About Us

History

1972

Company founded by Kosaku "Casey" Iida to perform Technology Transfer in Global business in Akasaka, Minato-ku Tokyo

1974

Released water main pipe cleaning devise, Polly-Pig, from Girard Polly-Pig Inc., of Texas USA

1975

Licensed suspension solid purification equipment for water, Rotary Spitz, to Toyama Kikai K.K

1976

Released environmentally safe detergent, Bio-7, for Industrial market from California USA

1977

Founded Japan Girard Polly Pig Co., Ltd to manufacture Polly-Pig

1978

Released biological research reagent from Pel Freez Biologicals, Arkansas USA

1979

Appoint Korean distributor for Polly-Pig

1980

Licensed lime pH control system for water, Honest Limer, to Kreha Engineering

1982

Released customized antiserum production for In Vitro Diagnostics manufacture from Pel Freez Biologicals

1983

Approved as medical product importer by Ministry of Health and Welfare

1983

Approved as medical product wholesaler by Ministry of Health and Welfare

1983

Obtained In Vitro Diagnostic reagent approval from the Japanese government on Human Tissue Typing reagent, HLA Tray, from UCLA Terasaki Laboratory of California USA and released to Japanese market

1983

Appoint Singaporean distributor for Polly-Pig

1986

Released magnetic particle, Dynabeads, for bio-separation from Dynal A.S.(Life Technologies Corporation since 2005), Oslo Norway

1989

Move head office to Atago, Minato-ku Tokyo

1989

Founded Nihon Dynal K.K. Co., Ltd to maintain intellectual property right and market Dynabeads for industrial use

1989

Approved as medical devise dealer by Tokyo City government

1989

Approved as medical reagent dealer by Tokyo City government

1989

Approved as toxic reagent dealer by Tokyo City government

1990

Released Human Serum protein for research from Anapure Beijing, Beijing China

1992

Established “Friends of Leukemia Research Foundation” to support Leukemia research internationally

1993

Released Human Control Serum for Human In Vitro Diagnostics manufacture from Cliniqa Corporation, California USA

1994

Released colony assay media for hematology research from StemCell Technologies Inc, Vancouver Canada

1995

Released Uro Protein for medical raw materials from Guangzhou China

1996

Moved head office to Toranomon, Minato-ku Tokyo

1999

Shinsaku Iida named as Company President

2000

Licensed equipment for algae control of shallow lakes, Shallow Clean, for Kreha Engineering

2001

Released Human Hematopoietic Cells for research from AllCells LLC, California USA

2001

Licensed carcinostatic drugs from Napro Corporation

2001

Released HLA gene diagnostic kit using the Luminex xMAP Technology from One Lambda Inc. California USA

2002

Installed ONYX Customer Relation Management Software for use by Veritas

2002

Released microbiology antiserum from Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen Denmark

2003

Released mRNA quantification reagents using bDNA method from Panomics Corporation (Affimetrix since 2009), California USA

2006

Released Clinical Cytology reagent, Liqui-PREP, from LGM International, Inc., Florida USA

2006

Released Rapid Microbial Screening method from Celsis International BV, Illinois USA

2006

Obtained ISO 9001 certification

2008

Released Human Protein for In Vitro Diagnostic manufacture from Yashraj Biotech, Mumbai India

2008

Released miRNA reagents and instrument from Luminex Corporation, Texas USA

2009

Approved as Luminex Certified Service Provider for Luminex instrument field service