CITOTEST SCIENTIFIC CO;,LTD

Name

CITOTEST SCIENTIFIC CO;,LTD

Legal name

Citotest Labware Manufacturing Co.,Ltd

Website

https://citotest.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Laboratory Consumables Manufacturing

NAICS

Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (3391), Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (339113)

SIC

Laboratory Apparatus & Furniture (3821), Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047)

akta.pro primary industry

Laboratory Consumables & Plasticware (Tips, Tubes, Plates, Filters) (HLAGAIAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Diagnostic & Laboratory Packaging (Specimen Containers, Transport Tubes) (IMALAIAF), Lab Safety, PPE & Contamination Control (Hoods, Biosafety Cabinets, Clean Air) (HLAGAIAK), Sample Logistics, Biorepository & IVD Kit Management (Trial Support) (HLAGAEAI)

Keywords

• Laboratory consumables
• Microscope slides
• Cover glass
• Histopathology products
• Cell culture supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Nanjing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Laboratory Consumables Manufacturing & Distribution: B2B manufacturing and distribution of laboratory consumables including microscope slides, cover glass, histopathology products, microbiology supplies, molecular biology consumables, clinical laboratory products, and general lab supplies. Products sold directly through company website and catalogs to laboratories, hospitals, and research institutions worldwide.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CITOTEST manufactures and distributes laboratory consumables and supplies spanning histopathology (microscope slides, cover glass, tissue cassettes, biopsy cassettes, staining/labeling), microbiology and cell culture (petri dishes, glass bottom dishes, culture tubes, syringe filters, multiwell plates, colony counters), molecular biology (cryostorage, protein electrophoresis), clinical laboratory (urine collection containers, ESR racks, blood collection tubes, Pap smear kits), and general lab supplies (beakers, flasks, cylinders, funnels, chromatography vials, liquid handling). The company also produces safety protection products including biohazard bags, autoclave bags, sharp containers, and 95kPa transport bags compliant with DOT/IATA regulations.

Product overview

CITOTEST Scientific Co.,Ltd is a manufacturer and provider of high-quality laboratory consumables and supplies, established in 1996. The company operates as a comprehensive portfolio of products organized into six main categories: (1) Histopathology products including Microscope Slides, Microscope Cover Glass (with variants like EcoGlas, EstaGlas, Cell Culture Cover Glass, Non-Sticking, Circular, and Hemacytometer types), Tissue Processing & Embedding cassettes (EM120-EM128 series), biopsy cassettes, staining/labeling products, and transport/storage solutions; (2) Microbiology & Cell Culture products including glass bottom dishes, cell culture dishes, bacteriological petri dishes, culture tubes, syringe filters, multiwell plates, cell spreaders, plastic/nichrome wire loops, colony counters, and petri dish revolving tables; (3) Molecular Biology products including cryostorage and protein electrophoresis supplies; (4) Clinical Laboratory & Biochemistry products including urine collection containers, ESR racks, blood collection tubes, Pap smear kits, and cervical brushes; (5) General Lab Supplies including heavy duty beakers, volumetric flasks, boiling flasks, measuring cylinders, aspirator bottles, reagent bottles (GL45/GL80), separating/dropping funnels, mortars, desiccators, chromatography lab vials, liquid handling equipment, lab glassware, plastic ware, and brushes; (6) Safety Protection products including sharp containers, biohazard bags, cardboard safety boxes, autoclave bags, waste cans, trash bins, transport bags (95kPa), and specimen bags. The company also offers Histopathology Instruments including slide printers and tissue processing equipment. Products are available in various materials (borosilicate glass, HDPE, PP, PS) and comply with international standards such as ISO 3819, ISO 4788, and ISO 4800.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EstaGlas: Super white (CSW) glass microscope cover glass with ideal optical properties
• EcoGlas
• Non-Sticking Microscope Cover Glass
• CITOTEST Chromatography Lab Vials

Products and services

• Microscope Slides High-quality microscope slides for laboratory and diagnostic applications, including standard and specialized variants for pathology and histology workflows.
• Microscope Cover Glass

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Citogem / Jiangsu Huida Medical: Chinese-region manufacturers of histology cassettes, slides, and pathology consumables. Direct Chinese-market overlap with CITOTEST's histopathology category, particularly biopsy cassettes and microscope slides.

Broad incumbents

• Sartorius: Bioprocess and lab product incumbent offering cell culture media, consumables, and lab essentials. Overlaps with CITOTEST in cell culture and microbiology but emphasizes upstream bioprocess customers.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Global laboratory products incumbent offering the broadest consumables portfolio (Nunc, Nalgene, Fisherbrand). Competes with CITOTEST across nearly every category but as part of a multi-billion-dollar diversified portfolio.
• Avantor (VWR): Global laboratory supplies distributor and manufacturer serving clinical, life science, and applied markets. Competes with CITOTEST via private-label and branded consumables distributed through extensive sales channels.

Direct peers

• Greiner Bio-One: Specialized manufacturer of plastic lab consumables for cell culture, microbiology, and preanalytics. Direct overlap with CITOTEST's microbiology/cell-culture line, including petri dishes, culture tubes, and biobanking/transport products.
• DWK Life Sciences: Manufacturer of premium borosilicate lab glassware under Kimble and Duran brands, plus plastic labware. Direct overlap with CITOTEST's borosilicate beakers, flasks, measuring cylinders, and reagent bottles.
• Corning Life Sciences: Major manufacturer of cell culture dishes, flasks, microplates, and lab glass/plasticware. Overlaps with CITOTEST on bacteriological petri dishes, cell culture dishes, multiwell plates, and glass-bottom imaging dishes.
• NEST Scientific (Wuxi NEST Biotechnology): Chinese manufacturer of cell culture plastics, PCR/molecular biology consumables, and laboratory storage products. Closest geographic and product peer to CITOTEST, competing head-to-head on cost-disciplined plastic labware.
• Eppendorf: German-headquartered manufacturer of premium laboratory consumables including pipette tips, tubes, plates, and cell culture vessels. CITOTEST competes directly in plastic labware and consumables across research, clinical, and cell-culture workflows.

Emerging players

• Hirschmann Laborgeräte: Specialist manufacturer of liquid handling and volumetric glassware (pipettes, burettes, cylinders). Comparable to CITOTEST's precision liquid-handling and glassware categories but with a narrower product focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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