History

 

Ulrich Spengler, managing director of altona Diagnostics GmbH, and his partners Markus Hess and the late Thomas Laue from the R & D department share a long-time experience in molecular diagnostics, especially in infectious diseases, dating back to their common years spent at the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany.

Part of the portfolio of diagnostic test systems for tropical and emerging infectious diseases has been developed in collaboration with the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg.

Following this tradition the altona Diagnostics team actively develops and commercializes new molecular diagnostic assays – fast, flexible, reliable and close to the customer needs – as an answer to common and emerging infectious diseases.

 

 

 

1998

 

artus Diagnostics, spin-off from Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany.

 

 

 

2005

 

Acquisition of artus by Qiagen

 

 

 

2007

 

Foundation of astra Diagnostics

 

 

 

 

2011

 

astra Diagnostics becomes altona Diagnostics

 

 

  

2011

 

Foundation of altona Diagnostics USA

 

 

  

 

 

Foundation of altona Diagnostics Canada

 

 

 

2015

 

Foundation of altona Diagnostics France

 

 

 

2016

 

altona Diagnostics gets a new layout

 

 

 

2017

 

Foundation of altona Diagnostics Argentina

 

 

 

 

 

Foundation of altona Diagnostics Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

Foundation of altona Diagnostics UK

 

 

 

 

 

Foundation of altona Diagnostics India

 

 

 

2019

 

Foundation of altona Diagnostics Italy

 

 

 

2023

 

Foundation of altona Diagnostics Poland

 

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