Eurofins Scientific operates a global network of over 1,000 independent laboratory companies across 60 countries, employing more than 65,000 scientists and professionals who perform analytical testing services. Founded in 1987 in Nantes, France by Gilles Martin at age 23, the company began with 3-4 employees providing wine origin verification using SNIF-NMR®, an NMR-based analytical technology developed by Martin's parents. Over nearly four decades, Eurofins has expanded from this single specialized service to offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods across multiple testing domains.
The company's core technical operations center on laboratory analytical testing to verify product safety, authenticity, and quality. Primary testing domains include food, environmental samples, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and agroscience products. The analytical infrastructure encompasses conventional laboratory methods alongside specialized techniques like SNIF-NMR® for origin verification. Testing services address product composition analysis, contamination detection, regulatory compliance verification, and authenticity confirmation across supply chains.
Eurofins' organizational structure consists of more than 1,000 independent companies operating under the Eurofins network, with headquarters in Luxembourg. The company has grown through strategic acquisitions while maintaining a decentralized laboratory network. This structure enables local market presence across 60 countries while providing access to the broader analytical methods portfolio and technical expertise distributed throughout the organization.