It all started with a soldering iron, a jigsaw and an ingenious idea for a highly accurate electronic thermometer.

Chemist Dr.-Ing. Herbert Knauer founded the company together with his wife Roswitha in 1962. Both are still active as advisers to this day. The couple‘s daughter, Alexandra Knauer, is managing director and owner of the company since the year 2000. 

Today KNAUER has become a well-established company with 135 employees that is successfully developing and marketing chromatography devices worldwide.

KNAUER manufactures high- end scientific instruments of superior quality for research, quality assurance, and other applications. Supported technologies include liquid chromatography, precise handling and pumping of liquids up to high pressures, as well as detecting dissolved substances in liquids. Customizable products and solutions are one of our strengths. Made in Germany.