Meito Sangyo
APAC
Nagoya
,
Japan
Established
FOUNDED
1945
HEADCOUNT
FUNDING
Privately held
Keywords:
fermentation, bacteria, filamentous_fungi, enzymes, therapeutics
BUSINESS
Meito Sangyo Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells food and chemical products, with a Fine Chemicals Division producing polysaccharides and enzymes via microbial fermentation. It is the sole Japanese manufacturer of dextran (used as a plasma expander) and of microbial rennet for cheese production, and also makes industrial lipase. The company was founded in 1945.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; produces dextran via Leuconostoc mesenteroides bacterial fermentation and microbial enzymes (rennet from Mucor/Rhizomucor, lipase) by fermentation.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
microbial fermentation (bacterial polysaccharide and fungal enzyme production)
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
dextran; microbial rennet; microbial lipase