TOKU-E
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| Private Corporation | |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder | Joseph Ouyang |
| Headquarters | Bellingham, WA, USA |
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Key people
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Q Pan (President) |
| Products | Antibiotics, Antimicrobials, Life Science and Transfection |
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Number of employees
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31 (2016) |
| Website | TOKU-E.com |
TOKU-E is a supplier of high-purity antibiotics for biotechnology applications as selective antimicrobial reagents. TOKU-E’s facilities include locations in the United States, Europe, China and Singapore.
TOKU-E Company was formed in 1981 in Tokyo, Japan and employs engineers and specialists from all over the world in manufacturing facilities on almost every continent. Throughout the 80s, TOKU-E concentrated on fermentation products. Due to market demand, the company diversified and began making instruments for animal health and needles used in electronic applications.
In the 90s, TOKU-E expanded efforts into biotechnology and pharmaceutical research in comparative gene study and site specific mutations of antibiotics producing microorganisms through both private and public contract research, and gradually became a reputable supplier of antibiotics for biopharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology research.
In 2007, TOKU-E had formed a grant-making foundation in Singapore, TOKU-E Foundation, to promote information sharing, compound sharing and some technology sharing for antimicrobials. TOKU-E Foundation will provide funding to public research organizations for antibiotic resistant related studies.
In 2015, TOKU-E opened its European facility in Zwijnaarde, Belgium to focus on research and development in separation chemistry.
Antimicrobials
TOKU-E specializes in manufacturing cell culture selection antibiotics and a wide variety of other antimicrobials for in-vitro studies. Antimicrobial structural categories include:
Aminoglycosides, Azoles, Cephalosporins, Lipopeptides, Macrolides, Quinolones, Sulfamide, Penams, Peptides, Polyketides, etc.
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