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Automate your tube and vial handling

Discover our intelligent solutions for automatically opening, filling, and labeling laboratory tubes – or let’s start developing your own automation project.

  • Save time: Automate processes and increase throughput

  • Increase precision: minimize error rates

  • Stay flexible: solutions for different tube and vial types

  • Making optimal use of space: Compact, modular systems

  • Easy integration: Seamless connection to existing laboratory workflows

Talk to our experts

From the initial idea to the final implementation, we provide you with personal support and ensure that your laboratory processes become smarter and more efficient.

Lisa Mehr

Area Sales Manager

DACH region
(Germany, Austria, Switzerland)

Alan Lakshmanan

Area Sales Manager

UK, France,
non-DACH regions of Europe

News & Innovations

Stay up to date: Latest developments, new products, and insights into our projects.

PathoFinder & HTI
Efficient, traceable tube processing.

Our product solutions for your laboratory – smart, precise, reliable

From precise labeling to fully automated complete solutions, the X‑TubeProcessor® series from HTI offers the right support for every process. Increase efficiency, reduce errors, and gain valuable time for your actual work.

X-TubeProcessor® – Proceed
FILLING, LABELING & DOCUMENTING – FULLY AUTOMATED

  • End-to-end workflow from order (ERP/LIMS) to finished product

  • Automatic removal from refrigerated storage – up to 450 sample containers [50 ml]

  • Precise dispensing and filling with fully automatic opening/closing – up to 350 tubes per hour

  • Integrated labeling – 600 dpi printing of product data, lot number, and other customer-specific information, including validation

  • Digital documentation & traceability – ideal for audits

X-TubeProcessor® – Sign
Maximum flexibility for precise labeling

  • Labeling of various tube and vial sizes from 0.5 to 15 ml – without changing grippers

  • Intuitive software – easy integration into existing workflows

  • Automated labeling – with dynamic label information

  • Error-free results & time savings – consistent labeling quality

X-TubeProcessor® – Basic
The sprinter for automatic screwing

  • Automated capping and decapping – with a high throughput of more than 600 tubes per hour

  • Optional modules for labeling & rack feeding

  • Compact stand-alone system – fits even under safety cabinets

  • Reduced manual effort – faster sample processing

X-TubeProcessor® – Smart 2.0
DISPENSING, LABELING & CAPPING — COMPACT, FLEXIBLE, INTELLIGENT

  • 3-in-1 workflow – from ERP- or LIMS-based job creation to the fully processed tube

  • 0.5–15 ml tubes and vials – processing of different formats without mechanical conversion or gripper change

  • Precise dispensing & capping – automatic opening and closing with rotational movement monitoring for reproducible results

  • Labeling with TwinCode verification – clear identification and process-reliable validation at every process step

  • X-Control software platform – centralized job and user management, audit trail functionality, and REST API integration

  • High efficiency in routine operation – long walkaway times when processing up to 6 racks and throughput of up to 370 tubes per hour

  • Compact footprint – less than 1 m² – maximum automation in a minimal space

X-TubeProcessor® – Flex
The all-rounder for production

  • Parallel processing – dispensing – screwing & labeling – multiple steps performed simultaneously for high throughput

  • Modular & customizable – individually configurable system with many module options for adaptation to your workflow

  • Regulatory compliance – with X-Control software – audit trails & user management forwork under GLP/GMP or CFR Part 11

  • Increase productivity – less manual work, faster processes, consistent results

Why laboratories worldwide rely on HTI

Your advantages

Benefit from greater efficiency, reduced personnel costs, and reliable results – even for complex requirements.

  • Automation for opening, dispensing, and labeling laboratory tubes

  • Reduction of sources of error & personnel deployment

  • Short training period, compact design

For whom?

Biotech, pharmaceutical, and diagnostics companies

For automated workflows in development, production, and quality control.

Laboratories in research, studies, and test kit production

For repeatable processes in screening, study kits, and reagent filling.

OEM partners & system integrators

For customized device development, modules, and series solutions.

Technical highlights

Our systems are modular, stand-alone solutions that can be flexibly adapted to different laboratory processes and customer requirements.

We offer maximum flexibility with the highest technical precision.

  • Modular & individually configurable

  • Compatible with standard tubes & racks

  • Integration into LIMS/ERP systems possible

Learn more about HTI

HTI – Your development partner with vision

Over 20 years
Lab automation experience
1,100+ devices
developed & produced
Certified
according to DIN ISO 9001
In-house production & development
in Germany
International service network
and OEM expertise

Customer testimonials that speak for themselves

Put your trust in laboratory automation that delivers impressive results in practice.

What sets us apart? Reliability, efficiency, and partnership on equal terms. Read how our customers have improved their processes with HTI Automation.

Torun Ekblad Chief Operating Officer at Mabtech

“Our goal is to be the best in our class and deliver outstanding products. Finding a partner like HTI that shares this vision is crucial.”

Martin Käseman COO PreOmics

Martin Käseman COO PreOmics

Brett Clark, Production Manager at Genetic Signatures

Brett Clark Production Manager at Genetic Signatures, Sidney 3

“HTI was able to deliver an automation solution that fits our processes and is extremely space-saving.”

Success stories from practice

Behind every solution lies a challenge—and a satisfied customer.

Discover how companies from a wide range of industries have transformed their processes and achieved long-term benefits with HTI Automation.

Triga-S automatisiert mit HTI

TRIGA-S automates with HTI

Case as video & PDF

Effizientere PCR-Produktion bei Ingenetix

More efficient PCR production at Ingenetix

read the case study now

Automatisierung auf neuem Niveau: Mabtech

Automation on a new level:

Mabtech optimizes with Proceed / FLEX 2.0

Frequently Asked Questions about Laboratory Automation

Why should laboratories automate?

Many laboratories are under increasing pressure: rising sample volumes, staff shortages, high quality requirements and time-consuming manual processes make everyday work more challenging. Repetitive tasks in particular, such as opening, closing, labeling or sorting tubes, tie up valuable resources.

Laboratory automation helps to address these challenges:

  • Relieve employees
  • Reduce errors and complaints
  • Standardize processes
  • Increase capacity
  • Improve traceability and documentation

HTI Automation supports laboratories in efficiently automating manual tube and sample processes – from simple labeling to complex workflow solutions.

Many laboratory processes consist of monotonous, low-value tasks. Employees often spend a significant amount of time on manual work steps such as capping, decapping or tube labeling.

Automated tube handling systems help to:

  • Reduce manual processes
  • Increase walk-away time
  • Run processes in parallel instead of sequentially
  • Reduce workload for existing teams
  • Achieve higher daily capacities and automate repetitive work steps

This allows laboratories to increase productivity without having to expand their workforce.

Depending on the workflow, various processes in tube handling and sample processing can be automated, including:

  • Tube labeling
  • Capping & Decapping
  • Filling & Dispensing
  • Sorting tubes
  • Sample handling
  • Sample management
  • Data integration with LIMS and ERP systems

HTI offers a range of systems with different levels of automation – from simple labeling processes to complex tube processing workflows.

Manual processes increase the risk of:

  • Mix-ups
  • Incorrect labeling
  • Documentation errors
  • Contamination
  • Inconsistent process workflows

Automated workflows ensure standardized and reproducible processes. At the same time, they support regulatory requirements such as traceability and documentation in the laboratory environment.

Especially in regulated laboratory environments, reducing manual errors is an important benefit of automated processes.

HTI Automation primarily addresses laboratories and companies with a low to medium level of automation. Many customers are automating individual processes for the first time or want to make existing workflows more efficient. Typical fields of application include diagnostics, pharma, biotechnology, and research and development laboratories.

Know-how from automation and news

Read news about HTI Automation and interesting facts about typical and extraordinary applications

HTI at Wirtschaftsforum: Redefining Laboratory Automation

HTI Automation & GA International | New Partnership for Laboratory Technology

Labor automation in PCR production: Success story Ingenetix

TRIGA-S automates with HTI – Discover the case study as a video & PDF.

Visit HTI Automation at SLAS 2025 – Experience the future of laboratory automation

HTI Automation and i-label at the World of Technology & Science

We were at Analytica Munich 2024 – Hall B1, Stand 206

HTI is at the Laborama 2024 Expo in Brussels with i-Label

With immediate effect, Dr. Thomas Krüger will join Dr. Wolfgang Heimberg as the second Managing Director of HTI Automation

Let our specialists advise you!

We would be happy to discuss your application and automation requirements with you:
Phone: +49 08092 2092-70 or email: sales@hti-automation.com