
Milestones in the history of Minitube:
1968
Patent for the Minitüb system: 0.3 ml semen straws with sealing balls for the cryopreservation of bull semen
First automatic filling and sealing machines for semen straws
1970
Establishment of "Minitüb GmbH Abfüll- und Labortechnik" by Dr. Ludwig Simmet
1972
Spirette: development of the world’s first disposable AI catheter for pig insemination
1974
Triladyl®: start of the production of bull semen extender
1987
MiniJet: the world’s first computerized printing system for all types of semen straws
1988
Androhep®: start of the production of the world’s first long-term extender for boar semen
1989
BSP: the first fully automatic boar semen packaging line worldwide
2002
SafeBlue: the single wrapped lubricated and sterilised one-way catheter
2006
BoarMatic: system for automatic and hygienic semen collection in boars
2008
1st Simmet Prize for Assisted Reproduction awarded to Dr. Cesare Galli at ICAR congress in Budapest, Hungary
2012
Minitube’s extender production facility audited and GMP certified
AndroVision®: CASA system with integrated sperm functionality analysis
2013
Opening of new logistics center in Germany
2015
Opening of the new technical center in Germany
2018
Founding of the holding Minitube International AG