behr Labor-Technik GmbH

Today's behr Labor-Technik is characterized by our more than 50 year experience in development, production and sales of laboratory equipment. Over this period, the small family operated company has grown dynamically in order to also serve international customers. Our products enjoy world-wide renown for quality, practicality and reliability.

Our principal activity is in the production of laboratory equipment for environmental and foodstuff analysis. Today, behr is one of Germany's leading names for water, waste-water and sludge analysis equipment. Our product lines range from the cost-effective Kompakt line to fully automated worksatations for performance of analyses according to internationally recognized DIN and ISO procedures.

Our analysis equipment is complemented by our line of behropur laboratory water purification systems and our line of behroplast PE and PET containers, bottles and canisters.

Historical Development
1951 Foundation of Franz Behr Laborbedarf as a wholesaler of laboratory equipment and supplies.
1960 Opening of behr's own glass blowing facility.
1961 Opening of behr's own plastic product fabrication facility. Opening of the behr regeneration facility for ion exchange resins
1970 Production of the first behropur water demineralizer  
1981 Production start for behrotest equipment for environmental analytics Expansion of service and custom production capacities by opening of electronic and precision machining shops to meet customer demand
1988 Incorporation of Franz Behr Laborbedarf as behr Labor-Technik GmbH
1992 Foundation of the ETC corp. (Ilmenau, FRG) in cooperation with C. Gerhardt & Co., Bonn
1995 Expansion of corporate headquarters to its present size including addition of seminar rooms and a modern applications laboratory.
1997 Opening of a new division dedicated to the development and production of analytical instrumentation with addition of the former Ströhlein R&D team under the direction of Prof. Johannes Kupka. The present behr instrumental line includes a coulometric instrument for AOX, EOX, POX and AOS analysis and another coulometric instrument for carbon, sulfur and TOC determination.

The Future of behr Labor-Technik GmbH

• Expansion of export sales
• Development of new technologies and products for application in environmental analysis, foodstuffs analysis and product quality control.