What Socorex Swiss does

Socorex Isba SA, operating as Socorex Swiss, is a family-owned Swiss manufacturer founded in 1962 and headquartered in Ecublens near Lausanne. The company develops and produces precision liquid dosing instruments under two divisions: a Laboratory Division offering manual and electronic micropipettes, positive-displacement pipettes, dilution pipettes, self-refilling microdispensers, bottle-top dispensers, repeater pipettes, syringe pipettes, pipette controllers, and consumables (sub-brands Acura, Calibrex, Stepper, Dosys, Profiller, Qualitix, Acurex, Feather); and a Veterinary Division providing automatic self-refilling syringes, twin and pistol-grip variants, two-ring and fowl pox syringes, all-glass syringes, and accessories such as the Abacus shot counter and FishGuide vaccination aid. The portfolio is protected by multiple US and EP patents covering plunger/cylinder sealing and electronic pipetting mechanisms, and supported by an in-house Service Centre with two ISO 17025 accredited calibration laboratories handling instruments of all major brands.

The business model is built on hardware sales of long-life precision instruments, supplemented by recurring revenue from consumables (pipette tips, reagent reservoirs, sterilization pouches, replacement parts) and ISO 17025 accredited calibration and repair services. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is set via a global exclusive-distributor network spanning Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia/Pacific, North America and Latin America. End customers include pharmaceutical majors (Merck, Bayer, Lonza, Syngenta, UCB, Ferring, Vifor Pharma, Debiopharm), food and tobacco groups (Nestlé, Firmenich, Philip Morris International), diagnostics and life-sciences firms (PerkinElmer, Synlab, Sigma Aldrich, Abionic, Viollier), Swiss university hospitals and research institutions (HUG, CHUV, EPFL, UNIL, UniNE, UNIFR), as well as veterinary practitioners in aquaculture, poultry, swine, sheep and cattle. The company holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016, ISO 17025 (SCS 112, granted by METAS in 2005) and CE/IVD 98/79 EEC certifications, and offers a three-year warranty on manual pipettors. The firm is privately held with no external investors, no disclosed funding rounds, and no M&A activity in the supplied data.

Name

Socorex Swiss

Legal name

Socorex Isba SA

Website

https://socorex.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Socorex Swiss is a family-owned Swiss manufacturer founded in 1962 that develops patented precision liquid dosing instruments — pipettes, dispensers, repeaters, controllers and consumables — for laboratory and veterinary customers worldwide, selling exclusively through a global distributor network and operating an ISO 17025 accredited calibration Service Centre in Ecublens, Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Liquid Handling Instruments

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112), Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333914)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Laboratory Apparatus & Furniture (3821)

akta.pro primary industry

Liquid Handling & Laboratory Automation (Pipettes, Robots, Workstations) (HLAGAIAD)

Keywords

• Precision liquid dosing
• Laboratory pipettes
• Veterinary syringes
• Bottle-top dispensers
• Pipette calibration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ecublens

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Precision dosing instruments (Laboratory Division): Sale of manual and electronic pipettes, pipettors, repeater pipettes, bottle-top dispensers, pipette controllers, syringe pipettes, and consumables/accessories under brands Acura, Acurex, Calibrex, Stepper, Dosys, Profiller, Qualitix, Socorex, Feather.
2. Veterinary syringes and accessories (Veterinary Division): Sale of automatic self-refilling syringes (ultra, classic, fullpox series), needles, cannulas, conversion sets, spare parts, and accessories for precision animal health injections in fish, poultry, swine, sheep, cattle.
3. Calibration and service: ISO 17025 accredited calibration services for pipettes of all brands, repair services, and maintenance. Available year-round (365 days) with 5 working day standard turnaround and optional 24-hour express service. Service tiers include CLASSIC, PREMIUM, ULTRA, and new instrument calibration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Socorex Swiss develops and manufactures precision liquid dosing instruments for laboratory and animal health applications, spanning manual and electronic pipettes, repeater pipettes, bottle and bottle-top dispensers, syringe pipettes, pipette controllers, consumables, and automatic self-refilling veterinary syringes. The company also operates an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited Service Centre that provides calibration, repair, and maintenance for pipettes of all major brands through tiered CLASSIC, PREMIUM, and ULTRA service packages.

Product overview

Socorex Swiss is a family-owned Swiss company (located in Ecublens near Lausanne) with over 60 years of expertise in precision liquid dosing. The company operates two main divisions: Laboratory Division and Veterinary Division. The Laboratory Division offers manual and electronic pipettes (Acura® manual, Acura® electro), positive displacement pipettes (Acura® capillar), dilution pipettes (Acura® dilute), dispensing pipettes (Acura® self-refill), bottle dispensers (Acurex™ compact), bottle-top dispensers (Calibrex™ in universal, organo, and solutae versions), repeater pipettes (Stepper™), laboratory syringes (Dosys™), pipette controllers (Profiller™ manual and electro), consumables (Qualitix® pipette tips, reagent reservoirs, sterilization pouches), pipette stands (Socorex®), and scalpels/blades (Feather®). The Veterinary Division provides automatic self-refilling syringes for precision serial animal injections including the ultra 1810 (lightweight), ultra 2810 (twin), 187/287 classic (pistol grip), 167 classic (two-ring), and fullpox 185 (fowl pox), along with all-glass syringes (Dosys 155), accessories (Abacus™ counter, FishGuide™, needles, cannulas, conversion sets), and spare parts. The company also offers ISO 17025 accredited calibration services through its Service Centre, handling thousands of pipettes annually for instruments of all major brands. All products are Swiss-made with three-year warranty for manual pipettors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Acura®: Manual and electronic pipettes product line
• Qualitix®
• Calibrex™
• Stepper™
• Dosys™
• Profiller™
• Acurex™
• Feather®
• Isba®
• Socorex®

Products and services

• Acura manual micropipettes Manual micropipettes (models 815, 825, 826XS, 835, 855) for precise variable and fixed volume liquid handling in laboratory applications, built on patented plunger/cylinder sealing technology (US 7,204,163 B2; US 6,833,114 B1).
• Acura electro electronic pipettes Electronic pipettes (models 926XS, 936, 956) with single and multichannel configurations for high-ergonomics, motor-assisted liquid handling, protected by US 6,833,114 B1 and US 8,900,526 B2.
• Acura capillar positive displacement pipette Positive displacement pipette (model 846) for handling viscous, volatile, or dense samples where piston-driven air-displacement pipetting is unsuitable.
• Acura dilute dilution pipette Dilution pipette (model 810) for 1:10 dilution workflows in laboratory settings.
• Acura self-refill microdispenser pipette Self-refilling microdispenser pipette (model 865) for automated dispensing of precise liquid volumes in laboratory applications.
• Acurex compact bottle dispenser Low-profile bottle dispenser (model 501) for dispensing liquids from reagent bottles with PFA-coated components for chemical resistance.
• Calibrex bottle-top dispensers Bottle-top dispensers in three versions: universal 520 (PFA-coated, fixed or variable volume), organo 525 (ground glass for organic solvents), and solutae 530 (PFA-coated for acids, bases, and salt solutions). Volume range 0.1 mL to 100 mL. Patent applications pending in the US and EP.
• Stepper repeater pipette Repeater pipette (model 416) and Ecostep for sequential dispensing of multiple aliquots from a single loading, suited to high-throughput laboratory workflows.
• Dosys laboratory syringe pipettes Laboratory syringes (models 162, 163, 164, 172, 173, 174) and Dosys all-glass 155 for precision liquid handling in laboratory applications.
• Profiller pipette controllers Pipette controllers including manual models (437, 406) and electronic model (447) for comfortable pipetting with electronic aspiration and dispensing control.
• Qualitix consumables Brand covering pipette tips, reagent reservoirs (V-shape 75 mL), laboratory consumables (straw tips), sterilization pouches, and the tipfill eco-responsible rack filling system.
• Socorex pipette stands Instrument stands including Twister universal (model 336) for secure storage and organization of pipettes.
• Feather scalpels and blades Disposable scalpels and blades for laboratory surgical applications, sourced from Feather (Japan).
• Socorex ultra 1810 automatic self-refilling syringe Lightweight automatic self-refilling syringe for precision serial animal injections, available in tube feeding and vial feeding configurations with optional Abacus counter, designed for fish, chicks, and small animal vaccination.
• Socorex ultra 2810 twin automatic self-refilling syringe Twin model automatic light self-refilling syringe for simultaneous dual injections in veterinary applications.
• Socorex 187 classic pistol grip syringe Pistol grip automatic self-refilling syringe for serial precision injections, available in tube feeding, vial feeding, and combo configurations with fixed volume options.
• Socorex 287 classic twin pistol grip syringe Twin model pistol grip automatic self-refilling syringe for simultaneous dual injections in larger animal applications.
• Socorex 167 classic two-ring syringe Two-ring automatic self-refilling syringe for manual control during veterinary injections.
• Socorex fullpox 185 fowl pox syringe Specialized vial feeding syringe for fowl pox vaccination in poultry, designed for precise delivery of pox vaccine.
• Dosys all-glass 155 syringes All-glass syringes for veterinary applications requiring chemical resistance and precision dosing.
• Abacus shot counter Electronic shot counter accessory for ultra 1810 syringes that tracks injection counts during vaccination campaigns.
• FishGuide vaccination guide Guidance tool for fish vaccination that helps position the syringe correctly during aquaculture vaccination.
• Service and calibration ISO/IEC 17025 accredited calibration services for pipettes and liquid handling instruments of all major brands, offered through CLASSIC, PREMIUM, and ULTRA service tiers with 5 working day standard turnaround and optional 24-hour express service. Two METAS-accredited in-house laboratories handle several tens of thousands of pipettes annually.

Quantifiable outcome

• Handles several tens of thousands of pipettes annually at the Service Centre
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sartorius: German bioprocessing and lab-products company offering Biohit liquid-handling pipettes, electronic dispensers, and consumables. Competes with Socorex in lab liquid handling while also serving upstream/downstream bioprocessing customers.
• Mettler Toledo: Swiss-based precision instruments giant whose Rainin brand dominates the electronic pipette and pipette-tip market. Larger incumbent offering overlapping liquid-handling products as part of a much broader lab and industrial instrumentation portfolio.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Global life-sciences tools leader offering pipettes, tips, reagents, and integrated lab workflows. A broad incumbent that competes at the procurement level with Socorex in regulated pharma and diagnostics customer accounts.

Direct peers

• Gilson: US/French maker of PIPETMAN manual and electronic pipettes, plus distributors and consumables. Closely competes with the Acura family across volume ranges and shares Socorex's emphasis on ergonomic, precision liquid handling for research labs.
• Henke-Sass, Wolf: German manufacturer of veterinary and medical syringes, including automatic self-refilling syringes for livestock vaccination. Most direct competitor to Socorex's ultra and classic veterinary syringe product lines.
• Brand GmbH: German manufacturer of Transferpette pipettes, Dispensette bottle-top dispensers, and related liquid-handling consumables. Head-to-head competitor in pipettes and bottle-top dispensers, particularly versus Acura and Calibrex product families.
• INTEGRA Biosciences: Swiss-headquartered manufacturer of electronic pipettes, pipetting robots, and benchtop liquid-handling systems. Direct competitor to Socorex in laboratory liquid handling, with particular overlap on Acura electro and Profiller electro electronic pipette controllers.
• Hamilton Company: US manufacturer of precision syringes, pipettes, and laboratory automation. Directly comparable to Socorex on precision liquid-handling syringes (Dosys line) and laboratory automation instruments.
• Eppendorf: German manufacturer of precision pipettes, dispensers, and lab liquid-handling consumables. Most direct competitor to Socorex's Acura manual/electronic pipette, Calibrex bottle-top dispenser, and Qualitix tip product lines, serving the same pharma, biotech, and academic labs.
• Drummond Scientific: US manufacturer of precision capillary pipettes, microcapillary tubes, and specialty liquid-handling instruments. Comparable to Socorex's Acura capillar positive-displacement pipette and Dosys syringe-pipette offerings for niche laboratory workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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