media centre press releases 2015 06 22 . aspx french eurofins trace son chemin en traquant les tricheurs l usine nouvelle n 2713 09.12.1999 external links edit official website short history of eurofins scientific v t e cac mid 60 companies of france june 2012 a roports de paris air france klm alten altran technologies aperam areva atos bic biom rieux bollor bourbon bull cfao ciments fran ais club m diterran e cnp assurances derichebourg dexia eiffage eramet euler hermes eurazeo eurofins scientific faiveley transport faurecia fonciere des regions gecina groupe steria havas icade iliad imerys ingenico ipsen ipsos jcdecaux kl pierre maurel et prom mercialys m tropole tv neopost nexans nexity orpea pagesjaunes plastic omnium r my cointreau rexel rubis seb saft silic soitec technicolor teleperformance tf1 group ubisoft vicat virbac zodiac retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eurofins scientific & oldid 732996316 categories cac mid 60companies of francecompanies of luxembourghidden categories articles with french language external linksarticles with german language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais svenska edit links this page was last modified on 4 august 2016 at 17 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view