About Us – Our Journey, Values & Leadership

Our Vision – Where Do We Want to Go?

Our vision reflects our responsibility as a scientific partner. We enable safe products, regulatory compliance, and informed decision-making through precise analytical results.

Our Mission – How Do We Get There?

Every analytical result informs decisions with real-world consequences. Our mission is to deliver reproducible, validated and actionable results through robust scientific processes, controlled quality systems, and efficient workflows.

Trust

We earn trust through scientific integrity, transparency, and reliability. Our customers and colleagues know they can count on us – because we stand by our results and our word.

Customer-Centricity

We put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Their challenges are our challenges. We listen, understand, and tailor our solutions to help them succeed.

Collaboration

We believe great results come from working together – with our customers, partners, across teams, departments, and borders. We share knowledge, support each other, and grow stronger through cooperation.

Responsibility

We take ownership of our work and its impact. Whether it’s scientific accuracy, ethical conduct, or sustainability – we act with care and accountability.

Responsiveness

We move with agility and purpose. Our customers rely on timely answers, and we respond quickly, clearly, and proactively – because their decisions can’t wait.

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Our Culture

Our group brings together laboratories with distinct histories, specialisations and regional identities. What connects them is a shared commitment to scientific rigour, open exchange and accountability.

Cross-site collaboration: Regular exchange between teams in Germany and the United Kingdom ensures alignment on methods, capacity and scientific questions.
Scientific peer exchange: Structured knowledge sharing and collaborative work support continuous learning and consistent analytical approaches.
Direct access: Flat laboratory structures enable direct communication between scientists and customers – without intermediary layers.
Growth from within: Internal career paths and specialist training support long-term development of expertise and perspective.

Explore Careers

Powered by Experience. Driven by Progress.

We have grown from a specialised analytical laboratory in Berlin into an international group of accredited laboratories. Founded in 2004 in Berlin-Steglitz by Dr Wolfgang Weber, the original ifp Privates Institut für Produktqualität GmbH focused on advanced analytical methods for allergens, pathogens, vitamins, contaminants and residues, complemented by applied research and the development of diagnostic test kits. This combination of method development, validated workflows and scientific consistency forms the foundation of our work today. Some of the laboratories that make up the group look back on more than
50 years of history.

2004

The original ifp site in Berlin-Steglitz.

ifp Privates Institut für Produktqualität GmbH is established in Berlin-Steglitz with a focus on advanced analytical methods and diagnostic development.

2005

Certification for the production of diagnostic test kits and related quality-controlled processes.

2006

Accreditation for analytical services in food, pharmaceutical products and drinking water, establishing a validated methodological framework for future expansion.

2013

Construction of the ifp laboratory campus in Berlin-Adlershof starts.

Large-scale laboratory campus development begins at the Berlin-Adlershof Science Park.

2015

Opening of the Ohrdruf site as a certified microbiological laboratory for food and drinking water.

2018

Joint venture with MQD Institut für Analytik, Hygiene und Produktqualität GmbH, and parallel growth of the Berlin campus into a multidisciplinary analytical hub with more than 400 specialists across research, analytics and technical fields.

2020

All buildings of the ifplabs Science Campus in Berlin-Adlershof.

Integration of contaminant and residue analytics, diagnostic kit production and central administration into a unified campus environment.

2021

Battery Ventures becomes majority shareholder.
Dr Wolfgang Weber continues as Scientific Advisor.

2022

ifp-labs GmbH is founded.
Dr Markus Zell joins the management team as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer.
Acquisition of Microsearch Laboratories Ltd. strengthens UK capabilities in microbiology, allergens and nutritional analytics.

2024

Dr Markus Zell becomes CEO.
Acquisition of PiQ Laboratories (Wales), specialising in allergen and species analysis.

2025

Acquisition of Foodtest Laboratories Ltd. (Doncaster, UK).
Formation of ifp-labs UK Ltd. with coordinated scientific governance.

2026

Acquisition of Institut Kuhlmann adds extensive pharmaceutical and food analytical expertise.Launch of ifp-labs.com unifies all former brands under the ifplabs identity and establishes a single international digital platform.