please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message promega corporation promega corporation headquarters in the agora fitchburg center fitchburg wisconsin . formerly called biotec type private industry biotechnology founded 1978 madison wisconsin headquarters fitchburg wisconsin united states key people william a. linton chairman and ceo revenue 300 million usd 2011 number of employees 1200 worldwide 2012 website www.promega.com promega corporation is a manufacturer of enzymes and other products for biotechnology and molecular biology with a portfolio covering the fields of genomics protein analysis and expression cellular analysis drug discovery and genetic identity . 1 contents 1 history 2 product areas and technologies 2.1 genomics 2.2 genetic identity and forensics 2.3 proteomics 2.4 cellular analysis and drug discovery 2.5 integrated platforms 3 footnotes 4 external links history edit promega corporation was founded by bill linton in 1978 to provide restriction enzymes for biotechnology . 2 the company now offers more than 3 000 life science products used by scientists researchers and life science and pharmaceutical companies . promega has 1 200 employees including nearly 700 at the headquarters location in fitchburg wi . in 2011 sales were approximately 300 million . 3 the privately held company has branch offices in 15 countries and more than 50 global distributors serving 100 countries . 4 promega corporation also established the first biotechnology joint venture in china sino american biotechnology co. in 1985 . 5 the company has developed an on site stocking system which uses radio frequency identification rfid linked to the internet to track and manage remote inventory . this resulted in the spin off company terso solutions that specializes in the design and manufacture of small rfid storage units . 6 product areas and technologies edit genomics edit the company s portfolio began with products for genomics researchers and now includes cloning systems luciferase reporters and amplification products as well as the original restriction and modifying enzymes . the portfolio of amplification products includes the gotaq family of polymerases and buffers and the plexor quantitative pcr system . citation needed genetic identity and forensics edit the company is one of two main suppliers of systems for genetic identification based on dna analysis using short tandem repeats strs . 7 promega was the first company to provide kits for str analysis of single loci . 7 along with applied biosystems promega participated with the fbi and other crime labs in validating str loci that would eventually be selected as the core loci for the combined dna index system codis used for forensic dna testing in north america . citation needed the promega powerplex str systems were the first commercially available systems for str analysis that contained all of the codis loci . 7 proteomics edit the company was an early supplier in the cell free protein synthesis field and is continuing to develop its portfolio in this area . 8 cellular analysis and drug discovery edit promega offers a range of products for cell biology and drug discovery many of which are built upon bioluminescence technology . assays for drug discovery are used globally and include biochemical and cell based assays . in 2010 promega launched a custom assay services business for biologics and small molecule drug development . citation needed integrated platforms edit the company s bioluminescence assays dna and rna purification chemistries and halotag technologies integrate with the high throughput automated systems found in many laboratories . some of this integration has occurred through collaboration with instrument manufacturers . the company also sells its own maxwell 16 system a bench top automated purification system for lower throughput research and diagnostic laboratories . 9 promega glomax luminometers are supplied with preinstalled protocols that allow researchers to perform multiplex bioluminescent assays . the luminometers with injection systems are available for use with dual reporter assays like the dual luciferase systems . the y chromosome deletion detection system from promega also carries the ce mark for use as an in vitro diagnostic device in the european union . citation needed footnotes edit company information . retrieved january 3 2013 . promega enotes feature . archived from the original on july 4 2008 . retrieved november 11 2008 . building on success promega corp. has blossomed and it s not done growing yet . retrieved january 3 2013 . company information . retrieved january 3 2013 . madison.com . retrieved november 11 2008 . 2005 report promega spins off rfid unit . the capital times . november 15 . business 8b . retrieved on july 7 2008 . a b c amplification on line training course at dna.gov zhao kq hurst r slater mr bulleit rf december 2007 . functional protein expression from a dna based wheat germ cell free system . j. struct . funct . genomics . 8 4 199 208 . doi 10.1007 s10969 007 9035 2 . pmid 18034374 . 2008 promega gets ce mark for dna purification system . genomeweb daily may 29 . accessed july 18 2008 external links edit promega corporation biopharmaceutical technology center institute terso solutions . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title promega & oldid 737847429 categories companies based in wisconsinresearch support companies1978 establishments in wisconsinhidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2014all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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