Promega
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| legal form | Private |
| founding | 1978 |
| Seat | Fitchburg , WI, United States |
| management | William A. Linton |
| Number of employees | 1,500 (2018) |
| sales | $ 400 million (2016) |
| Branch | biotechnology |
| Website | www.promega.com |
The Promega Corporation , based in Fitchburg in Madison , United States , provides products and system solutions for the gene, protein and cell analysis and drug discovery ago.
history
The company was founded in 1978 under the name "Biotec" in Madison , Wisconsin as a restriction enzyme provider by Bill Linton. In 1983 the name was changed to Promega Biotec and finally to Promega in 1987. According to its own information, the company currently offers more than 3,000 products for the life science sector. It is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, USA and has 16 sales offices and more than 50 distributors worldwide. The average age of the 1,500 employees is 30 years (as of 2018).
Manufacturing facilities are located in Madison, Wisconsin ( USA ), San Luis Obispo , California (USA), Shanghai ( China ) and Seoul ( South Korea ). Promega Corp. founded the first biotechnology joint venture in China ("Sino-American Biotechnology Co.") in 1984. According to the company, Promega customers are research institutes and centers, universities, pharmaceutical and biotechnological research companies, service laboratories and authorities. The products are used for basic as well as applied research, forensics and industrial / pharmaceutical research.
In 2008 the company owned 145 US patents and a few more abroad. The company develops its own intellectual property and conducts research together with academic institutes, among others. a. along with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Tool Subscription Program. The company manufactures 86% of its products itself.
The company has developed a storage system that uses radio frequency identification technology to book products out of the system. The room temperature and freezers are available directly from the customer. The development led to the establishment and outsourcing of the company "Terso Solution", which designs and manufactures these storage units.
In August 2009 Promega took over the manufacturer of luminescence and fluorescence measuring devices "Turner Biosystems".
In 2014, Linton founded Usona, a nonprofit institute . It is researching the therapeutic applicability of psilocybin and is to withdraw its stake in Promega Corp. after Linton's death. hold.
The company has an unusual corporate culture, there are fitness and meditation rooms and employees are offered mindfulness courses.
European sales offices
Germany
In 1997 "Promega GmbH" was established as a subsidiary of Promega Corp. founded in Mannheim . With more than 80 employees, she is responsible for sales of the Promega Group's products in Germany, Austria, Poland and Eastern Europe. In addition to a service center, the Mannheim location with the Promega Corp. EURO Hub via a distribution warehouse of the US parent company, which is responsible for the sale of the Group's products in Europe. The outsourced Terso GmbH has been part of the device service center since 2010 and supplies the European market with RFID consignment warehouses. Promega GmbH annually announces the competition " Main thing biology " for journalists from regional media and scientists.
France
In 1992 the French branch was founded in Charbonnières-les-Bains near Lyon . About 30 employees are employed there. The branch is responsible for sales in France, Greece, Cyprus, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. In 2009 the “EuroLab” was opened there, a development and training laboratory for scientists and Promega employees from all over Europe.
Great Britain
The UK branch opened in 1989 in Southampton Science Park. 30 employees look after customers in Great Britain, Ireland and South Africa.
Italy
The Italian branch emerged from the distributor "MMedical" in 1998 and employs 19 people.
Netherlands
Promega Corp. founded the first European branch in 1984 in Leiden , the Netherlands. The branch looks after customers in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Switzerland
Promega AG was founded in Switzerland in 1991 under the name Catalys AG. As a subsidiary of Promega Corp. offers the Swiss branch in Dübendorf additionally and complementary to products from Promega Corp. also offers laboratory and analysis devices as well as consumables from Serva GmbH. Promega AG has 16 employees.
Sweden
Promega Biotech AB looks after customers in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Estonia and through distributors in Finland and Norway. The branch was opened in early 2008 and is located in Nacka near Stockholm.
Spain
The Spanish subsidiary, Promega Biotech Ibérica, SL, has existed since January 2005. In the office in Alcobendas, a city north of Madrid, 17 employees look after customers in Spain and Portugal. In 2008, the branch was honored by the city of Alcobendas for the compatibility of work and family and the equal treatment of employees.
Products and Technologies
The company's product portfolio includes individual components such as enzymes, but also complete analysis and sample preparation systems.
Genomics
In the area of genomics, the company offers products for researching the genome. The portfolio ranges from complete cloning systems, luciferase reporter assays, amplification products to products from the early days such as restriction and modifying enzymes. This includes the GoTaq polymerase and buffer family and the quantitative PCR system Plexor.
Genetic Identity and Forensics
Promega Corp. is one of the two main providers of systems for determining genetic identity based on Short Tandem Repeat (STR) DNA analyzes. Promega was the first to offer kits for STR analysis of individual loci. Promega, along with Applied Biosystems, helped the FBI and other forensic science laboratories select the main loci for the COmbined DNA Index System (CODIS), which is used to examine forensic DNA in North America. In October 2009, Promega became the first company in Europe to offer analysis systems that comply with the new European gene database standards.
Proteomics
The company has been offering cell-free protein synthesis systems since 1992 and has been expanding its portfolio ever since. The company also offers products for protein sequencing by mass spectrometry .
Cellular analysis and drug development
Promega has been developing products based on bioluminescence technology since 1990. The areas of application for the detection of bioluminescence are reporter gene assays, cell viability, apoptosis, cytochrome P450, kinases, proteases and RNA interference. The current triplex analysis system uses bioluminescence and fluorescence to detect cell viability, cytotoxicity and apoptosis in one approach.
Integrated platforms
The bioluminescence assays, DNA and RNA purification products and HaloTag technologies can be integrated into automated high-throughput systems from other companies. The GloMax luminometers have pre-installed protocols that can be used to perform multiplex bioluminescence assays. The luminometers with injection system can be used with dual reporter assays such as the dual luciferase assay. The company sells its own Maxwell 16 system, a laptop-sized automated nucleic acid purification system for diagnostic laboratories and low-throughput research.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 32 years of biotechnology: 30 years of Promega . In: BIOforum , 6/2008, pp. 4 f., 40 f.
- ↑ a b promega.com . Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ↑ a b Promega: The Glass Harp Game . Fire one , September 2018; accessed on October 26, 2018
- ↑ madison.com . dated August 26, 2011.
- ^ Promega Corporation: Wisconsin's quiet innovator . WTN News, November 11, 2008.
- ↑ host.madison.com of August 26, 2011.
- ↑ United States Patent and Trademark Office Web site search for Patents Assigned to Promega Corporation. As of July 1, 2008
- ^ “Promega to get early access to WARF technologies under new agreement (WTN News)”. wistechnology.com of November 11, 2008
- ↑ Promega GmbH press release of August 4th, 2009 (PDF) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 75 kB)
- ↑ ( http://www.hauptsache-biologie.de/ )
- ↑ Promega GmbH press release of June 25, 2009 (PDF) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 74 kB)
- ^ Website of the city of Alcobendas from January 15, 2009
- ↑ madison.com . Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ↑ a b Amplification online training course on DNA.gov ( Memento of the original from August 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ KQ Zhao, R Hurst, MR Slater, RF Bulleit: Functional protein expression from a DNA based wheat germ cell-free system . In: J. Struct. Funct. Genomics , 8 (4), December 2007, pp. 199-208. doi: 10.1007 / s10969-007-9035-2 . PMID 18034374 .
- ↑ GenomeWeb Daily May 29 2008 of July 18, 2008
