Vilber

What Vilber does

Vilber is a French family-owned developer and manufacturer of molecular imaging systems headquartered in Collégien, France, founded in 1954 and operating globally under the legal entity Vilber Bio Imaging SAS. The company builds fluorescence, chemiluminescence, and bioluminescence imaging instruments organized into four product lines: the Newton family of preclinical in vivo imaging systems (flagship Newton FT-900 with dual-camera NIR-II architecture, plus Newton 7.0, FT-30, BT-500, and FT-500), the Fusion Absolute Western blot and gel imaging platform, the E-Box gel documentation system, and the Quartz line of UV instruments. Core technology centers on scientific-grade CCD and InGas SWIR detectors, NIST-traceable calibrated optics for absolute quantification, the Kuant GLP/CFR21-compliant analysis software, and 3D bioluminescence tomography for volumetric reconstruction.

The company sells primarily through hardware revenue, augmented by service and support contracts (warranty, spare parts, installation, commissioning, training) and an international distribution network spanning more than 70 countries via owned subsidiaries and regional distributors. Its customer base includes pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies (including BioNTech's SARS-CoV-2 vaccine validation), universities and academic research institutions (with published use by multiple Nobel laureates), medical centers, and government research institutes. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales, an inside-sales motion driven by website demo requests, and presence at regional scientific conferences. The portfolio has been cited in over 2,246 peer-reviewed publications for the Newton FT-900 alone, supporting a brand position anchored on quantitative, regulatory-grade imaging.

Name

Vilber

Legal name

Vilber Bio Imaging SAS

Website

https://vilber.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vilber is a French family-owned manufacturer of fluorescence, bioluminescence, and chemiluminescence imaging systems for preclinical in vivo research, Western blot analysis, and gel documentation, serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, and government research customers across more than 70 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Molecular Imaging Systems

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Microscopy, Imaging & Flow Cytometry Instruments (HLAGAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Analytical Instruments & Chromatography Systems (HLAGAIAA), Reagents, Chemicals & Assay Kits (Buffers, Antibodies, ELISA, Enzymes) (HLAGAIAI)

Keywords

• Preclinical imaging systems
• Fluorescence imaging equipment
• Western blot imagers
• Gel documentation systems
• Bioluminescence imaging devices

Headquarters

HQ city

Marne-la-vallée

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Imaging Systems Hardware: Sale of preclinical imaging systems (Newton series), Western blot imagers (Fusion), gel documentation (E-Box), and UV instruments. Hardware includes accessories and consumables. Revenue is one-time with potential for service contracts and spare parts.
2. Service and Support: Warranty services, spare parts, and professional services including installation, commissioning, and training. Two-year warranty for instruments, 90-day warranty for software/firmware, and spare parts warranty for replaced components.
3. International Distribution: Sales through international network of owned subsidiaries and distributors in over 70 countries.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Vilber designs, develops, and manufactures molecular imaging systems for life science research. Its product portfolio includes preclinical in vivo imaging systems under the Newton line (featuring NIR-II fluorescence capability for deep-tissue imaging), Fusion Western blot and gel imaging systems, E-Box gel documentation systems, and Quartz UV cross-linkers and instruments. These instruments are sold to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, and government research customers in over 70 countries through a network of subsidiaries and distributors.

Product overview

Vilber is a life science imaging company that designs and manufactures a portfolio of imaging systems across three product lines: Newton (preclinical in vivo imaging), Fusion (Western blot and gel imaging), and E-Box/Quartz (gel documentation and UV instruments). The Newton family includes the FT-900 (dual-camera NIR-II system), 7.0, FT-30, BT-500, and FT-500, ranging from bioluminescence-only to multimodal NIR-II capable platforms. Fusion Absolute is the flagship Western blot system featuring absolute NIST-traceable quantification supporting chemiluminescence and fluorescence. E-Box and Quartz address DNA/RNA gel documentation and UV applications respectively. The portfolio serves over 60,000 users including Nobel Prize winners, supported by an international network spanning more than 70 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Newton 7.0

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 10x greater photon penetration depth in NIR-II vs visible fluorescence
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Bioz, Inc.coreTechnology or Integration · 6 April 2026Bioz integrated customized Bioz Badges into Vilber's product webpages, automating large-scale literature discovery and categorization of peer-reviewed publications for molecular biology and life science imaging products. The integration addresses Vilber's challenge of manually managing validation content across multiple product generations with evolving names and iterative model releases. Vilber's international distributor network also benefits from centralized, standardized scientific references that strengthen credibility conversations with researchers in local markets. Analytics dashboards offer insights into publication trends, citation activity, and user engagement to guide marketing strategy.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bruker: Bruker's Bruker BioSpin and preclinical imaging divisions directly compete with Vilber's Newton in vivo imaging systems, offering multimodal fluorescence, bioluminescence, and NIR imaging platforms for small-animal research. Both serve pharma, biotech, and academic preclinical markets with quantitative molecular imaging.
• Revvity (formerly PerkinElmer Life Sciences): Revvity's IVIS line of in vivo imaging systems and Western blot/gel imaging products directly overlap with Vilber's Newton and Fusion product families, serving the same pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic preclinical research customers with quantitative optical imaging.
• LI-COR Biosciences: LI-COR competes head-on with Vilber's Fusion Absolute Western blot and NIR imaging platform, offering near-infrared fluorescence Western blot detection systems (Odyssey) widely adopted in academic and pharma research labs.
• Bio-Rad Laboratories: Bio-Rad's ChemiDoc gel documentation and Western blot imaging systems are a direct competitor to Vilber's Fusion Absolute and E-Box product lines, sold through a similar global distributor and academic/biopharma channel.
• Analytik Jena: Analytik Jena's UVP gel documentation and chemiluminescence imaging systems (ChemiStudio, GelStudio) directly compete with Vilber's E-Box, Quartz, and Fusion lines, with comparable distribution into European academic and pharma labs.
• Berthold Technologies: Berthold's NightOWL and LB 983 in vivo imaging systems compete directly with Vilber's Newton bioluminescence and fluorescence product family, serving similar small-animal imaging customers in academic and pharmaceutical preclinical research.
• Syngene (Synoptics): Syngene (a division of Synoptics) competes directly with Vilber's Fusion and E-Box gel and Western blot imaging product lines, with comparable G:BOX and GeneTools systems sold through global distribution into academic and pharma research labs.

Broad incumbents

• Cytiva (Danaher): Cytiva (formerly GE Healthcare Life Sciences) offers the ImageQuant Western blot imaging line and Amersham gel documentation systems, overlapping with Vilber's protein and nucleic acid imaging portfolio as part of a much broader life sciences workflow offering.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher's Molecular Probes fluorescence reagents and CellInsight/iBright Western blot and imaging platforms compete with Vilber's imaging consumables and systems, though as part of a vastly larger life sciences portfolio spanning reagents, instruments, and software.

Emerging players

• Azure Biosystems: Azure Biosystems offers the Azure Imaging Systems line for Western blot, gel documentation, and NIR imaging, directly overlapping with Vilber's Fusion and Newton product families, with a particular focus on NIR fluorescent Western blot detection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vilberlourmat
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCE6GPEBiEGuwWm6-N4fQdwg
• Facebookfacebook.com/Vilber-1745397969077245
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vilber
• Instagraminstagram.com/vilber.bio.imaging

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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