Founded in 1922, Anton Paar has now become an international provider of analysers and laboratory instruments.
The global company Anton Paar GmbH is celebrating its 100th anniversary. For 100 years, Anton Paar has combined high-precision technology with scientific curiosity. The company is now an international player in the fields of density, concentration, rheometry and CO2 measurement and several leading companies worldwide rely on its technical know-how and instruments for chocolate, beer, wine and soft drink production and pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and cell phone display manufacturing.
Anton Paar’s analysers and laboratory instruments are used to prepare, produce and test materials down to the nanometer range. They perform material characterisation, including scratch and indentation testing, XRD, gas adsorption analysis, powder rheometry, particle size analysis, X-ray scattering and microwave synthesis. They then allow to examine the unique liquid crystals found in LCD screens, thermometry, optical imaging and medicine. For this reason, they are used by research departments to characterise nanomaterials in final products in electronics, packaging, paints, coatings, inks, fabrics and cosmetics.
In addition, in 2021 the company launched its brand-new automated multipurpose powder X-Ray diffractometer XRDynamic 500, delivering best-in-class resolution/signal-to-noise ratio out-of-the-box.
“Talent, commitment and inner cohesion, in both successful and difficult times, have always distinguished us and our company. With these attributes, we are confidently entering the second century of our history,” has stated Friedrich Santner, the CEO of Anton Paar.
The company has been owned since 2003 by the non-profit organisation Santner Private Foundation, which is focused on science and research projects and the prevention of drug addiction. Anton Paar GmbH, which operates in more than 110 countries around the world, has now 45 sister companies and sales subsidiaries and 50 sales partners.