Deep Intelligence Across Industries

Company Headquarters: Siglufjordur, Iceland Founded: 1999 Workforce: ~50 Company Working: Primex EHF is a marine biotech company that engages in the production of chitosan. The company offers its products under the brand names ChitoClear, Seaklear, Chitocare (ChitoCare Medical and ChitoCare Beauty); and LipoSan Ultra. The company sources its raw materials for chitosan from the shell of North Atlantic Coldwater Shrimps (Pandalus borealis). The chitosan and its products offered by the company are available in a wide spectrum of different grades, characteristics and properties such as viscosity, molecular weight and degree of deacetylation. The products offered by the company are used in food supplements, nutritional, biomedical and cosmetic products.

Company Headquarters: Kerala, India Founded: 1982 Workforce: ~20 Company Working: Meron Group produces and markets hydrocolloids, ingredients, and biopolymers with a production capacity of over 350 M.T per annum. Company exports its products to South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, and other parts of Asia-Pacific. It offers chitin and chitosan under its biopolymers category for various applications including fat absorbent, wound healing ointment, ophthalmology, feed ingredients, skin care, oral care, waste and water treatment, and others. These products are packaged in 25 Kg HDPE (High-density polyethylene) bags with polythene inner liner. The manufacturing facility of the company is ISO 22000:2005, ISO 9001:2008, HACCP, KOSHER, HALAL & FSSAI certified.

Company Headquarters: Wenling City, Zhejiang, China Founded: 1995 Workforce: ~50 Company Working: Zhejiang Shinfuda Marine Biotechnology Corp. engages in the production of chitin derivatives. In 2006, the company established GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standard plant and production line according to the FDA requirements. The company in collaboration with Fudan University, Zhejiang University, the Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (SOA) China, and other research institutes is focused on developing high-tech products. It produces 3,000 tons of chitin derivative products and exports its products to the US, Japan, the UK, Canada, Germany, Italy, and others.

Company Headquarters: Herstal, Belgium Founded: 2000 Workforce: ~50 Company Working: Kitozyme, LLC (KitoZyme) designs, manufactures, and markets medical devices, food supplements and oenological ingredients from fungal chitosan and chitin-glucan. In 2011, the company launched its ingredients for beverages and healthcare in France, Spain, and the US, and now it sells these ingredients in more than 30 countries across the globe. The company also provides chitosan and chitin-glucan to the personal care, agriculture, and animal health industries. The company deals in specific biomedical applications in joint health, dermatology or biosurgery through its spin-off company KiOmed Pharma. The products offered by the company are produced under ISO 13485 and HACCP. The chitosan offered by the company is classified by the FDA as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) and is produced taking into consideration the vegan, halal, kosher or gluten-free requirements.

Company Headquarters: Zhejiang, China Founded: 1994 Workforce: ~130 Company Working: Golden-Shell Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. manufactures and markets chitin and chitin derivatives in China. The company owns various certifications including NSF-GMP, ISO22000:2005, ISO9001:2008 and HALAL. It also holds drug manufacturing license for pharmaceutical excipients and active pharmaceutical ingredients. US-FDA has issued Drug Master Files number for several products offered by the company. It also exports more than 95% of its products, to over 30 countries across the globe. The company owns more than 20 corporate invention patents.

Company Headquarters: Shandong Province, China Founded: 2005 Workforce: ~100 Company Working: G.T.C. Bio Corporation manufactures and sells chitin, chitosan, chitosan oligosaccharide, carboxymethyl chitosan, highly deacetylated chitosan, oligochitosan hydrochloride, chitosan acetate, chitosan glutamate, chitosan lactate, N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine, glucosamine hydrochloride, glucosamine potassium, succinylated chitosan, as well as other derivatives for various applications including, agriculture, water treatment, tobacco filtration, flocculation, papermaking, fruit juice clarification, and fruit preservation. Company manufactures its products under National Aquaculture Industry Standard “Chitin and Chitosan SC/T 3403-2004”, thus implementing ISO9001 quality control system.

Company Headquarters: Trondheim, Norway Founded: 2001 Workforce: ~50 Company Working: Advanced Biopolymers AS specializes in the production of chitosan with broad range of degrees of acetylation (DA). The company offers chitosan with DA between 0.25 and 0.60. Company uses proprietary and planted technology to produce chitosan in one step and with unsurpassed reproducibility. Chitosan with DA between 0.25 and 0.60 have an increased solubility in water at higher pH-values. It offers chitosan for various purposes such as wound care, cosmetics, and drug delivery.

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 2008 Workforce: ~3,100 Company Working: Airbnb Inc. engages in an online marketplace and hospitality service, enabling people to lease or rent short-term accommodations. The company operates through the Airbnb app which enables its users to list, discover, and book accommodations across the world. Through the company’s platform, the residents and commercial property owners can rent private rooms, entire apartments, boutique hotels, castles, tree houses, and other accommodations. Furthermore, the platform allows travelers to search for accommodations by location, price, and room type, in more than 65,000 cities and 191 countries.

Company Headquarters: UK Founded: N/A Workforce: ~39,500 Company Working: Rentokil Initial plc is one of the leading companies in pest control, hygiene services, and plants & scenting. It operates through three reportable segments, which are pest control, hygiene, and protect & enhance. Vertical garden falls under its protect & enhance segment. The four businesses which are included in the protect & enhance segment are Workwear (France), Ambius (Global), Property Care (UK), and Dental Services (Germany and Sweden). Ambius is a division of Rentokil Initial plc, which is one of the most diverse business support service companies in the world. Ambius is engaged in providing design-led, functional interior landscaping for buildings. It has a global presence and operates in 75 countries around the world.