Our Roots
1886
Started in Thuringia, East Germany
First products: laboratory glassware & labware – the first industrially manufactured thermometers came from Thuringia
1945
Relocation to West Germany
Manufactured laboratory glass and metal instruments (Erlenmeyer flasks, Liebig condensers, distillation columns, Bunsen burners, stands, adaptors)
1954
First systems for medical and pharmaceutical research (respiration pumps, operating tables, isolated organ apparatus, non-invasive blood pressure measurement, analgesia)
1975
Acquisition of Messrs. Bundschuh: instruments for medical research
First activity measuring systems (1 measuring station required 240 piezo strips)
First computer-controlled systems for inhalation toxicology studies
1977
“PharmaComp”, the first laboratory computer – a universal data acquisition and processing system for the pharmacological laboratory
1980
Market introduction of the first Electroencephalogram (EEG) Telemetry System (transmitter 4 g with battery)
1982
First “Measurement of Breathing Parameters System” system for bronchial research
1985
First Fully Automated Activity Measuring System for rats
1986
RoboComp & the first substance-screening laboratory-handling automaton for controlling 128 organ vessels for studies on isolated heart muscle fibers
1990
Concentration on the development and production of methods and systems for biological research focusing on drugs – the result: the introduction of computer-supported automatic systems
1994
First Drinking & Feeding Monitoring System
Validation of nose only exposure chambers with new design (2-chamber principle)
1999
First combined ActiMot – Drinking & Feeding Monitoring System
2002
Complete line of Automated Behavioral Paradigms (FCS, Startle, OBS)
2003
First PhenoMaster (also known as LabMaster) large-scale system (Calorimetry, Drinking & Feeding, Activity)
2004
Foundation of TSE Systems Inc., Midland, Michigan, USA
2006
Extension of the PhenoMaster System (Calorimetry, Drinking & Feeding & Body Weight & Urine & Feces, Activity, Running Wheel, Operant Wall)
2008
Relocation of North America Headquarters from Midland, MI to Chesterfield, MO
2009
Acquisition of NewBehavior: IntelliCage – the first system for automated cognitive and behavioral screening of mutant or treated mice living in social groups
2010
Founded TSE Systems China Ltd., Beijing, China
2012
Stellar Telemetry: Introducing next generation telemetry implantable animal technology for monitoring activity, pressure, tidal volume, heart rate, biopotentials and temperature
2020
TSE pioneered the use of isotope sensors in combination with indirect calorimetry in rodents, microbiome gas sensors, and weight lifting cages for advanced cardiometabolic studies
Today
TSE Systems is a global leader in the scientific instrumentation industry. Through pioneering developments, TSE has engineered the most precise, fastest, scalable platforms on the market.