FUJIFILM Wako Chemicals U.S.A
Wako Chemicals USA, Inc. manufactures, distributes, and sells laboratory chemicals, specialty chemicals, and diagnostic reagents to customers in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Europe, and Japan. The company offers clinical diagnostic reagents and HCC biomarkers. Its laboratory chemicals include bioproducts, antibodies, biochemicals, enzymes, molecular biology kits, signal transduction reagents, analytical standards, organic chemicals, green chemistry reagents, electrophoresis stains, high performance liquid crystal columns, microRNA isolation kits, and a silk protein. The companys specialty chemical products comprise azo free-radical polymerization initiators, specialized macro azo initiators, N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine polymerization inhibitors, pharmaceutical intermediates, photographic couplers, intermediates, and wet chemicals for electronic/semiconductor applications, including photoresist intermediates. It also offers standard and customized automated systems and workstations for the life science market, such as industrial automated screening systems, high content imagers liquid handlers, automated cellular incubators, automated robotic systems and accompanying scheduling software, and small to medium integrated laboratory systems; and Limulus Amebocyte Lysate products. Its products are used in general chemistry, electronics, pharmaceutical, coatings, ink, and photographic applications. Wako Chemicals USA sells its products through distributors. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Richmond, Virginia with sales offices in Los Angeles, California; Boston, Massachusetts; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Wako Chemicals USA, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.