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IdentiGEN Ltd., was founded in 1996 as a spin-out from world class research conducted at Trinity College Dublin. The company began operations in early 1997 as a privately held Irish limited corporation. The North American operation began in June 2006 as a Delaware corporation, with laboratories and business offices in Lawrence, Kansas. It is wholly owned by the parent corporation.

IdentiGEN’s founders were a team of scientists from the Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, respected worldwide for their contributions to the field of livestock population and quantitative genetics. IdentiGEN’s incorporation in Ireland in 1996 was coincident with the UK’s BSE (or “mad cow” disease) crisis. The company’s founders were among the first to apply molecular genetic techniques to source-verify meat products. Acquiring enabling technology from Trinity College Dublin, IdentiGEN’s founders pursued the technology further, into proof-of-concept testing and commercial deployment. The company pioneered the commercial-scale integration of sophisticated genetic technologies with industrial-scale meat processing and retailing. IdentiGEN became the first company anywhere to deliver and implement an operational and scaleable DNA traceability solution for 100% of the fresh beef distributed by a national food retailer, and the first anywyere to leverage this technology into consumer markets.

The company maintains its focus on the growing international demand for greater integrity in the food chain while continuing to build its own brand reputation. The next generation of products being developed by IdentiGEN will harness the potential of our expanding repository of data on the genetics and performance traits of livestock to deliver high-value management systems enabling our customers to maximize the quality, nutrition content and economic value of their food products.

IdentiGEN is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, from where it directly supports its European and Middle Eastern client base. The company’s North American subsidiary serves U.S. and Canadian customers from its operations base in Lawrence, Kansas. Customers for IdentiGEN’s products and services in other jurisdictions are supported by our network of affiliates and partners.