Company Profile
Corporate Profile
Corporate Profile
- Company Name
- Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd.
- Established
- August 25, 1983
- Representative
- Norihiko Shibayama, President
- Capital
-
918 million yen
- Number of Employees
- Consolidated : 155, Non-consolidated : 122 (as of December 31, 2023)
- Office
-
Head Office
Toyo-Ekimae Bldg., 2-20, Toyo 2-chome,
Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0016, Japan
TEL : +81-3-5632-9600 FAX : +81-3-5632-9613
- Main Financing Banks
- MUFG Bank, Ltd., Mizuho Bank,
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank
- Description of Business
- Life science research biotools (reagents, kits, instruments, diagnostics, software): import, export, manufacture, marketing, sales, customer support
- Stock Exchange Listings
- Tokyo Stock Exchange, JASDAQ (Standard)
- Securities Code
- 3386
(as of December 31, 2021)
Corporate History
- 1978
- Founded as Biochemical group in Technological Development Division, Maruzen Oil Co., Ltd. (as of now Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.)
- 1983
- Founded Maruzen Oil Biochemical Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary of Maruzen Oil Co., Ltd.
- 1986
- Changed company name to Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd.
- 1994
- Moved main office to current location, Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo
- 2000
- Management buyout (MBO) from Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
- 2004
- Established Cosmo Bio USA, Inc. in Carlsbad, CA
- 2005
- Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange (as of now JASDAQ market of Tokyo Stock Exchange)
- 2006
- 80% stake in Primary Cell Co., Ltd.
- 2007
- 30% stake in BM Equipment Co., Ltd.
- 2008
- 100% ownership of Primary Cell Co., Ltd.
- 2010
- 63% stake in BM Equipment Co., Ltd. (controlling interest)
- 2013
- Merged Primary Cell Co., Ltd.
Distribution center expansion and relocation
- 2016
- Established a joint venture company “Proteintech Japan Co., Ltd.” with Proteintech Group, Inc.
- 2017
- Opened Sapporo Site as R&D / manufacturing base for Cosmo Bio products
Subsidialies
- Company Name
- BM Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Established
- June, 1985
- Office
-
Toyo-Ekimae Bldg., 2-20, Toyo 2-chome,
Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0016, Japan
TEL : ＋81-3-6666-5901 FAX : ＋81-3-6666-5906
- Description of Business
- Life science research consumables: import, marketing, sales, and customer support for general laboratory plasticware, glassware, small instruments
- Website
- Company Name
- COSMO BIO USA, Inc.
- Established
- August, 2004
- Office
-
2792 Loker Avenue West, Suite 101 Carlsbad, California 92010, USA
TEL : +1-760-431-4600 FAX : 760-431-4604
- Description of Business
- Life science research biotools: International sales of Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd. export products
- Website
- Company Name
- Proteintech Japan Co., Ltd.
- Established
- November, 2016
- Office
-
Toyo-Ekimae Bldg., 2-20, Toyo 2-chome,
Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0016, Japan
TEL : ＋81-3-5632-9712
- Description of Business
- Marketing, promotion and technical support for ProteintechGroup, Inc. products.
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