Labtim

What Labtim does

Labtim is a Slovenia-based, privately held analytical instrumentation firm founded in 1989 and headquartered in Ljubljana, with a headcount of 51-100 employees. The firm positions itself as a research-oriented provider of liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and supercritical fluid chromatography solutions, serving laboratories and research customers in the Central European market. Its described capability set spans three core analytical technique families — HPLC/LC, MS, and SFC — which collectively address pharmaceutical, chemical, food and environmental analytical workflows.

The company website (labtim.hr) returned only a loading/verification redirect during data collection, so no confirmed product catalogue, pricing model, or service portfolio could be extracted. Based on the available firmographic signals — a long operating history, a mid-sized technical workforce, and a narrow chromatography/mass spectrometry focus — the most consistent read is that Labtim operates as a regional specialist distributor and/or technical services partner for one or more major global analytical instrument OEMs, supplemented by application support, consumables, and method development services. The company is structured as a for-profit private entity with no disclosed parent, subsidiaries, or capital markets activity.

Source-side evidence is sparse: no revenue, headcount trend, customer logos, certifications, partnerships, management team, or M&A history were captured. This limits the ability to verify segment mix, end-market exposure, or contract economics. The company therefore presents as a stable, niche, privately-held regional player in laboratory analytics, with the standard profile of a small European specialty instrument channel: long tenure, narrow technical depth, and reliance on a handful of OEM relationships whose terms are not disclosed.

Name

Labtim

Website

https://labtim.hr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Labtim is a Slovenia-based, privately held analytical instrumentation firm founded in 1989 that supplies liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and supercritical fluid chromatography solutions to research and laboratory customers in the Central European market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Analytical Laboratory Instrumentation

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Analytical instrumentation
• Liquid chromatography systems
• Mass spectrometry solutions
• Supercritical fluid chromatography
• Laboratory research services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ljubljana

HQ country

Slovenia

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Core offering

Labtim is a research firm that delivers liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and supercritical fluid chromatography solutions to laboratory and research customers. The company supplies the instrumentation and analytical methodologies used to separate, identify, and quantify chemical compounds in research workflows. Its offering combines the three complementary chromatographic/spectrometric techniques under a single provider based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Liquid Chromatography Solutions Analytical liquid chromatography solutions for separating, identifying, and quantifying compounds in samples, provided to research laboratories and analytical testing organizations.
• Mass Spectrometry Solutions Mass spectrometry solutions for compound identification and quantification by mass-to-charge analysis, offered to analytical chemistry and research customers.
• Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Solutions Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) solutions using a supercritical fluid as the mobile phase for compound separation, supplied to research and analytical laboratory customers.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• PerkinElmer: Diversified analytical sciences provider with chromatography and MS offerings plus broader diagnostics portfolio. Comparable via analytical instrumentation, though much larger and more diversified.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Diversified life science and analytical instrument provider with strong LC and MS franchises. Comparable on the analytical instruments Labtim offers, but operates at enterprise scale across many adjacent categories.
• Waters Corporation: Global manufacturer of liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and SFC systems. Directly comparable to Labtim on the core instrument categories it serves, but at vastly larger scale and with proprietary technology.
• Sciex (Danaher): Specialist in mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography for life science applications. Comparable product overlap with Labtim's chromatography and MS focus.
• Shimadzu: Japanese manufacturer of LC, MS, and SFC instruments serving pharmaceutical, environmental, and food safety markets. Closely comparable product overlap with Labtim's stated offerings.
• Agilent Technologies: Major analytical instrument manufacturer covering LC, MS, GC, and consumables. Comparable via overlapping chromatography and mass spectrometry product lines, but competes globally with a much broader portfolio.
• Bruker: Manufacturer of mass spectrometry and chromatography systems, particularly strong in high-resolution MS. Directly comparable technology category with a much larger R&D and global footprint.

Emerging players

• Jasco: Mid-sized analytical instrument manufacturer with strong SFC and chromatography offerings. Closely comparable on the SFC and LC technology Labtim provides, at a smaller scale than the top-tier OEMs.
• Knauer: German manufacturer specializing in HPLC and SFC systems, with a comparable European mid-market positioning to Labtim. Similar size and focus on liquid chromatography instrumentation.
• Phenomenex (Danaher): Chromatography consumables and columns specialist acquired by Danaher. Provides chromatography workflow solutions that complement LC and SFC systems — comparable to Labtim's chromatography focus from a consumables and solution angle.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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