Simat
Simat (太阳集团tyc5997) is a Shanghai-based Chinese manufacturer of liquid chromatography systems, UV detectors, gel imaging equipment, and biochemical laboratory instruments, selling to research institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and food safety testing labs across China.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded-
- HeadquartersAbidjan
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Simat does
Simat (太阳集团tyc5997(中国)股份有限公司) is a Shanghai-based Chinese high-tech enterprise that designs and manufactures analytical detection and biochemical laboratory instruments, headquartered in the Shanghai Robot Industry Park, Baoshan District. Its product portfolio spans more than ten series: automatic liquid chromatography separators, nucleic acid/protein detectors, handheld/dark-box/triple-function UV analyzers, gel imaging systems, photochemical reactors, xenon lamp sources, automatic fraction collectors, peristaltic pumps, vortex mixers, decolorization shakers, cell counters, and chromatography columns. Core technology centers on UV absorption-based detection across wavelengths from 214nm to 365nm, with proprietary integrated chromatography workstations that combine detector, pump, fraction collector, software, and column into complete gel permeation, affinity, and ion-exchange solutions. A 2025 product expansion into E. coli (大肠埃希氏杆菌) detection extends the portfolio into clinical and food microbiology diagnostics. The R&D team is described as comprising PhD and Masters-level researchers across biochemistry, automation control, and computer science, and the company claims multiple independent intellectual property core technologies across its product lines.
The company operates a B2B, sales-led hardware model, selling instruments outright (no subscription, service, or consumables annuity disclosed) to research institutions, pharmaceutical manufacturers, food safety testing laboratories, and industrial quality control facilities across China. Pricing spans CNY 550 for handheld UV analyzers to CNY 35,800 for luxury five-piece integrated chromatography systems, positioning Simat as a cost-competitive domestic alternative to imported instrumentation. Go-to-market is executed through the Chem17.com B2B industrial platform, the company website (simat-ci.com), and QQ-based online customer service — channels consistent with a long-tail, mid-market customer base rather than enterprise anchor accounts. There is no evidence of named strategic customers, recurring revenue, geographic export activity, or AI/ML capability in any source.
Simat firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Simat
- Legal name
- 太阳集团tyc5997(中国)股份有限公司
- Website
- https://simat-ci.com
- Company type
- Private
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Simat (太阳集团tyc5997) is a Shanghai-based Chinese manufacturer of liquid chromatography systems, UV detectors, gel imaging equipment, and biochemical laboratory instruments, selling to research institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and food safety testing labs across China.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Simat industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Laboratory Analytical Instruments
- NAICS
- Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)
- SIC
- Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Analytical Instruments & Chromatography Systems (HLAGAIAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Mass Spectrometry & Spectroscopy Instruments (HLAGAIAB), Downstream Processing & Purification Technologies (chromatography, filtration, centrifugation) (HLAAAJAB)
Keywords
Where Simat is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Abidjan
Offices1 record
Markets served
Simat business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Scientific instrument and laboratory equipment sales: Manufactures and sells chromatography instruments, UV detectors, peristaltic pumps, fraction collectors, gel imaging systems, and other laboratory equipment to research institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and industrial quality control laboratories. Revenue is generated through one-time hardware product sales.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | LC-A (MD99-1) Five-piece chromatography system — 21,500 CNY |
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | LC-B Luxury Five-piece system — 33,800 CNY |
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | LC-C (MD99-2) Five-piece liquid chromatography system — 23,800 CNY |
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | LC-D Luxury Five-piece system — 35,800 CNY |
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | ZF-7A handheld UV analyzer — 760 CNY list / 550 CNY discounted |
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | SKY-100C small capacity temperature-controlled culture oscillator — 6,600 CNY |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels4 records
Simat product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Simat designs and manufactures analytical detection and biochemical laboratory instruments, including automatic liquid chromatography separation systems, nucleic acid and protein detectors, UV detectors and analyzers, gel imaging systems, photochemical catalytic reactors, xenon lamp light sources, automatic fraction collectors, peristaltic pumps, vortex mixers, decolorization shakers, cell counters, and chromatography columns. The company integrates these components into turnkey chromatography separation-and-analysis systems for life science research, pharmaceutical development, food safety testing, and chemical analysis applications in the Chinese market.
Product overview
Simat (太阳集团tyc5997(中国)股份有限公司) is a high-tech enterprise specializing in analytical detection and biochemical instrumentation. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of chromatography and UV analysis instruments, including UV analyzers (暗箱紫外分析仪, 手提式紫外分析仪, 三用紫外分析仪), nucleic acid protein detectors (核酸蛋白检测仪), automatic separation chromatographs (自动核酸蛋白分离层析仪, 自动液相色谱分离层析仪), gel imaging systems, peristaltic pumps, fraction collectors, vortex mixers, and shaking oscillators. The product line integrates components like detectors, peristaltic pumps, fraction collectors, and chromatography workstations to form complete liquid chromatography separation and analysis systems for life science research, pharmaceutical development, food safety testing, and chemical analysis applications. The company also produces supporting equipment including xenon lamp light sources, cooling circulators, and chromatography columns.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- 骥辉仪器: Product brand for chromatography and analysis instruments including automatic chromatography separators and detectors.
Products and services
- UV Analyzer Series (暗箱紫外分析仪 / 手提式紫外分析仪 / 三用紫外分析仪 / 暗箱三用紫外分析仪 / 紫外透射分析仪)
- UV Detector Series (HD-21C-A, HD-21C-B, HD-1, HD-4, HD-97-1, HD-21-1, HD-21-2, HD-2000)
- Nucleic Acid and Protein Detector (核酸蛋白检测仪)
- Automatic Nucleic Acid Protein Separation Chromatograph (LC series, MA/MB series)
- Automatic Liquid Chromatography Separation System
- Photochemical Catalytic Reactor (光化学催化反应仪)
- Xenon Lamp Catalytic Light Source (GHX-300/300B)
- Gel Imaging Analysis System (ZF-158)
- Laboratory Peristaltic Pump (实验蠕动泵)
- Automatic Fraction Collector (BS series)
- Vortex Mixer (旋涡混合器)
- Decolorization Shaking Table Oscillator (SKY series)
- Chromatography Column (色谱层析柱)
- Cell Counter (FC-300S)
- Computer Data Collector and Recorder (电脑采集器记录仪)
- Fluorescence Whitening Agent Detector (JH-A)
- Low-Temperature Cooling Water Circulator (低温冷却水循环泵)
Quantifiable outcome
- Automatic fraction collection replaces manual operation and improves work efficiency
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use Simat
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Simat technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Simat partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- Chem17.com (化工仪器网)coreChem17.com is a major Chinese B2B online platform for industrial scientific instruments. Simat maintains a product listing and company profile on Chem17.com, which provides website construction, technical support, and customer inquiry routing services to Simat as a vendor participant on the platform.
Scale indicators2 records
Recent moves3 records
Expansion highlights3 records
Simat competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Beijing Liuyi Instrument Factory (北京六一仪器厂): Beijing-based Chinese manufacturer of electrophoresis equipment, UV analyzers, and gel imaging systems — directly overlapping Simat's UV analyzer, gel imaging, and chromatography product lines for life science labs. The most direct Chinese domestic competitor on the UV analyzer / electrophoresis detection side.
- Hunan Xiangyi Laboratory Instrument (湖南湘仪): Chinese manufacturer of centrifuges, lab instruments, and life science equipment with overlapping presence in the Chinese lab-instrument market — comparable in scale and domestic Chinese positioning to Simat.
- Shanghai San-Ao Scientific Instrument (上海三澳仪器): Chinese domestic scientific instrument maker focused on chromatography and analytical detection equipment — directly comparable to Simat in scale, product category, and target customer (Chinese life science and industrial labs).
Broad incumbents
- Waters Corporation: Global HPLC and chromatography consumables leader — defines the high-end benchmark for liquid chromatography systems, including the UPLC category that Simat does not yet address.
- Bio-Rad Laboratories: Life science research instrument and consumables company with significant presence in electrophoresis, gel imaging, and chromatography — directly comparable to Simat's gel imaging and nucleic acid/protein detection offerings.
- Agilent Technologies: Global leader in chromatography, mass spectrometry, and spectroscopy — provides the imported benchmark systems that Simat positions against in the Chinese market. Not a direct competitor in low-end pricing, but defines the product performance bar.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific: Largest global scientific instrument company with broad chromatography, life science, and analytical instrument portfolio — overlaps with Simat's UV detection and chromatography product lines as part of a much wider offering.
- Shanghai Jingke Industrial (上海精科/上海仪电分析仪器): Established Chinese lab instrument maker with broad portfolio including analytical instruments, chromatographs, and lab equipment — overlaps with Simat's chromatography and UV detection offerings, but at a larger scale and broader scope.
- Shimadzu Scientific Instruments: Japanese scientific instrument maker with strong chromatography, spectroscopy, and lab equipment portfolio — established Asia-Pacific presence and benchmarks the imported-instrument segment Simat competes against domestically.
Emerging players
- Eppendorf: Life science lab equipment specialist with portfolio overlapping Simat's peristaltic pumps, mixers, and lab automation accessories — comparable in customer base (life science labs) and channel model.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Simat financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Simat leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Simat funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Simat M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Simat
What does Simat do?
Simat designs and manufactures analytical detection and biochemical laboratory instruments, including automatic liquid chromatography separation systems, nucleic acid and protein detectors, UV detectors and analyzers, gel imaging systems, photochemical catalytic reactors, xenon lamp light sources, automatic fraction collectors, peristaltic pumps, vortex mixers, decolorization shakers, cell counters, and chromatography columns. The company integrates these components into turnkey chromatography separation-and-analysis systems for life science research, pharmaceutical development, food safety testing, and chemical analysis applications in the Chinese market.
Is Simat a public or private company?
Simat is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.
When was Simat founded?
Simat was founded in -1. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Simat based?
Simat is headquartered in Abidjan.
How does Simat make money?
One revenue line is on record: scientific instrument and laboratory equipment sales.
Who are Simat's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Beijing Liuyi Instrument Factory (北京六一仪器厂), Hunan Xiangyi Laboratory Instrument (湖南湘仪) and Shanghai San-Ao Scientific Instrument (上海三澳仪器). Broad incumbents are Waters Corporation, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Agilent Technologies, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Shanghai Jingke Industrial (上海精科/上海仪电分析仪器) and Shimadzu Scientific Instruments. Eppendorf is listed as an emerging player.
Does Simat have an API?
No public API is recorded for Simat.
What industry is Simat in?
Simat's product category is Laboratory Analytical Instruments. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLAGAIAA, Analytical Instruments & Chromatography Systems, with a secondary code of HLAGAIAB, Mass Spectrometry & Spectroscopy Instruments. Its NAICS code is 334516 and its SIC code is 3826.