Europe

Takara Bio Europe SAS

Takara Bio Europe provides kits, reagents, instruments, and services that enable life sciences researchers to achieve their experimental objectives. As a member of the Takara Bio Group, Takara Bio Europe is part of a company that holds a leadership position in the global market and is committed to improving the human condition through biotechnology. Going forward, Takara Bio Europe will continue to develop high-quality, innovative tools and services that accelerate scientific discovery.

Innovation

To maintain our position as an industry leader, we foster an environment of collaboration and discovery for our research scientists and with the research community at large. Takara Bio Europe's scientists are leaders in their fields and regularly publish in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Biotechniques, Science, and PNAS. Our sister company, Takara Bio USA, Inc. (TBUSA), holds over 30 patents and has developed novel tools for studies involving gene regulation and function, protein localization and activity, and processes such as apoptosis and signal transduction. In addition, TBUSA's scientists have authored guides and publications that are industry standards for technologies ranging from PCR to recombinant expression systems to next-generation sequencing (NGS).

We actively seek research and business partnerships with industry innovators and leaders. Our research and development efforts have resulted in award-winning technologies and the introduction of novel tools to the market. TBUSA introduced the first commercially available antibody microarray, a unique tool that allows users to study hundreds of cellular proteins in one experiment, and has also received R&D 100 awards for the development of fluorescent proteins, apoptosis detection systems, cDNA arrays, tet-regulated gene expression systems, and retroviral expression systems.

Quality

Takara Bio Europe is committed to understanding and meeting the quality needs and expectations of all our customers. As a basic business principle, we strive to provide our customers with high-quality, innovative products and services. We have established a comprehensive quality assurance system that allows us to meet our commitment to customer satisfaction. Continuous quality improvement is the responsibility of every Company employee, and we build quality into everything we do. Takara Bio Europe's quality management system has received a general certification under ISO 9001:2015.

Our GMP facility located in Göteborg, Sweden provides production capability for GMP-grade reagents used in stem cell research. A second GMP production facility in Kusatsu, Japan hosts our contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) and clinical development services, and is the manufacturing site for GMP-grade products including Takara Taq and Titanium DNA polymerases, and xeno-free stem cell culture medium.

Service

Our commitment to service is our commitment to our customers. Our customer service groups interact with all levels of the company to ensure that every process is focused on delivering the highest level of service and satisfaction. Our technical support team is comprised of Ph.D. scientists, including many with years of postdoctoral experience. From order placement to technical support, we meet and exceed industry standards for timely and helpful responses to customer inquiries. To better suit our customers' needs, we frequently provide custom products, services, and packaging. In short, we view every contact point as an opportunity to provide excellent service to our customers.