Founded in 1960, the CIFL is a professional association that brings together suppliers of laboratory products, services and instruments for research, monitoring and testing. With a focus on the French laboratory market, the CIFL defends the interests of its members and the laboratory profession as a whole.

Le CIFL en chiffres

170 member companies, all of which are suppliers in the fields of testing or biotechnology
8,000 employees
85% of the French laboratory market is represented by the CIFL
€1.3 bn: annual turnover of the French laboratory market (excluding medical labs)
172,000 researchers served by CIFL laboratory suppliers


Quarterly laboratory-profession growth over a five-year period
(based on a coefficient of 100 in 1992)
Source CIFL







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