The company
Microfluidics at its best since 2002
Innovation made in Jena
With over 20 years of experience, microfluidic ChipShop is one of the pioneers in the development and manufacturing of microfluidic devices.
With its unique location in the vibrant research hub Jena, our state-of-the-art 4,700 m² facility is designed for seamless, end-to-end microfluidic production.
From CAD design and mold insert fabrication to injection molding, backend processing, and functional testing, we offer a true one-stop solution. Everything you need for successful microfluidic chip and assay production is under one roof.
Our technical expertise, interdisciplinary approach, streamlined communication, and versatility make microfluidic ChipShop the ideal partner to bring your product to life.
microfluidic ChipShop
in a nutshell
- Founded: 2002 by Dr. Claudia Gärtner and Dr. Holger Becker
- Team: 100+ professionals from 10 nationalities
- Space: 4700 m² (incl. 900 m² cleanrooms)
- Microfluidic chips designed and produced: > 1000
- Share of women in upper management: 50%
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Our services
From design idea to final product
Standardized off-the-shelf products
New to microfluidics? Get started and discover microfluidic ChipShop’s standardized off-the-shelf devices and accessories to transfer your assay into a microfluidic setup.
Prototyping and Contract Manufacturing
Realize your design idea into a prototype using high precision fabrication methods. Our design team will be ready to assist with optimizing your design for seamless transfer to industrial scale production.
Custom Product Development
From the initial design idea to the final product, we are your one-stop destination. Our manufacturing and development teams will help you to realize new microfluidic-based products, meeting ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 quality standards upon request.
Our infrastructure
The entire microfluidic universe under one roof
At microfluidic ChipShop, we provide the full infrastructure required for the development, fabrication, and validation of Lab-on-a-Chip devices, all within a single building complex. In addition to specialized production and laboratory areas, our facilities include dedicated spaces for conferences and training, enabling knowledge transfer and collaboration. We also offer laboratory and office space for guest scientists and development partners, creating an environment that fosters innovation, close cooperation, and streamlined project workflows from concept to final product.
Precision mechanics
Design data, created by our CAD/CAM team to meet customer requirements, is transformed into parts and tools using our precision and ultra-precision milling and turning machines.
Tooling, mold inserts, and precision-milled polymer or metal components are manufactured to the highest standards in our in-house workshop. When tolerances are measured in microns, environmental stability becomes critical. That’s why our ultra-precision machining area is housed in a climate-controlled environment and features vibration-isolated foundations to ensure maximum accuracy and repeatability during the machining process.
Injection molding
This is where the magic happens! In our injection molding facilities, we produce microfluidic chips from various thermoplastic materials, replicating mold insert masters to create channel networks at the microscale.
A wide selection of standard tools is available to replicate your microfluidic chip across various formats, offering flexibility and efficiency during development and production. All injection molding processes are carried out in a temperature-controlled cleanroom environment, ensuring consistent high quality and precision for every component produced.
Back-end processing
Most Lab-on-a-Chip systems require several back-end processing steps to achieve a high-quality product. Therefore, at microfluidic ChipShop, these steps are carried out in our class 7 cleanroom.
We routinely perform key post-fabrication processes such as surface functionalization, integration of wet and dry reagents, spotting, assembly and packaging. To ensure industrial-grade quality control, these activities are supported by advanced optical inspection tools — including confocal white light interferometers and high-precision stereo microscopes — as well as functional fluidic testing stations, allowing for comprehensive evaluation of both structural and functional aspects of the final products.
System development & manufacturing
Our mechanical and electrical engineers develop customer-specific instrumentation for all fields of microfluidics-based products, which can be validated in our application labs.
In addition to the development and assembly of instrumentation for your Lab-on-a-Chip system, we also provide support in readout analysis and graphical user interface (GUI) design, ensuring seamless interaction between hardware, data acquisition, and end-user experience.
R&D Department
One of microfluidic ChipShop’s USPs is our large and very well-equipped R&D area. Our R&D team consisting of engineers, biologists and natural scientists, is here to help our customers with on-chip assay development services.
Our team offers expert support in the development of assay protocols, reagent storage strategies, and surface modification techniques. To facilitate this, we maintain a range of dedicated laboratories, including facilities for cell culture, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, blood handling, and more. These labs are equipped with advanced tools such as spotting systems, PCR machines, lyophilizers, various imaging platforms, and electrophoresis stations, enabling flexible and application-specific development.
In addition, our microfluidics instrumentation labs, located within our dedicated R&D department, are used not only for developing our own ChipGenie® instrument series, but also for conducting validation experiments focused on the microfluidic characterization of components and systems.
Sales & customer support
Our support team is here to help! Equipped with diverse backgrounds from accounting to science, they are able to assist you with any query, be it about your recent order or about chip usage and custom development.
Are you looking for technical support or want to inquire about custom development? Please contact us at inquiries@microfluidic-ChipShop.com. If your inquiry is of administrative nature or you have questions regarding your order and shipment, please contact sales@microfluidic-ChipShop.com.
Our team
Multidisciplinarity in every micron
Our team consists of professionals from a wide range of fields such as mechanical and electrical engineering, physics, molecular biology or chemistry, and some of our team members have been with us since day one, more than 20 years ago. This multidisciplinary team will bring your lab-on-a-chip system to life.
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