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Sartorius South Africa focuses on innovation, growth and sustainability On 10 March, Sartorius South Africa officially opened its offices in the newly established Waterfall Logistics Precinct, in Johannesburg. The larger, more modern office space with the addition of a showroom and workshop, forms part of the company’s planned growth strategy and is in line with the image Sartorius aims to portray to customers globally.
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trusted partner of the biopharmaceutical industry, Sartorius is a leading international pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment provider. The business was founded in 1870 in Göttingen, Germany where the Sartorius headquarters are still situated today. Sartorius has expanded its global footprint over the last 152 years. Although Sartorius is present in over 30 countries – where it has established more than 60 sites, 22 of which are production facilities – with its sales subsidiaries and commercial agencies the company’s global footprint spans more than 110 countries.
"We pride ourselves on high-level customer service and the strong partnerships we have built with customers" Across the 60 sites worldwide, Sartorius employs more than 14 000 people and is strongly focused on diversity in this regard. Diversity is more than creating equal opportunities for men and women. At Sartorius, it is about acknowledging individual differences and embracing the kaleidoscope of our multi-cultural world. The benefits of diverse perspectives and experiences throughout the global business result in a better understanding of its customers’ needs and the ability to develop customised solutions and remain competitive in a global economy.
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partnerships we have built with 1 customers in South Africa. We live by our company values of sustainability, openness and enjoyment,” says Kelly O’Donovan, managing director 2 of Sartorius South Africa. Sartorius’ different business areas include lab filtration; industrial microbiology; weighing balances; 3 liquid handling and lab water purification systems; process filtration and purification; fluid management technologies such as tanks, single-use bags and tubing; fermenters; bioreactors and cell culture media. It also offers a broad portfolio of laboratory products and services, as well as bioprocessing solutions which are focused on the 1. Sartorius South Africa’s modern office space 2. Henning Walther, pharmaceutical industry. head of sales EMEA for the lab division, pictured with managing director, Kelly O’Donovan 3. Sartorius South Africa employs a team of “In terms of services, our workshop dynamic and passionate individuals offers repairs and maintenance of all instruments we supply. within the biotechnology community, both at In addition, the Sartorius Group BioCiTi and at its new offices in Johannesburg. offers certain validation services, cell line Excited about the future, O’Donovan says development and testing,” she adds. that “the South African office of Sartorius is perfectly positioned to develop into a hub for UPLIFTING THE BIOTECH COMMUNITY sales and service of all Sartorius products Biotechnology in South Africa is about into Africa.” • community, and Sartorius South Africa
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contributes to developing this community through various initiatives. The company recently stepped up and assisted the non-profit organisation BioCiTi Labs to achieve its goal of becoming a specialised biotech incubator. Based in Cape Town, BioCiTi provides African entrepreneurs and researchers access to a laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for biotechnological research.
Sartorius South Africa has very strong product knowledge and experience in the fields of lab weighing, process filtration and fermentation. “We pride ourselves on high-level customer service and the strong
Facilitated by O’Donovan and Sartorius South Africa’s account manager, Lurissa Hitchcock, the company has placed various high-quality demo equipment within the lab for members of BioCiTi to utilise. Sartorius South Africa also plans to host training seminars
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Did you know? As a high-growth company, Sartorius aims to reduce its CO2 emission intensity by around 10% annually on average until 2030. As such, the global group is exceeding the ambitious levels of the European Union and the ScienceBased Targets initiative, which have set targets of approximately 8.5% and 7% respectively. Sartorius South Africa – www.sartorius.com
