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INFORS HT - Company History

1965 Founding of Hawrylenko Technik by Alexander Hawrylenko, 1st Patent
1966 Transformation of Hawrylenko Technik into Infors AG
1967 First shakers for high-speed applications
1968 First 75-litre bioreactor
1974 Development of the patented magnetic drive
1975 First shaker and incubator shaker product line
1980 Relocation to Bottmingen
1983 Founding of Infors GmbH in Germany
1984 First bioreactor product line
1st expansion phase in Bottmingen
1985 Restructuring. Growth from small to medium-sized business with integrated Production Planning Software.
1987 Founding of Infors UK Ltd in Great Britain
1988 Winner of the "Two Basles Innovation Award"
1990 Founding of Infors Sarl in France
Introduction of Iris software as a process control system
1991 2nd expansion phase in Bottmingen
Launch of the Multitron
1992 Introduction of Sixfors and Labfors
1994 Launch Novotron concept
1996 ISO 9001 Certification
1997 Market launch of Unitron and the Techfors line
1998 Iris NT, expansion of bioreactor line
1999 Partnership with ATR Ltd. in the USA
Launch of the Multitron eco and the Minitron
2002 Michael Hawrylenko joins Infors AG
3rd expansion phase in Bottmingen
Introduction of the 2nd Labfors generation
2003 Reorganisation of the quality management system in compliance with ISO 9001:2000
Launch of the Minifors All-in-one-Pack
Launch Labfors 3, Labfors Lux and Techfors-S
2004 New Corporate Design
2005 Introduction of an ERP (Enterprise Ressource Planning) solution across Europe
New Website
2006 40 years Infors AG
Launch of Ecotron, Multifors, X-Controller and Terrafors
Winner of the "Swiss Technology Award 2006" with the Terrafors
2007 Founding of Infors Benelux BV
Launch of a colour touchscreen for bioreactors
2008 Founding of Infors Canada
2009 Founding of Infors Biotechnology (China) Co., Ltd.
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