'The company's name as a European public limited company is a clear signal that even more strongly expresses its global corporate culture. “We are convinced that we have taken the right step at the right time with this modern legal form, which is very common in large family-owned companies,' said co-ceo’s Eva van Pelt and Dr Peter Fruhstorfer. International life sciences equipment company Eppendorf, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, has completed its conversion to the European legal form Societas Europaea (SE) and now operates as Eppendorf SE.