Anton Paar GmbH is an Austrian company based in

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

that develops, produces and sells analytical instruments for laboratories and

process analytical technology Process analytical technology (PAT) has been defined by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a mechanism to design, analyze, and control pharmaceutical manufacturing processes through the measurement of critical process paramete ...

. It also provides automation and robotics. The company specializes in the production of instruments for measuring

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, dissolved

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, and in the fields of

rheometry Rheometry () generically refers to the experimental techniques used to determine the rheological properties of materials, that is the qualitative and quantitative relationships between stresses and strains and their derivatives. The techniques ...

and material characterization. Many of Anton Paar's customers are

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and

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manufacturers as well as companies in the food, chemicals, and pharmaceutical industries.

History

The company was founded in 1922 by locksmith Anton Paar. He trained his daughter, Margareta Platzer, in the 1920s to become a locksmith. She and

Otto Kratky Otto Kratky (; born 9 March 1902 in Vienna – died 11 February 1995 in Graz) was an Austrian physicist. He is best known for his contribution to the small-angle X-ray scattering method, for the Kratky plot, and for the invention of the density ...

developed the Kratky X-ray small-angle camera. In 1963, Platzer's son-in-law Ulrich Santner took over the management of the company. In 1997, his son-in-law Friedrich Santner joined the management. Since 2002 he is the sole managing director. In 2003, the family business was incorporated into a charitable foundation. On February 12, 2018, Anton Paar acquired Quantachrome Instruments, a manufacturer of scientific instruments. In 2020, Friedrich Santner's sons became part of the management. Jakob Santner took over the position as CTO and Dominik Santner as COO; Friedrich Santner remains CEO.

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