SATICUS
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2017
- HeadquartersHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What SATICUS does
SATICUS is a privately held B2B laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment distributor founded in 2017, headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with offices in Hanoi and two locations in Bogor Regency, Indonesia. The company sources and integrates analytical, QC, and production-scale instruments from a portfolio of 40+ international manufacturers—including Labindia, Newtronic, Park Systems, Oxford Instruments WITec, Oxipack, ProUmid, Distek, Radwag, Hunterlab, Biologic, and HOBERSAL—covering 46+ product categories such as stability chambers, dissolution testers, atomic force and Raman microscopes, leak testers, spectrophotometers, moisture analyzers, and material-testing equipment. Its primary customers are pharmaceutical manufacturers, with secondary segments in food, cosmetics, animal feed, and healthcare/medical facilities, where compliance with standards such as EU-GMP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, ICH Q1A/Q1B, and ASTM F2338 is central to the value proposition.
The business operates a sales-led GTM through direct field sales, an e-commerce catalog, lab demonstrations, and participation in industry events (ISPE Indonesia 2025/2026, DISSO Asia 2025). Revenue is generated primarily via quote-based hardware resale of equipment packages, supplemented by after-sales maintenance and repair services on the installed base. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and contracts are typically multi-year and project-based, with customers ranging from mid-sized Vietnamese pharma firms (e.g., Traphaco, Hau Giang Pharma, Bidiphar, Hataphar, Davipharm) to broader Southeast Asian manufacturers served out of its Indonesia regional offices. The company holds no patents, no disclosed funding, and operates with a small team of approximately nine employees, indicating an owner-operator distributor model that relies on partner OEM technology rather than proprietary R&D.
SATICUS firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- SATICUS
- Legal name
- SatiCus
- Website
- https://saticus.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2017
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
SATICUS industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Laboratory Equipment Distribution
- NAICS
- Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)
- SIC
- Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Laboratory Apparatus & Furniture (3821), Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Lab Safety, PPE & Contamination Control (Hoods, Biosafety Cabinets, Clean Air) (HLAGAIAK)
Keywords
Where SATICUS is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Ho Chi Minh City
- HQ country
- Vietnam
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices4 records
Markets served
SATICUS business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Laboratory Equipment Sales: SatiCus generates revenue through direct sales of laboratory and pharmaceutical testing equipment sourced from their international partner network. Products include dissolution testers, stability chambers, analytical balances, spectroscopy instruments, and specialized testing equipment across 46+ categories.
- Maintenance and Repair Services: The company offers maintenance and repair services as part of their after-sales support, providing ongoing revenue from their installed equipment base.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Custom equipment packages |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
SATICUS product offering
Product offeringCore offering
SATICUS distributes and integrates laboratory and pharmaceutical testing equipment sourced from 40+ international manufacturers, supplying pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, animal feed, and healthcare companies across Vietnam and Indonesia. The portfolio spans 46+ equipment categories including dissolution testers, stability chambers, microscopes, leak testers, analytical balances, and moisture analyzers, complemented by maintenance and repair services.
Product overview
SATICUS is a laboratory equipment and pharmaceutical machinery distributor offering a comprehensive portfolio of 46+ product categories across pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, animal feed, and healthcare industries. The company provides equipment spanning stability chambers, dissolution testers, analytical balances, microscopes (including AFM and Raman systems), leak testers, spectrophotometers, furnaces, moisture analyzers, material testing equipment, electrochemical workstations, and environmental test chambers. Major brand partners include PROUMID (dynamic vapor sorption systems), PARK SYSTEMS (atomic force microscopes), OXFORD INSTRUMENTS/WITec (Raman imaging microscopes), OXIPACK (leak testing systems), HUNTERLAB (color measurement), DISTEK (dissolution testing), RADWAG (balances and moisture analyzers), NEWTRONIC (stability chambers and incubators), DARONG (material testing), HOBERSAL (furnaces), BIOLOGIC (electrochemistry), and DR. STORAGE (glove boxes). SATICUS operates with over 40+ global partners serving laboratory, pilot, and production scale equipment needs across Vietnam, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Laboratory and Pharmaceutical Equipment Portfolio
- Oxipack Leak Testing Equipment
- Park Systems Atomic Force Microscopes
- Oxford Instruments WITec Raman Imaging Microscopes
- ProUmid Dynamic Vapor Sorption Systems
- Newtronic Humidity Stability Chambers
- Distek Dissolution Testing Instruments
- HunterLab Spectrophotometers
- RADWAG Analytical Balances and Moisture Analyzers
- Biologic M470 Scanning Electrochemical Workstation
- Dr. Storage Humidity-Controlled Glove Box
- Darong Material Testing Equipment
- Maintenance and Repair Services
Companies that use SATICUS
Customer profileNamed customers8 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
SATICUS technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration3 records
AI capability2 records
Feature4 records
SATICUS partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
25 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- LABINDIAcoreLABINDIA is a partner specializing in providing a full range of equipment from R&D to QC such as Dissolving Machine, Hardness Tester, Titration Machine. SatiCus distributes LABINDIA products in Vietnam and Indonesia.
- KAPSAMcoreKAPSAM is a partner specializing in providing equipment for hospitals and medical centers. SatiCus distributes KAPSAM products in the Vietnam and Indonesia markets.
- NEWTRONICcoreNEWTRONIC is a partner specializing in providing Micro Climate Cabinets & Chambers for pharmaceuticals, food and cosmetics. In Vietnam, NEWTRONIC is one of the famous brands participating in EU-GMP factories. Products include Walk-in Deep Freezers, Walk-in Cold Rooms, Dual BOD Incubators, Bacteriological Incubators, Humidity Stability Chambers.
- ACCURAcoreACCURA is the exclusive partner for tablet visual inspection equipment, with a single machine capable of handling a wide variety of tablet sizes. Products fully comply with all pharmaceutical industry standards.
- ALPHA MOScoreALPHA MOS is the world's first partner to successfully research and develop sensory technology devices, featuring a diverse data library capable of meeting all customer requirements. Products include E-nose & E-tongue equipment.
- GALAXY SIVTEKminorSpecializing in various types of vibrating screens for pharmaceutical and food factories. Distributed by SatiCus in Vietnam and Indonesia.
- PARK SYSTEMScorePARK SYSTEMS provides Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM) including NX10 and FX40 models with proprietary True Non-contact mode technology for nanoscale imaging.
- OXFORD INSTRUMENTScoreOXFORD INSTRUMENTS (WITec) provides Raman imaging microscopes including alpha300 apyron, alpha300 R, RISE (Raman-SEM), and alpha300 RS (Raman-SNOM) systems.
- OXIPACKminorOXIPACK provides leak testing equipment including Can Leak Tester (CLT), Container Closure Integrity Tester (CCIT), Multi Leak Tester (MLT), and Vacuum-Sealed Leak Tester (VSLT) using vacuum decay technology.
- PROUMIDminorPROUMID provides Dynamic Vapor Sorption systems (SPS and VSorp) for measuring moisture sorption properties in pharmaceuticals, food, and material sciences.
- DISTEKminorDISTEK provides dissolution testing equipment including DS-8000, DS-14000 with piston pump, ezfill+ media preparation, and bathless disintegration instruments.
- FLUIDPACKminorFLUIDPACK provides tablet press equipment including fully computerized tablet press (ACT series) for R&D and small-scale production, and high-speed tablet press IV for large-scale production.
- STAKPUREminorSTAKPURE provides pure water and purified water generation systems for laboratory applications.
- OMVEminorOMVE provides UHT/HTST pilot systems for continuous heat treatment of products such as baby food, beverages, dairy, pharmaceuticals, and soups.
- TECHNOFOURminorTECHNOFOUR provides metal detection systems (GX-30) for the pharmaceutical industry with FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance.
- UNOPEXminorUNOPEX provides spray dryers (B 230 pilot scale, B 15 mini scale), bioreactors, and fermenters for food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics industries.
- HOBERSALminorHOBERSAL provides muffle furnaces (GB Series up to 1200°C) and cupellation furnaces (12PR Series up to 1500°C) for laboratory applications.
- SCHMIDT HAENSCHminorSCHMIDT HAENSCH provides benchtop density meters (VariDens), polarimeters (VariPol), refractometers (VariRef), and automatic dosing/dilution systems.
- BIONISminorBIONIS provides HPTLC sample applicators including FAS305 automated and AS30 semi-automated systems for high-precision thin layer chromatography.
- SFE-PROCESSminorSFE-PROCESS provides supercritical CO2 extraction systems (SFE Lab 1+) for laboratory-scale extraction applications.
- BIOLOGICminorBIOLOGIC provides scanning electrochemical workstations (M470) for corrosion research, biology, energy sector, and materials science applications.
- RADWAGminorRADWAG provides analytical balances, microbalances (MYA 5Y series), ultra-microbalances (UYA 2.5Y), and moisture analyzers for pharmaceuticals and laboratories.
- HUNTERLABminorHUNTERLAB provides spectrophotometers including MiniScan EZ and Agera for color measurement in pharmaceuticals, food, and cosmetics quality control.
- TopectminorTopect provides environmental test chambers including 2-zone and 3-zone cold/hot shock test chambers and rain spray test chambers.
- DARONGminorDARONG provides material testing equipment including geotextile strength testers, Martindale pilling/abrasion testers, filtration efficiency testers, UV transmittance testers (AATCC 183), and heat protection testers.
Scale indicators2 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
SATICUS competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Merck KGaA (MilliporeSigma life sciences): Global life science tools and lab products supplier with regional Asia distribution. Competes with SatiCus in lab consumables, water systems (Stakpure-equivalent), and analytical instruments serving the same pharma/food verticals.
- Bio-Rad Laboratories: Life science research and clinical diagnostics manufacturer with regional distribution across Asia. Comparable in serving pharma and food testing laboratories with analytical instruments and consumables.
- Waters Corporation: Specialist in chromatography and mass spectrometry instruments, overlapping with SatiCus's spectroscopy/chromatography distribution catalog and serving the same regulated pharma QC customers.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific: Largest global life-science and laboratory equipment company, with Fisher Scientific as the dominant lab supplies/equipment distribution channel. Overlaps heavily with SatiCus's dissolution, balance, and analytical instrument offerings.
- DKSH Holding AG: Swiss-listed B2B distribution giant with deep Southeast Asia presence across scientific instruments, pharma raw materials and consumer goods. Highly comparable as a multi-principal regional distributor with similar channel-reseller economics to SatiCus, but at vastly larger scale.
- PerkinElmer: Analytical sciences and lab services company with overlapping product categories (spectroscopy, dissolution, sample prep) and direct regional sales teams in Asia. Represents both a peer and a potential disintermediation threat.
- Sartorius AG: German bioprocessing and lab equipment manufacturer (balances, water purification, fermentation) that competes with categories SatiCus distributes (RADWAG balances, Stakpure water systems). Maintains Asia-Pacific direct sales.
- Shimadzu Corporation: Japanese analytical instrument manufacturer (spectroscopy, chromatography, mass spec) with strong Asia-Pacific distribution. Comparable to SatiCus's spectroscopy and chromatography lines and operates regional offices in Southeast Asia.
- Agilent Technologies: Global analytical instrument manufacturer (spectroscopy, chromatography, dissolution) that SatiCus indirectly competes with. Several Agilent categories overlap with SatiCus's catalog, and Agilent maintains direct sales in Southeast Asia, creating disintermediation risk.
- Bruker Corporation: Analytical instruments manufacturer (AFM, Raman, XRD) overlapping directly with SatiCus's Park Systems AFM and Oxford Instruments Raman lines. Operates its own Southeast Asia distribution.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
SATICUS social profiles
Digital presenceSATICUS compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance7 records
SATICUS financial estimates
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SATICUS leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
SATICUS funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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SATICUS M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about SATICUS
What does SATICUS do?
SATICUS distributes and integrates laboratory and pharmaceutical testing equipment sourced from 40+ international manufacturers, supplying pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, animal feed, and healthcare companies across Vietnam and Indonesia. The portfolio spans 46+ equipment categories including dissolution testers, stability chambers, microscopes, leak testers, analytical balances, and moisture analyzers, complemented by maintenance and repair services.
Is SATICUS a public or private company?
SATICUS is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was SATICUS founded?
SATICUS was founded in 2017. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is SATICUS based?
SATICUS is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in the Asia region.
How does SATICUS make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Laboratory Equipment Sales are the primary driver. The others are maintenance and Repair Services.
Who are SATICUS's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Merck KGaA (MilliporeSigma life sciences), Bio-Rad Laboratories, Waters Corporation, Thermo Fisher Scientific, DKSH Holding AG, PerkinElmer, Sartorius AG, Shimadzu Corporation, Agilent Technologies and Bruker Corporation.
Does SATICUS have an API?
No public API is recorded for SATICUS.
What industry is SATICUS in?
SATICUS's product category is Laboratory Equipment Distribution. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLAGAIAK, Lab Safety, PPE & Contamination Control (Hoods, Biosafety Cabinets, Clean Air). Its NAICS code is 334516 and its SIC code is 3826.