headquarters rochester new york united states key people tjerk de ruiter chairman & ceo michael arbige vice president technology jim sjoerdsma sr. vice president human resources products purafect properase spezyme revenue 380 million usd 2005 number of employees 1 500 2005 parent dupont website http biosciences.dupont.com genencor is a biotechnology company based in palo alto ca and a subsidiary of dupont . genencor is a leading producer of industrial enzymes and low priced bulk protein . the name genencor originates with genencor inc. the original joint venture between genentech and corning incorporated which was founded in 1982 . it is considered to have pioneered the field of industrial biotechnology as distinct from traditional applications of biotechnology to health care and agriculture . genencor ranks number 12 in revenues in the list of biotechnology companies . in 2008 genencor entered a joint venture with dupont called dupont danisco cellulosic ethanol llc to develop and commercialize low cost technology for the production of cellulosic ethanol . in 2008 genencor and goodyear announced they are working to develop bioisoprene . awards edit genencor achieved the following awards named no. 2 best medium sized company to work for in america by the great place to work institute inc. 2004 named no. 1 best medium sized company to work for in america by the great place to work institute inc. 2005 named no. 1 best place to work in the bay area by the san francisco chronicle 2005 named no. 11 best medium sized company to work for in america by the great place to work institute inc. 2011 see also edit environmental biotechnology agricultural biotechnology this biotechnology article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title genencor & oldid 734101766 categories biotechnology companies of the united statescompanies established in 19821982 establishments in californiabiotechnology stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 04 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view