Tecan Group AG operates as a holding company. The company is headquartered in Maennedorf, Zuerich and currently employs 3,265 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2001-05-04. Its product portfolio is diversified into several product groups. The Liquid Handling & Robotics group encompasses laboratory technologies for safety, among others. The Reader & Washer product group covers micro plate instruments. The Microarray Products group includes microarray scanner and automated hybridization station. The HP D300 Digital Dispenser and Sample Management product groups cover systems for automated management of sample libraries. The Components group covers the supply services of products for laboratory automation instruments. The OEM (original equipment manufacturing) product group covers platform-based systems, systems from scratch and Cavro OEM Components. The firm also offers packaged software and consumables through Software and Consumables product groups, respectively.