History and Milestones of Minitube
1968
Patent for the Minitüb system: 0.3 ml straws for bull semen
![](/userdata/images/History/firstautomatic.jpg)
![Company Founder and his wife](/userdata/images/History/Company-Founder.jpg)
1970
Establishment of "Minitüb GmbH Abfüll- und Labortechnik" by Dr. Ludwig Simmet
In memory of the Company Founder
1977
Complete product line for artificial insemination in swine
![Catheters](/userdata/images/Catheters_800x400.jpg)
![Cattle_ET](/userdata/images/Cattle_ET.jpg)
1980
Complete product line for embryo transfer in cattle
1985
Minitube starts production of 0.25 and 0.5 ml semen straws
1988
Production start of the world’s first long-term extender for boar semen
1991
Complete product line for equine artificial insemination
![Equine_AI](/userdata/images/Equine_AI.jpg)
2006
BoarMatic: system for automatic and hygienic semen collection in boars
![Cesare Galli](/userdata/images/Cesare-Galli.jpg)
2008
Simmet Prize for Assisted Reproduction awarded for the first time
Simmet Prize for Assisted Reproduction
2012
AndroVision®: CASA system with integrated sperm functionality analysis
![GMP-MAV_2](/userdata/images/GMP2.jpg)
2012
Minitube´s extender production facility GMP certified
2015
Opening of the new technical center in Germany
![Technical center](/userdata/images/Technikum_2015.jpg)
![MOFA](/userdata/images/Mofa.jpg)
2018
Acquisition of MOFA Global Assets, USA
2020
Introduction of Minitube QuickTip® boar semen bags
![QuickTip-SemenBags](/userdata/images/QT-SemenBags.jpg)
![Human-Division](/userdata/images/HumanDivision_21.jpg)
2021
Foundation of Minitube’s Human Division