Chemicon to Expand Labs In Temecula, California
Related News: Stem Cell CompaniesChemicon International company officials said this week that it will expand its work force in Southwest County, California and start producing research equipment for human embryonic stem cells.
The development there is separate from its operations in Temecula, but both facilities are related to the company's research activities. Chemicon is licensing technology from the University of Wisconsin and plans to incorporate this their into new laboratory products.
These patents include various stem cell research technologies and could have many different applications, Chemicon President Jeff Linton said.
Chemicon currently makes a series of products for biological research, including test kits for both Alzheimer's disease and proteins used in cancer research.
Linton also said the company will consolidate its research department in Temecula. Chemicon's corporate parent, Atlanta-based Serologicals Corporation, has acquired an additional East Coast biotech firm this past in October and has been working to integrate it into its Chemicon unit. Since April of this year, Linton has been chief executive of both companies.
Linton went on to say that at the end of the year, as many as 36 employees could move from the research center of former Upstate Group office in Lake Placid, N.Y.. The company is cutting another 20 jobs at the Lake Placid facility.
"By combining functions ... we can get rid of a lot of duplication of effort," Linton said.
The employees from New York are currently in Temecula this week scouting out homes, he added.
Posted on July 28, 2005 10:44 PM