as lse ekf ekf diagnostics holdings plc industry health care biotechnology predecessor ekf diagnostics gmbh founded barleben germany 1990 founder jason sarrio headquarters cardiff united kingdom area served worldwide key people david evans executive chairman julian banes chief executive officer richard evans chief financial officer cormac kilty chief technology officer paul foulger company secretary revenue 21.658 million 2011 total assets 58.733 million 2011 total equity 37.427 million 2011 number of employees 295 2011 subsidiaries argutus medical quotient diagnostics stanbio laboratory website www.ekfdiagnostics.com ekf diagnostics entwicklung konstruktion und fertigung is a publicly listed healthcare company founded 1990 in barleben germany and is currently headquartered in cardiff wales uk . ekf diagnostics specialises in the development manufacture and distribution of point of care analysers for hemoglobin hba1c glucose lactate as well as a range of clinical chemistry products and biomarker based elisa & rapid tests a result of ekf diagnostics acquisition of stanbio and argutus medical . ekf diagnostics has nine sites in six countries and employs 295 people as of 31 december 2011 . contents 1 history 2 global operations 3 subsidiaries 3.1 argutus medical 3.2 quotient diagnostics 3.3 stanbio laboratory 4 references 5 external links history edit ekf diagnostics began as ekf diagnostic gmbh when it was founded in 1990 by jason sarrio in barleben near magdeburg germany . initially an engineering business the company made a slow transition during the 1990s to a medical diagnostics company when they started developing analysers for blood banks diabetes and sports medicine markets as well as acquiring other companies in the field . 1 2 2010 was a year of major change for the company . ekf diagnostic gmbh was acquired by international brand licensing a uk aim listed company which was soon renamed to ekf diagnostics holdings plc. 3 ekf diagnostics then began acquiring companies in the diagnostics field . quotient diagnostics based in walton on thames in surrey was the first it was acquired by ekf diagnostics in october 2010 for 3.41 million . this acquisition added a range of diagnostic devices to aid the treatment and management of diabetes and associated chronic disease to ekf diagnostics portfolio . 4 two months later ekf diagnotics bought argutus medical for 2.2 million . the acquisition of argutus medical expanded ekf diagnostics product portfolio to include biomarker based diagnostic elisa & rapid tests . 5 in 2011 ekf diagnostics acquired stanbio laboratory lp a medical devices distribution and manufacturing business based in boerne texas for us 25.5 million . stanbio life sciences an enzyme production company was also part of this acquisition . 6 7 global operations edit ekf diagnostics has nine sites located in germany uk ireland poland russia and the us and employs 295 people as of 31 december 2011 . seven of these sites are involved in manufacture of the group s products while four of these sites are also involved in various r & d activities . ekf diagnostics is headquartered in cardiff wales while the stanbio site in boerne texas is the administrative and sales hub for the u.s.a. 8 subsidiaries edit argutus medical edit argutus medical based in dublin ireland started as the biomarker division of biotrin international . the biomarker division was then spun out to become argutus medical before biotrin was acquired by italian diagnostic company diasorin s.p.a in 2008 . 9 argutus medical became part of ekf diagnostics in 2010 when it was acquired for 2.2 million . 10 argutus medical brought a range of elisa & rapid tests to ekf diagnostics product portfolio . the test kits have particular use in pharmaceutical research . argutus medical is currently engaged in a number of biomarker r & d programmes for acute kidney injury nephrotoxicity and acute liver injury hepatoxicity detection . 11 argutus medical is also a member of a number of external programmes including safe t imi . 12 in april 2013 argutus medical announced a change in name to ekf diagnostics ltd for consolidation and integration purposes . 13 quotient diagnostics edit quotient diagnostics was founded in 2002 by david chatterton as a spin out company from chelsea technologies group . 14 bought by ekf diagnostics in 2010 for 3.41 million the walton on thames surrey based company are now the r & d and manufacturing base for ekf diagnostics glycated hemoglobin hba1c analysers which are based on a parented boronate fluorescence quenching technology . 15 hba1c is becoming a preferred method for monitoring diabetes with the medical community . 16 in 2011 the production facility was extended to 900 metres squared to meet customer demands . 17 stanbio laboratory edit stanbio laboratory has been based in boerne texas since it was established in 1960 . stanbio was acquired by ekf diagnostics in 2011 for us 25.5 million and adds a range of medical tests and diagnostic devices including clinical chemistry pregnancy and point of care blood hemoglobin tests to ekf diagnostics product portfolio . 6 7 18 the boerne site also acts as an administrative hub for ekf diagnostics in the u.s.a. stanbio also have a second site in elkhart indiana which is an industrial fermentation plant producing enzymes for use internal use and for external clients . references edit american dream in germany ekf diagnostic group keeps on growing . pressebox . retrieved 1 may 2012 . celebrating the german re unification in a special way . pressebox . retrieved 1 may 2012 . ibl to acquire ekf diagnostic . growthbusiness.co.uk . retrieved 1 may 2012 . sion barry 2010 09 24 . ekf diagnostics buys quotient . western mail . retrieved 1 may 2012 . ekf diagnostics to buy argutus medical quick facts . smr . retrieved 1 may 2012 . a b ekf diagnostics holdings plc announces proposed acquisition of the entire issued share capital of stanbio laboratory l.p. ; placing to raise gbp13 million . reuters . retrieved 2 august 2011 . a b stanbio laboratory acquired by ekf diagnostics holdings . ivd technology . retrieved 2 august 2011 . ekf diagnostics annual report 2011 . ekf diagnostics holdings plc. 2011 . p. 4 . irish diagnostics firm sold to italian group for 25m . rte.ie . retrieved 1 may 2012 . ekf diagnostics buys argutus in 2m deal . healthinvestor . retrieved 1 may 2012 . a background on argutus medical . argutus medical . retrieved 1 may 2012 . argutus medical part of safe t consortium . business & finance.ie . retrieved 1 may 2012 . ekf diagnostics a new name for argutus medical . retrieved 10 may 2013 . company profile a new era in diabetes testing . angelnews.co.uk . retrieved 1 may 2012 . ekf diagnostics holdings plc announces acquisition of quotient diagnostics limited . reuters . retrieved 1 may 2012 . use of glycated hemoglobin and microalbuminuria in the monitoring of diabetes mellitus . agency for healthcare research and quality ahrq . retrieved 1 may 2012 . quotient expansion complete . ekf diagnostics . retrieved 1 may 2012 . sion barry . ekf buys major texas lab . western mail . retrieved 1 may 2012 . external links edit ekf diagnostics corporate website argutus medical website quotient diagnostics website stanbio laboratory website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ekf diagnostics & oldid 740251295 categories biotechnology companies of germanyhealth care companies of the united kingdomcompanies listed on the alternative investment market 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 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