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Polysciences Inc.
400 Valley Road
Warrington PA 18976, US
Phone: (215) 343-6484; Fax: (215) 343-0214
Toll-free phone: (800) 523-2575
Web: www.polysciences.com
E-mail: info@polysciences.com
KEY PERSONNEL: Michael H. Ott; President
Walter Baker; VP, Operations
Dr. D. Templer; VP, Technology and Business Development
Dr. Mark DeGrandpre; Director, Technology and Business Development
Joe Dudenbostel; Purchasing Manager
EMPLOYEES: 86 employees
HISTORY: Founded in 1961
FACILITIES: More than 150,000 sq. ft. at four U.S. locations
5,000 sq. ft. facility in Eppelheim, Germany
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Privately held
SUBSIDIARIES/DIVISIONS: Polysciences Europe GmbH
Handelsstr. 3
Eppelheim D-69214, Germany
Phone: +49 6221-765767
Fax: +49 6221-764620
E-mail: info@polysciences.de
PRODUCTS ON MARKET: Diagnostic reagents, electrophoresis and chromatography supplies, electron
and light microscopy supplies, dyes and stains, polymeric biomaterials for
medicine and dentistry, custom packaging and formulations
Sponsored research on confidential basis (FDA facility)
Latex microparticles for antibody coupling and precision size standards
Tetrazolium salts, embedding waxes, and plastic embedding media
Custom reagent synthesis and custom packaging
Magnetic particles and flow cytometry particles
POS Pilot Plant Corp.
118 Veterinary Road
Saskatoon S7N 2R4, Canada
Phone: (306) 978-2800; Fax: (306) 975-3766
Toll-free phone: (800) 230-2751
Web: www.pos.ca; E-mail: pos@pos.ca
KEY PERSONNEL: Robert E. Morgan, President and CEO
Colin Luciuk; CFO
Paul Fedec; VP, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs
Karen Connell; Director, Finance
EMPLOYEES: 92 employees
HISTORY: Founded in July 1977 as an applied research facility for grains and oilseeds
processing
FACILITIES: 54,000 sq. ft. facility, including five pilot plant processing areas and 11
laboratories
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Nonprofit agency
BUSINESS STRATEGY: Provide contract R&D and custom processing services that facilitate the
development of value added processing of agri-products for industries such
as agbiotech, food, nutrachemicals, feed and fine chemicals.
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