references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message synlab group synlab holding gmbh type german limited liability company gmbh industry laboratories founded 2010 1998 headquarters augsburg germany area served europe and middle east key people dr. med . bartl wimmer ceo products 5 000 test parameters services laboratory services for human and veterinary medicine environmental analysis revenue 700 million 2013 number of employees about 7 000 website www.synlab.com the synlab group provides laboratory services in europe for human and veterinary medicine as well as environmental analysis . with its head office in augsburg germany the company has branches in germany and in 19 other countries in europe as well as in turkey saudi arabia and dubai . the synlab network comprises around 300 facilities including 175 full service laboratories reference laboratories smaller routine laboratories and hospital laboratories . the group has around 7 000 employees and generated revenues of approx . eur 700 million in 2013 . 1 2 3 contents 1 activities 2 management 3 history 4 owners 5 external links 6 references activities edit the company provides laboratory analyses for human and veterinary medicine as well as for environmental applications . the synlab laboratories examine some 1 million samples e.g. urine blood tissue soil drinking water each day on the basis of around 5 000 different test parameters . these are joined by approximately 60 new parameters each year . medical practices are able to make use of hygiene and quality management services a training academy support with practice marketing as well as patient information on health related matters . 4 the company assists hospitals with infection prevention and hygiene management . for this purpose synlab holds a majority stake in the hygiene consulting center in freiburg . 5 this is supplemented with transfusion and blood bank management quality management consulting and laboratory diagnostics systems point of care testing . management edit the ceo of the synlab group is laboratory medicine specialist dr. med . bartl wimmer . the other members of the company s management are alexander hoffmann and markus st tter . history edit synlab acquired mvz leverkusen group in 2010 thus substantially improving its market position in north rhine westphalia . 6 the mvz leverkusen group has around 1 000 employees and generates revenues of eur 80 million per year . in 2011 synlab suisse acquired one of the largest private laboratories in the canton of tessin bioanalitico in the italian speaking part of switzerland . 7 this was followed in the same year by the takeover of prague based laboratory chambon . chambon today named synlab genetics is one of two commercial genetics laboratories in the czech republic and primarily active in the areas of hematology and oncology . according to its management the synlab group wants to develop into the leading diagnostics group in europe . 8 owners edit the majority shareholder of synlab holding gmbh is the private equity company bc partners . 9 in addition there are roughly 30 other owners mainly managers and laboratory doctors holding roughly 28 percent of the company s capital . external links edit homepage synlab croatia references edit synlab aerztezeitung.de synlab.com presseportal.de bzh freiburg.de people and deals synlab aerztezeitung bc partners retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title synlab group & oldid 647148190 categories commercial laboratorieslaboratories in germanyhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from september 2012all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersgermany articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 20 33 . 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