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Introducing
ourselves

The characteristics of our company and our success
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Even we had humble beginnings
Know-how runs in the family
It makes sense to be aware of existing standards, but we prefer to set ourselves new ones
Having success is great, but being better is a calling
We could actually feel very satisfied – but that would be sure to leave our customers dissatisfied
Waldner: Roots in Wangen, subsidiaries in Europe, sales network across the world
Waldner – the story by numbers
Organisational structure of the Waldner corporate group

Ongoing developments in
science and research bring
and call for movement.
At Waldner, we have been
designing, developing and
building first-class laboratory
furniture and fittings for more
than 50 years.
Acting instead of reacting has
always been our strength:
many of our innovations and
developments have become
world standards and have
considerably influenced the
laboratory workplace.
The continuous orientation of
our work to customer requirements,
together with our
own commitment to delivering
the highest-quality, stateof-the-art
systems and perfect
service have made us the
European innovation and
market leader for a long time
now.
And that is something else we
are quite proud of.
The following pages will
show you exactly what
moves, drives and inspires us
and thus defines our work
and our success.

Even we
had humble beginnings
When we began manufacturing
laboratory furniture in
1950, the Waldner company
had already been in existence
for 42 years.
Opened as a plumber's
workshop by our founder
Hermann Waldner in 1908,
the company continued to
expand.
Waldner appliances and
equipment for the dairy industry
and dairies had already
made their mark as early as
the 1930s. In the expansive
climate of the economic miracle
of the fifties, Waldner
successfully serviced the growing
laboratory requirements
of the dairy industry.
As the company’s success
grew, so too did the number
of employees in the various
professional areas.
In the following decades,
media supply, ventilation
systems and electronic controls
added to our progressive
business offering.
1908 1950
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Company founder,
Hermann
Waldner, opens
a plumber’s
workshop in
Wangen in the
Allgaeu region.
The laboratory
manufacturing
department is
born: Waldner
builds laboratoryworkbenches
and cabinets
for the
needs of the
dairy farming
teaching and
research institute
in Wangen.

Aligned to market and corporate
requirements, today the
Waldner corporate group is
divided into the following
four legally independent companies:
HERMANN WALDNER
GmbH & Co. KG
WALDNER Laboreinrichtungen
GmbH & Co. KG
(Laboratory Furniture)
WALDNER Labor- und
Schuleinrichtungen GmbH
(Laboratory and School Furniture)
WALDNER Haustechnik
GmbH & Co. KG
(Domestic Techology)
1955 1960
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Waldner launches
the first
series produced
laboratory furnitureprogramme
on the
market. Manufactured
from
solid wood.
One of the largest companies
in our region, the Waldner corporate
group currently
employs over one thousand
staff. More than 60% of our
employees work at Waldner
Laboreinrichtungen in Germany
and in the five subsidiaries
in Europe.
Directly coated
panels are introduced
for the
first time with
the “HK” series.
Rigorous quality management
combined with the
extraordinary commitment
of all our employees will
guarantee a customer-oriented
style of partnership even
in the future – with Waldner.

A company is only as good as
the people it employs.
Waldner as an employer is a
sure thing: reliability, continuity,
success – our healthy
company has been expanding,
with social responsibility,
for almost 100 years now
and it offers an impressive
variety of different career paths
and training opportunities.
Skilled employees are what
make our success. That is why
we have 50 young people in
training with us at all times.
Dedicated, qualified trainers
challenge and encourage our
trainees and their talents and
ideas. Internal opportunities
for further training and
insights into other departments
round off the training.
Know-how runs in the family
1965 1975
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Waldner introduces
the integration
of
media supply
and waste
disposal with
the “Series 70”
programme.
With the “Programme
80”,
Waldner presents
the first
series produced
laboratory furniture
with services
cubicles
and “ELTROG”
electrical trunking.

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1982
The patented
“Secutromb”
fume cupboard,
which
can be operated
with 70%
supply air, sets
new standards
in the lab
world.
Whole families have been
employed at Waldner; sometimes
across the generations.
There are practically no limits
to professional development.
As demanded by our high
level of in-house production,
cross-departmental exchange
takes place in the different
areas so that we can become
more efficient and productive
together. This creates a concentrated
wealth of experiences
that employees could
only otherwise gain outside
the company.
Against this background, in
2001, Waldner, in cooperation
with the IHK, set up an
additional training course on
laboratory building: as a qualified
specialist with a broad
range of knowledge, the
laboratory builder can carry
out all work related to laboratory
furnishing independently
and autonomously.
As an internationally active
company, we also deploy our
cross-regional skills and experience.
We both encourage
and demand creativity and a
willingness to learn; we solicit
and give open feedback, and
we communicate our ideas
and opinions.
Short, non-bureaucratic decision-making
channels accelerate
ideas and projects.
This creates an interesting
and dynamic working environment
where employees
are happy to work.
It is not for nothing that we
are the innovation leader in
Europe – it is because we
employ good people.

The fact that many of our
ideas and solutions in the
laboratory sphere have
become “milestones” motivates
us daily to create new
ones.
At Waldner, it is a tradition
and a necessity in equal
measure to think unconventionally:
if people can not find
what they want off the shelf,
they set about making it
themselves.
Our own in-house production
and the associated development
and construction work
always keeps us on the ball.
It makes sense to be aware of existing standards,
but we prefer to set ourselves new ones
The creative energy generated
by the interaction of our
departments creates a spicy
dynamic – because people
who look beyond the end of
their own noses see more.
Our in-house ideas pool is full
to bursting.
We have numerous patents,
utility models and makes to
our credit – all dreamed up by
our own experts.
As the premier laboratory
manufacturer, we have also
received DIN ISO 9001 certification.
For years we have been intensively
investigating the interrelationships
between people,
workplaces, ergonomics and
ecology in the laboratory. We
deploy renowned specialists
to help us accurately home in
on any problem areas.
Because we then analyse
these findings in depth, we
are able to design laboratory
spaces as intelligent, partnership-oriented
systems.
1985
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Waldner introduces
the variablelaboratory
furnishing
system “Variolab-Mobilien
W90” (Variolab
Furnishings).
1987
With the Airflow
Controller,
Waldner develops
the first
fully automatic
volume current
controller for
laboratory fume
cupboards.

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With our mc6 ® Laboratory
System, we have once again
broken the standards mould.
As dynamic functional units
with interchangeable and
combinable modules, the
1992
The patented
exposure fume
cupboard in accordance
with DIN
12924 Part 2 is
launched on the
market.
mc6 ® systems meet every
conceivable requirement.
The integrated media supply
and waste-disposal system
provides laboratory services
decentrally wherever they are
needed.
The service wing as an intelligent
system solution, with its
distribution “from above”,
creates freedom for a room’s
particular requirements and
conditions.
Our ventilation management
is integrated in the ventilation
of the entire laboratory
building.
In this way we facilitate
smooth workflows and maximum
freedom when it comes
to arranging each functional
area of the laboratory.
For its functional design, our
mc6 ® system has been awarded
the Chicago Design
Award, among others.
Going forward, we will continue
to do everything possible
to inspire our customers with
new and innovative ideas.

When you are at the top,
there are few you can look up
to. So it is the needs of our
customers and our own ideas
and possibilities that show us
the way forward. We know
what is expected of us – we
want to be and we must
always be better than the imitators.
Constantly forging new paths
instead of taking well-trodden
ones does, admittedly, make
us sweat sometimes.
Having success is great,
but being better is a calling
But tailoring our product and
service offering to the respective
wishes of our customers is
our standard, because it is
only with the flexibility and
variability of our systems that
we can achieve the best solution
to equip our customers
superbly for the future.
As early as the planning
stage, we take into consideration
the specific finer points
of your project. Whether
complete furnishing and
whole room projects, new
buildings or difficult architectural
conditions are the order
of the day, our engineers can
handle all of the work.
We cover the following areas
depending on the particular
project and the requirements:
architecture, timber-frame
systems, mechanical engineering,
timber-frame construction,
structural engineering,
civil engineering, energy and
heating systems, electronics,
electrical engineering,
management systems, process
engineering and media
supply systems.
Made-to-measure not readymade.
We manufacture our laboratory
components ourselves
with a manufacturing penetration
which is unusual in
the industry. This allows us to
dictate our quality level and
to create special solutions
faster.
With our process-optimised
production sequences we
achieve the shortest possible
production times for considerable
volumes. This is how we
produce approximately
30,000 underbenches,
15,000 laboratory cabinets,
15,000 services cubicles
and 3,000 fume cupboards
every year.
1993 1994
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WALDNER develops
the patented
hatch fume
cupboard in
accordance with
DIN 12924 Part 3
with vacuumed
sliding panels.
Another new
development is
the patented
system “RL”; an
integrated ventilation
management
system in the
entire laboratory
building.

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Measuring set Measuring set Measuring set
M1 M2 M1 M2 M1 M2
Sensor Sensor Sensor
Normal operation Zero balancing System monitoring
1995
The first fume
cupboard controller
“AC 2” –
with patented
self-calibration
and self-monitoring.
First-class manufacturers
supply us with functional and
equipment parts that we do
not manufacture ourselves.
Our integrated quality
management system ensures
the highest quality standard.
Every component of every
project is installed at the factory
by our specialists and
pre-assembled precisely. This
saves time with on-site
assembly; after all, meeting
deadlines is important too.

We could actually feel very satisfied –
but that would be sure
to leave our customers dissatisfied
Our customer numbers are
constantly growing and we
want to do everything possible
to ensure that it remains
that way.
Well-known clients over the
world rely on us and our products.
The list of those who work
better, more efficiently and
more comfortably with our
laboratory furniture is long.
But selling alone is not
enough, which is why we
expertly support your contract
from start to finish, from
planning and project management
right through to production.
That is the Waldner
way: we constantly keep you
up to date – right up to the
actual operation in your
rooms – so that you are
always aware of your project’s
progress.
Since every product is only as
good as the service behind it,
we see to it that you get any
help you need quickly.
The precision we bring to the
planning and building of your
laboratory is the same precision
with which we document
every single detail of
your furniture and equipment.
This creates clarity in
the event of failures, and, if
required, our service engineers
can be on-site in the
fastest time possible. Worldwide.
Some components of the
laboratory system require
regular, specialist maintenance
to comply with security
and technical requirements.
The maintenance agreement
– tailored precisely to your
requirements – gives you the
guarantee that everything
works smoothly. With guaranteed
security.
In addition, we constantly
inform our customers of
issues that may be of interest
to them and our latest developments.
You can also view
all of this information at
www.waldner.de.
1997 2001
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Introduction of
the mc6 ® Furniture
System.
The modular
construction
principle allows
all furnishing
components to
be arranged as
desired and thus
allows labs to
be laid out and
structured
freely.
The laboratory
builder as a
team all-rounder
with broad
specialist knowledge.
Together with
the IHK, Waldner
creates the
principles for
this interesting
additional qualification.

Selected references
....... 2002
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With the
AeroEm, Waldner
launches
the first
mobile fume
cupboard on
the market in
accordance
with DIN EN
14175.
– Altana Pharma AG
– Aventis Deutschland Pharma
GmbH
– BASF AG
– Bayer AG
– Beiersdorf AG
– Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
– Degussa AG
– DyStar Textilfarben GmbH &Co.
– Eberswalde Institute of Higher
Education
– Eli Lilly
– Federal (German) Armed
Forces Hospital, Kiel
– Federal (German) Office for
Drugs
– F. Hoffmann-La Roche
– Florence University
– Fraunhofer Gesellschaften
– Free University, Berlin
– Freiburg University
– German Cancer Research
Centre, Heidelberg
– Glaxo Smith Kline
– Goettingen University
– Henkel KGaA
– Hong Kong University
– Institute for Polymers
Research, Dresden
– Institute for Water Ecology,
Neuglobsow
– Leipzig University Clinic
The Secuflow
fume cupboard
with supportive
flow technology
sets
new standards
in security and
economy.
– Magdeburg University
– Mainz University Clinic
– Max-Delbrueck Centre for
Molecular Medicine
– Max-Planck Institute
– Merck KGaA
– Novartis Pharma AG
– Organon
– Pfizer
– Pliva
– Sanofi Synthelabo
– Schering AG
– Schering Plough
– Serono
– Shell
– Sigma-Aldrich
– Technical University, Berlin
– University College, Dublin
– Zagreb University

A workplace with a view.
Our Waldner location, Wangen
in Allgaeu, is situated in
the middle of one of the most
beautiful and diverse regions
in Germany. Living and working
do not get much better
than here, in the foothills of
the Alps. We have been loyal
to our production location for
almost 100 years now and we
provide secure jobs – this is
our important contribution to
the economic well-being of
our region.
Waldner: Roots in Wangen, subsidiaries
in Europe, sales network across the world
However, we know at the
same time that movement is
necessary and beneficial:
Waldner laboratories can be
found throughout the world –
our customers value the quality
of our endeavours. Laboratory
furniture made by
Waldner is famous on all
continents. Therefore, as a
globally active company, we
can easily accommodate the
needs of our customers.
In addition to our subsidiary
Waldner Labor- und Schuleinrichtungen
GmbH, based
in Dresden, our competence
and service is available on-site
to our customers throughout
Europe. A large team of
employees consults, designs
and plans for clients’ interests
by applying the most intimate
knowledge of typical country
requirements and specifications
to deliver the usual
Waldner quality.
Living and working
do not get
much better
than this: the
Alps on the
doorstep, Lake
Constance a
short trip from
here, lush
nature wherever
you cast
your eye – this
is where we
have our roots.
In Switzerland:
WALDNER AG
Zuerichstrasse 57
8340 Hinwil / ZH
Tel.: +41 (0) 1/9 38 59 29
Fax: +41 (0) 1/9 37 54 20

In France:
WALDNER S.A.R.L.
Route d´Ingremare
Heudebouville – BP 707
27400 – Louviers Cedex
Tel.: +33 (0) 2 32/25 79 79
Fax: +33 (0) 2 32/25 79 80
In the UK:
WALDNER Ltd.
Threshing Barn
Townsend Farm
Waterperry, Oxford OX33 1LG
Tel.: +44 (0)18 44/33 8715
Fax: +44 (0)18 44/33 8716
In Italy:
WALDNER s.r.l.
Via G. Coppelli 20
20037 Paderno Dugnano (MI)
Tel.: +39 (0) 02/9 18 31 93
Fax: +39 (0) 02/99 04 00 99
In the Benelux countries:
WALDNER Benelux BV
Vlasstraat 12
5561 AJ Riethoven
Tel.: +31 (0) 40/2 04 60 94
Fax: +31 (0) 40/2 03 05 71

Waldner – the story by numbers
The previous pages have
shown you how we think and
act, what motivates us and
what makes us successful.
In the following pages, we
have put together our most
important figures and data
for you.
WALDNER Laboreinrichtungen company overview
Headquarters:
WALDNER Laboreinrichtungen GmbH & Co.KG
Haidoesch 1 · 88239 Wangen im Allgaeu
Tel.: +49 (0) 75 22/9 86-4 80 · Fax: +49 (0) 75 22/9 86-418
E-Mail: labor@waldner.de · Internet: www.waldner.de
Management:
Konrad Kreuzer, Juergen Liebsch, Peter Wanner
Subsidiaries:
WALDNER Labor- und Schuleinrichtungen GmbH · Dresden
WALDNER S.A.R.L · France
WALDNER Ltd. · UK
WALDNER s.r.l. · Italy
WALDNER Benelux BV · The Netherlands
WALDNER AG · Switzerland
Sales branches in Germany:
Bensheim
Berlin
Wangen
Products:
Fume cupboards, media supply and waste disposal, laboratory
workbenches, storage spaces, ventilation management
Turnover
Total turnover for WALDNER Laboreinrichtungen
2002/2003:
85 million euros: In Germany: 58 million euros
Export: 27 million euros
WALDNER Laboreinrichtungen market share:
Germany: > 30 %
Europe: > 15 %

Selected large-scale projects
Altana Pharma AG
Constance 2003 1.5 million euros
Aventis Deutschland
Pharma GmbH
Frankfurt 2002 3.9 million euros
Beiersdorf AG
Hamburg 2003 1.2 million euros
Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
Biberach 2001 4.0 million euros
Euro Pliva
Zagreb, Croatia 2002 3.1 million euros
Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Penzberg 2001 4.5 million euros
Sanofi Synthelabo
Toulouse, France 2003 2.0 million euros
Magdeburg University
Magdeburg 2002 1.8 million euros
Mainz University Clinic
Mainz 2002 2.1 million euros
Figures for Aventis reference project
Project scale: 3.9 million euros
27,000 m 2 laboratory surface
area
Users: approximately 500 employees
in the areas of biotechnology
and chemistry
Duration: 23 weeks for development
and production
Assembly time: 7 weeks with 35 fitters
Project content: 230 safety carcasses
260 fume cupboards
2500 fittings
Shipment: 90 trucks
Employees
Number of people employed
at WALDNER Laborein- approximately 460
richtungen in Germany: (including industrial workers:
approximately 280)
at WALDNER subsidiaries in all: approximately 80
at the entire corporate group: approximately 1,000
General information
Total trainees 50
Assembly approximately 100 of our
own fitters and service engineers
assemble in one day
laboratory furniture in roughly
700 m 2 of laboratory surface
area
Production and office areas 60,000 m 2
in Wangen/Allgaeu
Production laboratory industrial series production,
daily output approximately
350,000 euros
Current product line The mc6 ® Furniture System as
a modular construction
system
Certification – DIN EN ISO 9001:2000
– GS
– DVGW
– VDE
Special equipment certified test laboratory for
fume cupboard testing in
accordance with
– DIN EN 14175
– DIN 12924-1
– British Standard 7258
– AFNOR XP X15-203
– ASHRAE 110/1995

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GmbH & Co. KG
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Verpackungsmaschinen
GmbH
Organisational structure
of the Waldner corporate group
WALDNER Holding GmbH & Co. KG
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WALDNER
Laboreinrichtungen
GmbH & Co. KG
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WALDNER AG
Switzerland
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WALDNER S.A.R.L.
France
WALDNER s.r.l.
Italy
WALDNER Ltd.
UK
WALDNER Benelux B.V.
The Netherlands
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WALDNER Labor- und
Schuleinrichtungen GmbH
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WALDNER Haustechnik
GmbH & Co. KG

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WALDNER
Laboreinrichtungen GmbH & Co. KG
Haidoesch 1
88239 Wangen
Germany
Phone +49 (0) 75 22/9 86-4 80
Fax +49 (0) 75 22/9 86-418
labor@waldner.de
www.waldner.de
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