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