About Us

HPLC columns “Made in Berlin” since 1987

VDS optilab Chromatographietechnik GmbH was founded in 1987 and produces high-quality HPLC columns in Berlin/Germany. Since the beginning of 2026, VDS optilab GmbH has been part of Römer Industries Holding GmbH, a strong group of companies that have been active in the GC and HPLC sector for over 40 years.

The high quality of our products has impressed customers from all areas of research & development and quality control, starting from universities and regulatory authorities through small to medium level companies right up to large groups in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. HPLC columns made by VDS optilab are utilized worldwide.

In 1990, the product range was expanded by the sales and production of equipment to supplement the existing HPLC systems. In the 1990s VDS optilab was very successful in this field and one of Germany's most important providers of column thermostats, degassers and solvent recyclers.

Thanks to the merger with Muder & Wochele GmbH in 2002, our customers as well as we ourselves have profited from the bundled knowledge and expertise of both companies.

Since this merger we are focused mainly on our core business – HPLC columns!

As a result, we were able to develop our own separation phases based on spherical silica gel and present them in 2007 under the VDSpher brand name. Since then we have developed our VDSpher product family further continuously and can offer a wide spectrum of pore sizes, particle diameters and modifications, which are used successfully in the normal phase and reversed phase chromatography as well as the HILIC and the ion-exchange chromatography. We offer VDSpher columns for nearly all areas of application in UHPLC through analytical HPLC to semi-preparative and preparative chromatography.

A fantastic team of highly qualified and motivated employees with long-standing experience fully supports our company's philosophy "high quality standards at reasonable prices".

Through the cooperation, especially with CS Chromatographie Service GmbH, our customers and partners will sustainably benefit from the combined expertise of the Römer Industries group of companies!