Scientific Industries is a small laboratory equipment manufacturer operating two businesses: benchtop lab instruments and bioprocessing systems. The benchtop segment, sold under the Torbal and VIVID brands, produces pharmacy and lab balances, scales, force gauges, automated pill counters, and moisture analyzers. These products serve universities, pharmacies, and industrial labs, and are sold online, directly, and through distributors. The VIVID automated pill counter is the standout product, with a single customer representing roughly 31% of total company revenue. In August 2025, Scientific Industries sold its Genie product line to Troemner for ~$9.6M, narrowing the benchtop business to scales and pill counters. The bioprocessing segment, operated through subsidiaries SBI and Aquila in Germany, is an early-stage, R&D-heavy business selling niche instruments — including biomass monitors, automated liquid injection systems, and multi-parameter sensors — to pharmaceutical and biotech customers running small-scale drug development experiments. This segment is not yet a meaningful revenue contributor; Scientific Industries is funding product development and building out a direct sales team of four sales professionals and four application scientists across the US and Germany. R&D spending for bioprocessing was ~$2.5M in FY25. Assembly for both segments is done in-house in New York and Germany. Scientific Industries' growth thesis centers on scaling the bioprocessing segment as biologics drug development expands.
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