Burghart Measurement Technology

What Burghart Measurement Technology does

Burghart Messtechnik GmbH is a privately held, family-owned German manufacturer of measurement technology, headquartered in Holm, Schleswig-Holstein, operating in its third generation under managing director Torsten Burghart. The company traces its roots to a 1949 workshop founded by Heinrich Burghart in Hamburg-Blankenese; the measurement-technology division was spun off as an independent GmbH on 1 January 2009 and was unaffected by the 2015 insolvency of the related Heinrich Burghart Elektro- und Feinmechanik GmbH. The business employs between 11 and 50 staff and combines two product lines under the ODOFIN™ and BURGHART MESSTECHNIK brands.

The company's portfolio is organized into three pillars. The medical-technology line offers validated chemosensory diagnostic systems — Sniffin' Sticks odor tests (Screening 12, Extended, Threshold, Discrimination, Identification), Taste Strips for the four basic taste qualities, and a range of olfactometers (OL022–OL025), a Gustometer (GU003), an 8-channel EEG (OL026), and a multistimulator (OG001) — sold to ENT specialists, neurologists, general practitioners, and university research institutions. The tobacco-technology line supplies cigarette-industry lab equipment including the SM2000 smoking machine, DD60A and D37A densimeters, the E44 Ends Tester, LM-02 length measuring device, PDSP syringe pump, and the Bubblemeter. A third Sondermaschinenbau/Prototypenbau service provides custom machine-building, software programming, prototyping, and series production for industrial customers.

Revenue is generated through B2B hardware sales (instruments), recurring consumables (Sniffin' Sticks refills, Taste Strips, Riechstreifen paper), custom engineering projects, and the direct-to-customer ODOFIN online shop. Go-to-market combines a direct sales team with an extensive network of regional distribution partners covering 20+ countries (Benelux, Denmark, Switzerland, Taiwan, China/Hong Kong/Macau, India/Nepal, and the USA via a dedicated webshop at odofin.us). The company maintains ISO 13485:2016 (MedCert) and ISO 9001:2015 (TÜV Süd) certifications, participates in chemosensory and medical conferences (Pangborn, MEDICA, AChemS, ECRO, ISOT), and publishes multilingual product documentation to support international clinical and research customers.

Name

Burghart Measurement Technology

Legal name

Burghart Messtechnik GmbH

Website

https://www.burghart-mt.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Burghart Measurement Technology manufactures medical devices for clinical sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Holm

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Device Sales: Sale of olfactometers, gustometers, EEG devices, and medical equipment for chemosensory testing. Revenue from both initial device sales and ongoing service/maintenance.
2. Consumable Test Materials: Recurring revenue from consumable products including Sniffin' Sticks (odor pens), Taste Strips, refill sets, and accessories. These products require periodic replacement.
3. Tobacco Testing Equipment: Sales of laboratory and measurement equipment for the cigarette industry including densimeters, smoking machines, length measuring devices, and bubble meters.
4. Custom Machine Construction: Custom prototype and special machine development services for industrial applications. One-off project-based revenue for tailored solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Burghart Measurement Technology (Burghart Messtechnik GmbH) manufactures and sells chemosensory diagnostic products under the ODOFIN™ brand (Sniffin' Sticks odor tests, Taste Strips) and clinical research instruments (olfactometers, gustometers, EEG devices). It also produces laboratory and measurement equipment for the tobacco industry, including smoking machines, densimeters, length measuring devices, and bubblemeters, plus custom prototype/special machine building services.

Product overview

Burghart Messtechnik GmbH is a German measurement technology company specializing in two main product lines: Medical Technology and Tobacco Technology. The Medical Technology division offers the ODOFIN™ branded olfactory and gustatory diagnostic products including Sniffin' Sticks (screening, extended, threshold, discrimination, and identification tests), Taste Strips for taste function testing, and a range of olfactometers (OL022, OL023, OL024, OL025), gustometers (GU003), EEG devices (OL026), and multistimulators (OG001) for clinical and research applications. The Tobacco Technology division provides laboratory and measurement equipment including densimeters (DD60A, D37A), smoking machines (SM2000), length measuring devices (LM-02), and bubblemeters. The company also offers custom machine building services and operates the ODOFIN™ online shop for product sales. Products are distributed globally through regional partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and regional.

• Borgwaldt KCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 March 2016Cooperation agreement covering distribution and manufacturing of tobacco testing equipment. Borgwaldt KC acquired technical documentation from insolvent Heinrich Burghart Elektro- und Feinmechanik GmbH. Some products manufactured by Burghart MT and distributed by Borgwaldt KC; others manufactured and distributed directly by Burghart MT under license.
• Cerulean UKcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 November 2015Distribution partnership for freely available tobacco technology products including DD60A, D37A, E44, LM-02, and Bubblemeter available through Cerulean UK Global Sales Offices.
• Sense Trading BV (Medisense)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for ODOFIN smell and taste tests in Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Located at Peizerweg 97, 9727 AJ Groningen, Netherlands.
• Abena A/ScoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for ODOFIN products in Denmark. Located at Egelund 35, 6200 Aabenraa, Denmark.
• SANASSIST AGcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for ODOFIN products in Switzerland. Located at Steinhauserstrasse 74, 6300 Zug, Switzerland.
• Medspire Co., Ltd.regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for ODOFIN products in Taiwan. Located at 1F., No. 3-2, Ln. 42, Siyuan Rd., Xinzhuang Dist., New Taipei City 242, Taiwan.
• Fargo Marketing Services Ltd.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for tobacco technology products in China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Located at D2-D3, 25/F, TML Tower, West Wing, 3 Hoi Shing Road, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong.
• Earth Tekniks Pvt LtdregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for tobacco technology products in India and Nepal. Located at HIG-29, NH-1, Maraimalai Adigalar Street, Maraimalai Nagar, Chengalpattu Dist, Chennai - 603209.
• Axiom Select LLCregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for tobacco technology products in Virginia, USA. Located at 2304 Cardiff Place, Richmond, Virginia 23236, U.S.A.
• Life Tech Company LimitedcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for medical technology products in Hong Kong. Also serves as contact for China, Hong Kong, and Macau orders. Located at 1027A Ocean Center, 5 Canton Road, TsimShaTsui, KowLoon, Hong Kong.
• Steve Yarcusko (Burghart North America)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSales representative for ODOFIN products in North America. Located at 116 Waverly Lane, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022, U.S.A. Operates dedicated US webshop at www.odofin.us

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sensonics International: Sensonics International (Haddonfield, NJ) develops and supplies clinical smell and taste tests used by ENT specialists, neurologists, and researchers — the same core customer base and product category as Burghart's ODOFIN Sniffin' Sticks and Taste Strips. It is the most direct US-based competitor in clinical chemosensory assessment.
• Borgwaldt KC: Borgwaldt KC is a Hamburg-based manufacturer of smoking machines, densimeters, and laboratory equipment for the tobacco industry — the same product category as Burghart's Tobacco Technology division. It is simultaneously a distribution partner (cooperation agreement from 2016) and the closest functional peer in the tobacco lab equipment market.
• Cerulean UK: Cerulean is a UK-based supplier of tobacco testing and laboratory equipment including smoking machines and associated instrumentation. It is also a Burghart distribution partner (since 2015) for tobacco technology products globally, and competes directly in tobacco R&D and QC lab equipment categories.

Broad incumbents

• Agilent Technologies: Agilent is a global leader in analytical laboratory instruments (chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy) used across pharma, food, environmental, and clinical research. While not specialized in chemosensory testing, Agilent is a broad incumbent whose analytical instrument portfolio and global distribution represent the scale ceiling Burghart operates beneath in the lab instrumentation space.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world's largest analytical instrument and life sciences tools company, with extensive diagnostics and lab equipment offerings across clinical and research markets. It is a broad incumbent whose scale, regulatory infrastructure, and clinical distribution dwarf Burghart's specialized chemosensory device business.
• Siemens Healthineers: Siemens Healthineers is a major medical technology and diagnostics company offering in-vitro diagnostics, imaging, and laboratory equipment to hospitals and clinical labs worldwide. It represents the broad-incumbent counterpart to Burghart's clinical diagnostic device portfolio, with the resources to enter specialty diagnostics segments.
• Shimadzu Corporation: Shimadzu manufactures analytical and measuring instruments including chromatographs, mass spectrometers, and spectrophotometers used in pharmaceutical, food, environmental, and clinical laboratories. As a broad Japanese incumbent in laboratory analytical instrumentation, it operates at a scale and product breadth far beyond Burghart's niche.
• Mettler-Toledo International: Mettler-Toledo is a global manufacturer of precision instruments for laboratory and industrial applications, including balances, titrators, and analytical measurement devices. It serves pharmaceutical, food, and industrial QC labs — overlapping customer profile with Burghart's tobacco lab equipment buyers.

Emerging players

• Interacoustics: Interacoustics (a Demant subsidiary) develops diagnostic instruments for audiology and vestibular disorders, sold to ENT specialists and audiologists globally. It is an adjacent medical device player in sensory diagnostics with overlapping clinical channels (ENT clinics) to Burghart's olfactory/gustatory test customers.

Others

• MediSense (Sense Trading BV): Sense Trading BV (MediSense) is the Burghart distribution partner for ODOFIN products in the Benelux region. As a regional channel/distributor of clinical diagnostics, it represents the network of medical channel partners and specialty distributors that Burghart relies on to reach clinical end users across geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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