History

History

1938

Foundation of Tamagawa Seiki Co., Ltd.

1999

First manufacturing of a nucleic acid extractor as an OEM product, which is a device that uses magnetic beads.

2003

Participation in NEDO’s ” Screening Project Using Nanoparticles ” led by Professor Hiroshi Handa of the Graduate School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and development of a screening automation device for drug discovery research. This device uses magnetic beads “FG beads” developed at Tokyo Institute of Technology. With the project as a trigger, a joint research on FG beads with Professor Handa was started.

2007

Establishment of “Tokyo Bio R＆D Center” in Tokyo Tech Yokohama Venture Plaza (Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture).

2009

Starting sales of FG beads and screening device “Target Angler”.

• FG beads
• Target Angler

2010

Starting to sell Magnet stands

2011

“Tokyo Bio R＆D Center“ is renamed into “Biotronics Laboratory”.
Establishment of “Biotronics Research Institute Matsumoto Branch Office” in Shinshu University, Shinshu Regional Technology Medical Development Center (Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture). Start of a contracted service for experiments such as immobilization of ligands (drugs, proteins) on FG beads and purification of target proteins.

2012

Relocation of “Biotronics Laboratory” from Tokyo Tech Yokohama Venture Plaza to the head office (Iida City, Nagano Prefecture).
Established “Biotronics Laboratory Tokyo Branch Office” in Tokyo Office (Ota-ku, Tokyo).

2015

Starting to sell fluorescent beads “FF beads” and “FS beads“.

2016

“Biotronics Laboratory Matsumoto Branch Office” is integrated into the head office.
Starting to sell buffers.

2017

Begin of sales of highly magnetically responsive beads “HM beads“.

2018

“Biotronics Laboratory Tokyo Branch Office” is integrated into the head office and renamed from “Biotronics Laboratory” to “Third Plant　Production Department”.