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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

2012

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