Serim Research

What Serim Research does

Serim Research Corporation is a privately held, niche specialty manufacturer of diagnostic and quality-assurance test strips, founded in 1988 and headquartered in a 32,630 square foot FDA-registered facility in Elkhart, Indiana. The company builds its products on a proprietary dry reagent technology platform — encompassing colorimetric chemistries, reagent/membrane impregnation, and in-house test strip fabrication — and operates under ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certifications. Its portfolio is organized into five brands: GUARDIAN (dialysis water quality and disinfectant testing), PINNACLE (cleaning verification for automated and manual enzymatic processes in sterile processing), MONITOR (chlorine, QAC, pH, water hardness, and residual glucose testing for food safety and sanitation), DISINTEK (FDA 510(k)-cleared GTA and OPA high-level disinfectant testing), and PyloriTek (FDA-cleared, CLIA-waived rapid urease test for Helicobacter pylori).

Name

Serim Research

Legal name

Serim Research Corporation

Website

https://serim.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Serim Research Corporation, founded in 1988 and based in Elkhart, Indiana, manufactures FDA-cleared diagnostic and quality-assurance test strips under proprietary dry reagent technology, serving dialysis centers, hospital sterile processing, food safety, high-level disinfection, and H. pylori diagnostics markets worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Diagnostic Test Strips

NAICS

In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing (325413)

SIC

In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances (2835)

akta.pro primary industry

Water & Utility Testing (PW/WFI/Steam/Gases) (HLAGADAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Disinfectant Residuals & Byproducts Testing (Chlorine/Chloramine, THMs/HAAs) (AFALAJAF)

Keywords

• Diagnostic test strips
• Water quality testing
• Cleaning verification
• Disinfectant testing strips
• Food safety sanitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Elkhart

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Diagnostic Test Strip Products: Serim generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of diagnostic test strips for multiple industries including dialysis, healthcare facilities, food safety, and laundry. Products are sold directly through their website ordering system and via customer service contacts. Revenue is derived from product sales with various product codes/pricing for different test strip types.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Serim Research Corporation manufactures diagnostic test strips using proprietary dry reagent technology for multiple industries. Products span the GUARDIAN line for dialysis water quality and disinfectant testing, MONITOR for food safety and sanitation, PINNACLE for cleaning verification, DISINTEK for high-level disinfectant potency, and PyloriTek for H. pylori detection. The company also offers private label products, contract manufacturing, product development, and product evaluation services from its FDA-registered Elkhart, Indiana facility.

Product overview

Serim Research Corporation is a manufacturer of diagnostic test strips based on proprietary dry reagent technology, operating since 1988. The company manufactures products under four main brands: GUARDIAN (dialysis testing), MONITOR (food safety and sanitation), DISINTEK (high-level disinfectants), and PINNACLE (cleaning verification). The GUARDIAN line includes water hardness, chlorine, peroxide, pH, blood leak, and peracetic acid test strips for dialysis centers. MONITOR products cover chlorine sanitizers (0-10 ppm, 0-300 ppm, 100-750 ppm), QAC sanitizers, pH, water hardness, and residual glucose for food production and service industries. DISINTEK provides GTA 1.5% and OPA test strips for high-level disinfectant verification. PINNACLE offers automated (AEC) and manual (MEC) enzymatic cleaning verification tests. The company also offers PyloriTek, an FDA-cleared rapid urease test for Helicobacter pylori detection. Services include private label products, contract manufacturing, product development, and product evaluation. All products are manufactured in an FDA-registered facility certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 13485.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GUARDIAN: Product line for dialysis test strips including water hardness, chlorine, peroxide, and blood leak tests.
• MONITOR
• DISINTEK
• PINNACLE
• PyloriTek

Products and services

• PyloriTek FDA-cleared rapid urease test for presumptive identification of Helicobacter pylori infection in gastric biopsy specimens. Delivers results within one hour with built-in positive control. Used by gastroenterology practices.
• PINNACLE Monitor for Automated Enzymatic Cleaning Process (AEC) Cleaning verification test that monitors efficacy of automated equipment used to clean medical instruments, including washer-disinfectors, ultrasonic cleaners, and cart washers. Responds to all major factors affecting cleaning including enzyme levels, temperature, cycle time, and mechanical action.
• PINNACLE Monitor for Manual Enzymatic Cleaning Process (MEC) Only available test for validating manual cleaning solutions to ensure they contain active enzymes and are properly mixed. Delivers PASS/FAIL results within 90 seconds. Used in central sterile processing departments.
• GUARDIAN HiSENSE Test Kit Qualitative test for measuring low levels of total chlorine (chloramines and/or free chlorine) in water used to prepare dialysate. Detects total chlorine concentration at 0.1 ppm maximum allowable threshold per AAMI standards.
• GUARDIAN HiSENSE Ultra 0.1 Test Strips Semi-quantitative test for indicating low levels of total chlorine (0-3 ppm) in feed water for dialysate preparation. Also indicates residual bleach concentration in rinse stream without requiring temperature-based time adjustment.
• GUARDIAN Water Hardness Test Strips (Low Range) Test strips for indicating hardness level in water at post-softener stage of water treatment. Measures calcium and magnesium concentration (0-120 ppm) expressed as CaCO3 for dialysis use.
• GUARDIAN Residual Chlorine Test Strips Rapid test for indicating chlorine bleach concentration remaining in solution used to rinse dialysate lines following disinfection. Semi-quantitative measurement between 0-5 ppm.
• GUARDIAN Residual Peroxide Test Strips Rapid test for measuring peroxide concentration remaining in dialysate lines after disinfection with peracetic acid/peroxide-based disinfectants. Semi-quantitative measurement between 0-10 ppm.
• GUARDIAN BiCarb pH II Test Strips Test strips designed for testing pH of bicarbonate concentrate and/or final dialysate solutions. Compatible with acetic acid, citric acid, and lactic acid bicarbonate concentrates.
• GUARDIAN Blood Leak Test Strips Rapid method to test dialysate for blood if dialyzer membrane leak is suspected. Yields positive readings at 1.5 mg/dL hemoglobin, more sensitive than AAMI recommended setting of 5.5 mg/dL.
• GUARDIAN Peracetic Acid Test Strips Rapid test for indicating concentration of peracetic acid in dialyzer reprocessing concentrates. Qualitative pass/fail at 800 ppm minimum effective concentration.
• GUARDIAN PeriScreen Test Strips Presumptive diagnosis test for peritonitis indicating presence of leukocytes in peritoneal dialysate effluent through leukocyte esterase activity. Used in peritoneal dialysis.
• DISINTEK GTA 1.5% Test Strips FDA 510(k) cleared test strips for testing potency of glutaraldehyde solutions used in high-level disinfection. Pass/fail at 1.5% minimum effective concentration. Used with CIDEX and MetriCide solutions.
• DISINTEK OPA Test Strips FDA 510(k) cleared test strips for ensuring ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA) concentration in Cidex OPA solutions is at or above 0.3% minimum effective concentration. Delivers results within 60 seconds.
• MONITOR Chlorine 100-750 ppm Test Strips Test strips measuring free chlorine for sanitizing hard surface areas and equipment in food processing, medical institutions, childcare facilities, and agricultural industries. Semi-quantitative 100-750 ppm range.
• MONITOR pH 5-12 Test Strips Semi-quantitative pH measurement test strips for water acidity (hydrogen ion activity) testing in food safety applications. Color blocks in 0.5 unit increments (5-9 range) and 1 unit increments (9-12 range).
• MONITOR Chlorine 0-10 ppm Test Strips Test strips measuring free chlorine in water for produce drip lines, misting lines, irrigation systems, and cooling towers used in produce production or harvesting.
• MONITOR Chlorine 0-300 ppm Test Strips Test strips measuring free chlorine concentration for sanitizing food and food processing equipment. Semi-quantitative measurement between 0-300 ppm.
• MONITOR QAC Test Strips Test strips specifically developed for food industry measuring Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC) sanitizer concentrations. Semi-quantitative measurement between 0-1000 ppm.
• MONITOR Chlorine 0-300 ppm QSR Test Strips Quick Service Restaurant variant with color blocks designating target range (50-200 ppm in GREEN) and STOP/Replace range (RED) for rapid visual indication of out-of-range sanitizer solutions.
• MONITOR QAC QSR Test Strips Quick Service Restaurant variant with target range of 150-400 ppm designated in GREEN and outside range in RED with STOP designation for rapid visual sanitizer verification.
• MONITOR Residual Glucose Test Strips Qualitative test detecting presence of residual glucose (dextrose) in final discharge water following tank truck washing and hose cleaning for regulatory compliance.
• MONITOR Water Hardness Test Strips (High Range) Semi-quantitative indication of total hardness in water (0-425 ppm CaCO3) used in food and beverage products and for cleaning equipment.
• MONITOR Hydrogen Peroxide 0-400 Test Strips Test strips for measuring hydrogen peroxide levels in diluted laundry fluids from industrial tunnel washers. Semi-quantitative measurement between 0-400 ppm.
• Private Label Products Private label versions of Serim products available for specialized use or distribution, allowing customers to build brand recognition and marketing independence.
• Contract Manufacturing Manufacturing services from intermediate materials to finished product including customized packaging and labels. Production of small to large volumes based on market needs with established supplier relationships.
• Product Development Research and development services using dry reagent technology to design and develop new products or modify existing products for specialized testing needs.
• Product Evaluation Tailored evaluation services to determine product compatibility, evaluate effectiveness, or improve quality assessments with reports of testing process and results.

Quantifiable outcome

• H. pylori results available within one hour
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ASP Global Manufacturing GmbHminorOthersCidex OPA, a product tested by Serim's DISINTEK OPA test strips, is a trademark of ASP Global Manufacturing GmbH. This is a reference to a third-party product compatibility relationship rather than a formal partnership.
• Dialysis Chemical Solution Manufacturers (Renalin, Minncare, Actril, Puristeril, Peracidin, PerAldecide, Micro-X)minorOthersSerim's test strips are designed to work with various dialysate disinfectant solutions from multiple manufacturers. These are product compatibility references rather than formal partnerships.
• CIDEX and MetriCide ManufacturersminorOthersSerim's DISINTEK GTA 1.5% test strips are designed for use with CIDEX Activated Dialdehyde Solution and MetriCide 14-day Sterilizing & Disinfecting Solution. These are product compatibility references.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• LaMotte Company: Long-established US manufacturer of water-quality test kits and reagent-based test strips used in food, beverage, pools, and industrial water. Closely overlaps Serim's MONITOR food-safety and water-quality SKUs and competes for the same distributor and OEM accounts.
• Hach Company (Danaher): Specialist in water-quality analysis including reagent-based test strips and colorimetric kits used in drinking water, wastewater, and industrial process water. Direct peer in the broader water-testing reagent market served by Serim's GUARDIAN and MONITOR lines.
• Meridian Bioscience (Revvity): Producer of H. pylori rapid diagnostic kits and other in vitro diagnostic tests distributed to clinical labs and physician offices. Direct peer to Serim's PyloriTek in the gastroenterology rapid-testing segment.
• Industrial Test Systems (ITS): Manufacturer of colorimetric test strips for water and food-safety applications (chlorine, QAC, pH, hardness, peroxide). Direct peer to Serim's MONITOR and GUARDIAN product lines, competing head-to-head in food and water testing channels with similar reagent-strip technology.
• QuidelOrtho: Major IVD manufacturer whose Triage and rapid diagnostic portfolio (including H. pylori and infectious-disease rapid tests) directly competes with Serim's PyloriTek rapid urease test in hospital and clinic channels.

Broad incumbents

• Ecolab: Large diversified supplier of sanitation chemistries, sanitizer-monitoring programs, and food-safety testing solutions for food and beverage customers. Competitor to Serim's MONITOR sanitizer test strips across the food-safety and QSR channels.
• STERIS: Global leader in sterilization and disinfection services and consumables for healthcare and life sciences. Competes broadly with Serim's DISINTEK high-level disinfectant test strips and PINNACLE cleaning-verification products through its infection-prevention portfolio.
• 3M Health Care (Solventum): Diversified healthcare/sterilization incumbent offering Attest biological indicators and cleaning-monitoring consumables used in sterile processing departments. Overlaps with Serim's PINNACLE and DISINTEK lines inside the same hospital CSSD/endoscopy reprocessing workflow.
• Bio-Rad Laboratories: Established life-science manufacturer with a diagnostics division covering clinical chemistry, immunology, and quality-control test kits. Adjacent peer in the IVD reagent manufacturing category in which Serim's PyloriTek competes.

Emerging players

• Romer Labs: Specialist in food-safety diagnostic test kits and lateral-flow strips for mycotoxins, allergens, and sanitation verification. Emerging peer overlapping Serim's MONITOR food-safety segment with a tighter focus on rapid on-site testing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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