What is "eppendorf"

Eppendorf can refer to:

• Eppendorf, Saxony, a German town in the Freiberg district in Saxony
• Eppendorf, Hamburg, a quarter of Hamburg
• Eppendorf, Bochum, a quarter of Bochum
• Eppendorf (company), a biotechnology company in Eppendorf, Hamburg
• Microcentrifuge tubes, some laboratory tubes also known as Eppendorf tubes, named after the company

Eppendorf, a company with its registered office in Germany, develops, produces and sells products and services for laboratories around the world. Eppendorf products are used in academic and industrial research laboratories, e.g. in companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical and food industries. They are also used in laboratories that perform clinical or environmental analysis, in forensic laboratories, and in industrial laboratories where industrial process analysis, production and quality assurance are performed. The company is the world's market leader in this area.