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KNAUER for Future

Dear Friends of Knauer!

We are happy to report that sustainable und environmentally-friendly concepts and methods have become firmly established in all of our departments at Knauer. In fact, many of our employees have been offering interesting ideas which we have taken to heart over the years, and so together we have been able to make continual improvements.

Environmental awareness has changed our workplace. This truly stirs our passion.

As a customer, supplier or distributor we encourage you to join us by exchanging ideas on sustainability and environmentalism. After all, the question: "How should we live and work in the future?" affects everyone.    

Yours truly,

Alexandra Knauer

Our 2024 Sustainability Week ...

From September 23 to 27, 2024, KNAUER and its employees once again organized a sustainability week with a series of exciting and effective activities relating to social responsibility and environ­mental sustainability. The charitable “The Hand Project” was also a guest and provided a moving experience. Under professional guidance, KNAUER employees from various depart­ments assembled four mechanical prosthetic hands to be donated and fitted to people in need in countries like Uganda and Nepal.

knauer.net uses 100% renewable energy

Our website is hosted in Germany by Hetzner Online, a company committed to environmental protection. In their German data centers they use electricity from 100 % hydropower – one of the green energy sources for electricity with the longest tradition. For years they also select most energy-efficient hardware.

Sustainability & ecological commitment

We are committed to protecting the environment for ourselves and our children. KNAUER contributes to the conservation of a healthy environment by basing our work on an environmental management system according to DIN EN ISO 14001. The KNAUER quality management system according to DIN EN ISO 9001 makes sure that we continuously manufacture products in the best quality possible. As a family business with around 180 employees, KNAUER focuses on sustainability and takes responsibility for our future.

Some of our ecological activities:

  • The regular creation of an input and output balance for the determination and evaluation of energy and resource flows
  • Environmentally friendly product development, energy-efficient production, and shipping with
    biodegradable packaging materials and reusable packaging with local suppliers
  • Fixed specifications for the development of new products according to ecological aspects such as low solvent consumption, repairability, and longevity of the products
  • Complete modernization of the company building included thermal insulation, new windows, electric blinds, and a green rooftop, which resulted in a 50 % heating energy saving
  • 100 % green electricity and generation of solar power with our photovoltaic system on the roof
  • Guidelines for business travel from an environmental, economic, and social perspective
  • Tips and instructions for clients to reduce solvent consumption during instrument use
  • Environmentally compatible working and manufacturing of HPLC instruments and accessories, e.g. by using energy-efficient working equipment and reducing the use of solvents and harmful substances
  • A life cycle assessment to optimize the manufacturing process and concentrate on electricity saving components

ACT label for sustainable products

Not all laboratory devices that perform a task equally well are equally good. There can be huge differences, when it comes to the environmental impact of the devices. My Green Lab's 'ACT environmental impact factor' label allows for a comparison of equipment regarding sustainabiliy. The devices in the ACT label database are independently evaluated. The lower an ACT-EIF of a device is, the better it is for the environment. KNAUER's best-selling AZURA 862 bar sytems were also assessed and scored best in their class.

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  • Ecologically managed, excellent and award-winning company garden. The beautiful, spacious organic garden on the company premises is a place where people, plants and animals can truly feel at home. It is precisely because KNAUER is such a high-tech company that, under the guidance of the organic farmer Olaf Hempelmann, the ecological orientation was put in the foreground when designing the garden. No use of pesticides or insecticides and only selective intervention - this is the philosophy of the beautiful organic garden in Zehlendorf. In addition, some beehives live in the KNAUER company garden and produce honey
  • No plastic bottles in the company, free glass bottles for all employees and a drinking water filter for water of the highest quality
  • Reward for employees travelling by bicycle, public transport or carpooling
  • Bicycle station for employees with covered bicycle parking, bicycle pump and bicycle repair tools
  • Leasing of a "Business Bike"
  • Supporting the county, e.g. with a donation of 40 trees for planting on the streets
  • Paper saving, preferred use of recycled paper and recycling of single-sided printed paper. Read the article in the "Robin Wood" magazine 
  • Participation in the european sustainability week

Five questions for...
CEO Alexandra Knauer

KNAUER CEO Mrs. Alexandra Knauer faces unknown questions. An interview about sustainability, our organic garden and bees.

"Nature conservation is an investment in the future. That´s why KNAUER is so commited to the environment and nature."

(Extract from Mrs. Knauer´s speech on the occasion of the 56th company anniversary, when the new walnut tree was planted in the award-winning ecogarden)

We separate molecules and unite people.

Based in Berlin, KNAUER is a medium-sized company that has been serving the sciences since 1962. We are a developer and manufacturer of scientific instruments of superior quality for liquid chromatography (LC), liquid dosing and other laboratory tasks. The product range includes systems, engineering solutions and components for:

Analytical HPLC / UHPLC
Preparative HPLC
Fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC)
Multi-column Chromatography / SMB
High-pressure dosing solutions
Lipid nanoparticle (LNP) production and research
Osmometry

We are an established partner in science. Today and in the future.​​​​​​

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