Thasar

What Thasar does

Thasar S.r.l. is a privately held Italian specialty distributor of scientific and industrial instrumentation headquartered at Via Larga, 23, 20122 Milano, operating since 2010 with a 1–10 employee footprint and ISO 9001 certification. The company functions as an authorized B2B reseller and technical consultant for more than 15 international manufacturers of laboratory and industrial research equipment, with its catalog organized across four pillars: Instrumentation (potentiostats, battery cyclers, programmable power supplies up to 750 kW, fuel cell and electrolyzer test systems, spectro-electrochemistry and analytical instruments such as TGA and XRD, and high-power impedance analyzers); Equipment for material processing (furnaces, presses, mixers and mills, coating and thin-film deposition systems, reactors, cleaners, gloveboxes); Materials (fuel cell and electrolyzer components including catalysts, GDEs, GDLs, MEAs and membranes, battery consumables, and crystal substrates); and application-specific solutions for battery R&D, hydrogen R&D, and high-throughput automation including hydrogen generators, fuel cell stacks, and electrolyzer stacks.

The business operates a sales-led go-to-market anchored on a direct e-commerce storefront at thasar.com, complemented by email newsletters and a technical blog, with custom quote-based pricing for most capital equipment and disclosed accessory price points ranging from approximately €46 to €94,435. Its stated revenue model combines hardware sales (instrumentation resale with technical integration) with professional services (technical consultancy for product configuration in electrochemistry, battery, fuel cell, and materials science applications). Customers span European universities, public and private research institutions, and industrial R&D and quality-control laboratories; primary segments are electrochemistry research, battery R&D, and hydrogen/fuel cell research, with secondary segments in materials science and power electronics testing. The geographic footprint disclosed in the source data is regional, centered on Italy and the broader European market, with CE/RoHS regulatory compliance pursued in 2025 to broaden addressable customers.

Operationally, Thasar holds no disclosed patents, has no parent company, no subsidiaries, no disclosed funding rounds, no management team bios in the source data, and no M&A history. The company generates no revenue or ARR disclosures and has no publicly available headcount trend. Its principal assets are the distribution contracts, the breadth of its product catalog, and the ISO 9001 quality management framework supporting tender participation.

Name

Thasar

Legal name

Thasar S.r.l.

Website

https://thasar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Thasar S.r.l. is a Milan-based authorized distributor of scientific instrumentation and laboratory equipment, serving European universities, research institutions, and industrial R&D customers with potentiostats, battery cyclers, fuel cell and electrolyzer test systems, power supplies, materials processing equipment, and related consumables, supported by technical consultancy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific Instrumentation Distribution

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

General Lab Equipment (Centrifuges, Incubators, Shakers, Ovens) (HLAGAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Formation, Testing & Quality/Metrology Equipment for Batteries (EUAFABAK), Process Automation Instrumentation & Control (DCS, Valves, Actuators, Analyzers) (IMAHAHAM), Laboratory Consumables & Plasticware (Tips, Tubes, Plates, Filters) (HLAGAIAH), Lab Furniture, Facilities & Utilities (Benches, Casework, Gas/Water Systems) (HLAGAIAM), Lab Safety, PPE & Contamination Control (Hoods, Biosafety Cabinets, Clean Air) (HLAGAIAK)

Keywords

• Scientific instrumentation distribution
• Electrochemistry research equipment
• Battery testing systems
• Fuel cell test stations
• Laboratory materials processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Milano

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Instrumentation Sales: Sale of scientific instrumentation and laboratory equipment including potentiostats, battery testers, furnaces, and analytical instruments
2. Technical Consultancy Services: Technical consultancy service for choosing the most suitable configuration in various fields of scientific and industrial research

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Thasar distributes and supplies electronic instrumentation and laboratory equipment for scientific and industrial research, organized across four pillars: (1) Instrumentation including potentiostats, programmable power supplies, battery cyclers, fuel cell and electrolyzer test systems, spectro-electrochemistry instruments, analytical instruments, and high-power impedance analyzers; (2) Equipment for material processing such as furnaces, presses, mixers, mills, coaters, saws, polishers, reactors, cleaners, and gloveboxes; (3) Materials including fuel cell/electrolyzer components, battery consumables, and research substrates; and (4) Application-specific solutions for battery R&D, hydrogen R&D, and high-throughput automation. The company pairs product distribution with technical consultancy to help customers configure the right setup for their application.

Product overview

Thasar is a distributor and supplier of electronic instrumentation and laboratory equipment for scientific and industrial research. Their product portfolio is organized into four main categories: (1) Instrumentation including potentiostats, programmable power supplies, battery cyclers, fuel cell/electrolyzer test systems, spectro-electrochemistry instruments, analytical instruments (TGA, XRD), and high power impedance analyzers; (2) Equipment for material processing including furnaces, presses, mixers/mills, coating equipment, saws, polishers, reactors, cleaners, and gloveboxes; (3) Materials including fuel cell/electrolyzer components (catalysts, GDE, GDL, MEA, membranes), battery consumables (anode, cathode, separator, electrolyte), and research substrates; (4) Application-specific solutions for Battery R&D, Hydrogen R&D, and High Throughput Automation. Thasar operates as an e-commerce platform offering technical consultancy for selecting appropriate configurations across various research fields including electrochemistry, battery technology, fuel cells, and corrosion testing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Potentiostats Single-channel and multi-channel potentiostats for electrochemistry, impedance spectroscopy, and corrosion testing, distributed with associated software, electrodes, and accessories for research and industrial use.
• Programmable Power Supplies DC, AC, and AC+DC programmable power supplies with power ranges from 600VA to 750kW, including grid simulators and high-power testing equipment, for R&D and quality control applications in industrial and research environments.
• Battery Cyclers Battery cell, module, and pack testers plus associated cycling equipment and battery consumables for battery R&D and quality control testing workflows in EV and energy storage applications.
• Fuel Cell and Electrolyzer Test Systems Automated test systems for fuel cells, electrolyzers, and membranes at single cell or stack level, including flow battery test systems used by researchers developing clean energy technologies.
• Spectro-electrochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry Instruments Instruments for semiconductor characterization, spectro-electrochemistry, CCD and monochromator spectrometers for UV-Vis-NIR, lasers, and detectors used in photoelectrochemistry research.
• Analytical Instruments Thermal gravimetric analyzers, X-ray diffraction systems, high-temperature creeping testers, and universal (tensile) testing systems for material analysis and characterization in research and industrial labs.
• High Power Impedance Analyzers High-power analyzers (including Gantner units) along with related fuel cell and electrolyzer test stations used for power system analysis and high-power impedance measurement.
• Material Processing Equipment (Furnaces, Presses, Crystal Growth) Furnaces (microwave, tube, muffle, high-vacuum, hydrogen, HIP, quenching, glovebox-integrated, arc melting, melt spinning, levitation melting), presses (pellet, CIP, rolling, laminators, mounting), and crystal growth systems (CZ, Bridgman, zone melting, LPE, flux, CVT/PVT) used in thermal processing, material synthesis, and research workflows.
• Mixers and Mills Crushers, grinders, ball mills, jet mills, sieving systems, slurry mixers, powder mixers, planetary/centrifugal mixers, mortars and pestles, and particle granulation equipment used for laboratory sample preparation.
• Coating Equipment Coating systems (dip, spin, electrospinning, sheet-to-sheet, roll-to-roll, ultrasonic spray, screen printing) and applicators, plus thin film deposition equipment via sputtering, thermal evaporation, and thin film measurement instrumentation.
• Gloveboxes and Cleaners Controlled-atmosphere gloveboxes, dry rooms, storage chambers, fume hoods, and plasma, ultrasonic, and UV-ozone cleaners used for sample handling, preparation, and contamination-controlled research.
• Fuel Cell and Electrolyzer Materials Catalysts, gas diffusion electrodes, membranes, membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs), dispersions, gaskets, plates, solid oxide fuel cell powders, and accessories used as components in electrolyzer and fuel cell research and prototyping.
• Battery Consumables Battery research consumables including anode, cathode, separator, electrolyte, binder, additives, coated electrodes, tabs, foils, and testing cells used in battery cell R&D.
• Research Substrates and Materials Crystal substrates, metallic substrates, ceramic and glass substrates, nano materials, 3D materials, sputtering targets, and thin films distributed for research applications.
• Fuel Cell Stacks PEM fuel cell stacks ranging from 75W to 10kW, including water-cooled systems and hydrogen fuel cell power generators from FCS, Spectronik, and Thasar, sold for research and small-scale power applications.
• Hydrogen Generators Industrial hydrogen generators including AEM electrolysers (Enapter EL4.1) and PEM water electrolysis systems (10-100 kW) and rack systems for on-site hydrogen generation in research settings.
• Test Cell Fixtures Test cell fixtures for PEM and AEM electrolyzer and fuel cell testing from Scribner, FCS, and Materials Mates, available with various pressure ratings, used in single-cell and stack evaluation.
• Electrolyzer Stacks Electrolyzer stacks including AEM water electrolyzers and CO2 electrolyzers (from Dioxide Materials) and PEM water electrolysers (LCWE series, 60W to 2kW) distributed for hydrogen and clean energy research.
• Gas Diffusion Electrodes Gas diffusion electrodes with various catalysts (Pt, Ru, Ir, Ni, Fe, Ag, Cr) and loading configurations used in PEM and AEM electrolyzers.
• Electrochemical Cells Electrochemical cells including two-compartment, corrosion, flow, and NMR cells plus specialized reactors for electrosynthesis, distributed from BASi and redox.me.
• Corrosion Testing Equipment Portable systems for testing corrosion and the state of health of surface treatments or paints, combining potentiostats with dedicated corrosion cells.
• Technical Consultancy Services Technical consultancy to advise customers on choosing the most suitable instrumentation configurations across electrochemistry, battery, fuel cell, hydrogen, and materials science research applications.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ActionPowercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor of ActionPower products including programmable DC power supplies, grid simulators, and high-power testing equipment (TITAN Series, CORTEX Series)
• Ivium TechnologiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Ivium potentiostats and electrochemical measurement equipment
• Scribner AssociatescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Scribner fuel cell and electrolyzer test equipment, cell fixtures, and electrochemical testing products
• BASi (Bioanalytical Systems)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of BASi electrochemical cells, corrosion testing equipment, and accessories
• PalmSensminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of PalmSens compact potentiostats for portable electrochemical measurements
• Fuel Cells ETCcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of fuel cell components including gas diffusion electrodes, fuel cell stacks, and testing equipment
• MTI InternationalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of MTI furnaces, TGA equipment, presses, and material processing equipment
• PreencoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Preen programmable AC/DC power sources and power supplies
• Gantner InstrumentsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Gantner power analyzers for high-power impedance measurement applications
• EnaptercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Enapter AEM electrolyser systems for hydrogen generation research
• redox.meminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of redox.me electrochemical cells and accessories for laboratory research
• OrigalysminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Origalys OrigaMeter conductivitimeters and pH meters for electrochemical analysis
• SpectronikminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Spectronik fuel cell stacks including PROTIUM hydrogen fuel cell power generators
• Dioxide MaterialscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Dioxide Materials AEM water electrolysers and CO2 electrolysers for clean energy research
• Materials Mates ItaliaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor of Materials Mates electrolyzer test stations and research electrolysers

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Anton Paar: Austrian manufacturer of high-end laboratory and materials characterization instruments; competes with Thasar's analytical instrument and rheology/materials testing offerings from a much larger installed base.
• Metrohm: Swiss broad-line analytical instruments manufacturer (including Autolab potentiostat line) that overlaps with Thasar's electrochemistry and analytical instrument categories as a much larger established competitor in European labs.
• Mettler-Toledo: Global manufacturer of precision laboratory instruments (balances, titration, thermal analysis); overlaps with Thasar's analytical instruments and lab-ware segments as a dominant broad-line incumbent.

Direct peers

• Gamry Instruments: US manufacturer of potentiostats and electrochemical measurement instruments sold directly and via distributors; overlaps directly with the electrochemical and corrosion-testing product categories Thasar carries.
• Scribner Associates: US manufacturer of fuel cell and electrolyzer test stations, cell fixtures, and MEA testing equipment; partner of Thasar that also sells direct to research customers in the same hydrogen/fuel cell niche.
• Ivium Technologies: Netherlands-based potentiostat manufacturer that is both a Thasar partner and a direct seller into the same European research-lab customer base; competes on price, lead time, and support responsiveness.
• BaSyTec: German manufacturer of battery test systems covering cell, module, and pack formats; competes for the same European battery R&D accounts that Thasar serves as a regional alternative.
• Arbin Instruments: US manufacturer of battery cyclers and cell/module/pack test systems; directly competes in the battery-testing segment that Thasar distributes via Scribner and other partners.
• Maccor: US manufacturer of battery test equipment for cell-to-pack testing; competes for the same battery R&D and quality-control customers in Europe that Thasar serves.
• Bio-Logic Science Instruments: France-based manufacturer and direct seller of potentiostats, electrochemical workstations, and battery/fuel cell test equipment; competes head-to-head with the Ivium, BASi, and PalmSens lines Thasar distributes in European research labs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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