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Varied Industries Corp.
905 South Carolina Avenue
Mason City IA 50401, US
Phone: (641) 423-1460; Fax: (515) 423-0832
Toll-free phone: (800) 654-5617
Web: www.vi-cor.com, www.milktothemax.com
E-mail: vi-cor@vi-cor.com
KEY PERSONNEL: Mark Holt; President
Michael Lunning; Controller/Purchasing
John Oppy; Technical Services Specialist
Jodi Ames; Director, Marketing
EMPLOYEES: 22 employees
HISTORY: Founded in 1966
Pioneer in the organic foods industry
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Privately held
SUBSIDIARIES/DIVISIONS: Fermented Products
SUBSIDIARY OF: Vi-COR
BUSINESS STRATEGY: Develop products for the production of naturally grown foodstuffs
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Biotechnical applications
Production of naturally grown foodstuffs
Fermented products
Plant extracts
Enzymes and microbial products
PRODUCTS ON MARKET: Lactic acid fermentation products
Desert plant extracts
Enzymes and microbial products
VECTOR State Research Centre of
Virology/Biotechnology
SRC VB Vector, Novosibirsk Region
Koltsovo 630559, Russia
Phone: +7 3832-36-60-10; Fax: +7 3832-36-74-09
Web: www.vector.nsc.ru; E-mail: lev@vector.nsc.ru
KEY PERSONNEL: Prof. Lev. S. Sandakhchiev; Director General
Jury I. Klimov; Exec. VP
Prof. Sergey V. Netesov; Scientific Director
Raisa A. Martynyuk; Director, R&D
EMPLOYEES: 1,056 employees, 143 Ph.D.s, 14 M.D.s, 1 D.V.M.
HISTORY: Founded in 1974
Began biotech R&D in 1975
FACILITIES: 259,100 sq. m. headquarters
Level 3 and 4 biosafety laboratory
Full cycle biotech production facility
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Government agency
SUBSIDIARIES/DIVISIONS: Subsidiaries:
Vector-Pharm--production and sales company
Vector-Best--joint stock company
Vector-BiAlgam--production and sales company
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