Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA provides equipment and services for the development, quality assurance, and production processes of the biopharmaceutical industry. The firm offers a broad portfolio of products that focuses on all steps in the manufacture of a biopharmaceutical, as well as in process development as prerequisite procedures. Its technologies cover inter alia, cell line technologies, cell culture media, bioreactors, and a wide range of products for separation, purification, and concentration of biological intermediates and finished products, as well as solutions for storage and transportation. It also offers data analytics software for modeling and optimizing processes of biopharmaceutical development and production. The company was founded on September 28, 1978 and is headquartered in Aubagne, France.