Chennai, March 2, 2016: Eppendorf India Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eppendorf

AG, today announces the setting up new facility at Ambattur, near Chennai. Manned by a

compact, elite team of scientists and engineers, this new facility will work on the skill

development of Indian scientific fraternity by conducting world class training programs. The

customer experience centre will showcase innovative technologies to new and existing

customers.

Highlights of the new 46,000 square feet facility include:

? Pipette calibration facility accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and

Calibration Laboratories (NABL)

? NABL certified workshop for calibration services for temperature, speed and time

? State-of-the-art laboratory and training facility

? 10,000 square feet of warehouse and a private bond store to deliver products even

quicker to our customers

Thomas Bachmann, Chairman & CEO of the Eppendorf Group: “One of the cornerstones of

our business strategy is to strengthen our global market position through targeted

investments in both our sales structure and expansion of our training and service portfolio.

Entering new product categories such as the Eppendorf Cell Culture Consumables are

opening up new application areas and access to new customer groups. The new facility in

India will be an important factor in these new product initiatives.”

Vancheeswaran Sankaranarayanan, Managing Director & CEO, Eppendorf India states:

“During the decade-long presence of Eppendorf in India, we have extended significant

support to the life sciences and biotechnology industry in India. Our dominant market

position in India demonstrates the superiority of our products and underscores the

importance of our training and service workshops extended to the clients’ R&D scientists

continuously. With continually increasing demand for our premium products and services in

India, Eppendorf India will work to increase considerably our customer-focussed initiatives

with our new Customer Experience & Training Centre”.

About Eppendorf AG:

Eppendorf is a leading life science company that develops and sells instruments,

consumables, and services for liquid handling, sample handling, and cell handling in

laboratories worldwide. Its product range includes pipettes and automated pipetting

systems, dispensers, centrifuges, mixers, spectrometers, and DNA amplification equipment

as well as ultra-low temperature freezers, fermentors, bioreactors, CO2

incubators, shakers,

and cell manipulation systems. Consumables such as pipette tips, test tubes, microliter

plates, and single-use bioreactor vessels complement the range of highest-quality premium

products.

Eppendorf products are most broadly used in academic and commercial research

laboratories, e.g., in companies from the pharmaceutical and biotechnological as well as the

chemical and food industries. They are also aimed at clinical and environmental analysis

laboratories, forensics, and at industrial laboratories performing process analysis,

production, and quality assurance.

Eppendorf was founded in Hamburg, Germany in 1945 and has about 2,930 employees

worldwide. The company has subsidiaries in 25 countries and is represented in all other

markets by distributors.