Berthold Technologies
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1949 |
| Seat | Bad Wildbad , Germany |
| management | Andreas Dobratz (Managing Director) |
| Number of employees | 330 |
| sales | 77 million euros |
| Branch | Science of measuring and control engineering |
| Website | www.berthold.com |
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Berthold Technologies is an international provider of process measurement technology, radiation protection and bioanalysis. The family-run company based in Bad Wildbad has branches in 7 countries outside Germany. In 2017, the company achieved sales of EUR 77 million with 330 employees.
history
Berthold Technologies was founded in 1949 under the name “Laboratorium Prof. Dr. Rudolf Berthold ”founded in Bad Wildbad by Rudolf Berthold . The focus was on measuring devices for industrial applications. The bioanalytics division was founded in 1960 and the radiation protection division in 1967. With the exception of 1989 to 2000, the company has been privately owned since 1949. In 2017 the company Berthold Detection Systems GmbH was taken over and integrated into the Bioanalytics division.
Significant products:
- 1950: First radiometric measuring system
- 1960: First contamination monitor
- 1986: Becquerel monitor to control radioactivity in food
- 1987: Contact-free mass flow determination with the "belt scale"
- 2006: Contamination measurement with flat scintillation detectors
Business areas
- Process measurement technology: Contactless measurement technology based on radiometry or microwaves for use in extreme measurement conditions. Measured variables are level, density, mass flow, concentration and humidity. The main industries are: chemicals, petrochemicals, paper, power plants, mining, steel and food.
- Radiation protection : Devices for measuring radioactive contamination, dose and dose rate, activity and airborne activity concentrations. The areas of application are in research, nuclear medicine, nuclear technology, nuclear dismantling and disposal.
- Bioanalysis : measurement technology based on luminescence technology for various disciplines in the life sciences.