Arrayjet

What Arrayjet does

Arrayjet Ltd is a Scottish life sciences instrumentation company that invented and commercialises patented contactless inkjet microarray printing technology, headquartered in Roslin, near Edinburgh, with an additional US printing suite in Bend, Oregon. The company's core product is the Mercury instrument platform, which performs high-throughput, non-contact deposition of biomolecules onto microarray substrates for life sciences, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and academic research customers, manufactured under ISO 13485:2016 quality systems.

The company operates a dual business model: capital equipment sales of Mercury instruments to in-house customer teams (including named users such as Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and CDI Laboratories), paired with Arrayjet Advance™, a CRO/CMO service offering that lets customers outsource microarray research, screening, and manufacturing to Arrayjet's application scientists rather than purchase instruments. Recurring revenue is generated through consumables (slides and substrates) and maintenance/service contracts tied to the installed base, while ArrayPlex™ provides a proprietary multilayered microarray format sold alongside the instrument and service portfolio.

Arrayjet monetises via quote-based pricing on both instruments and services, supported by a direct enterprise sales motion, content and scientific-publication-led marketing, and a registered supplier presence on the Scientist.com marketplace. Geographic expansion into the United States via the Bend, Oregon printing suite — established in collaboration with Grace Bio Labs and equipped with a Mercury 100-S — is the most material recent commercial move, intended to shorten lead times and localise service for North American life sciences customers.

Name

Arrayjet

Legal name

Arrayjet Ltd

Website

https://arrayjet.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arrayjet is a Scottish life sciences instrumentation company that develops and manufactures patented inkjet-based microarray printing instruments (Mercury) and provides custom microarray printing services (Arrayjet Advance™) for pharma, biotech, diagnostics, and academic research customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Microarray Printing Instruments

NAICS

Printing Ink Manufacturing (325910), Printing Ink Manufacturing (32591), Printing and Related Support Activities (323), Commercial Screen Printing (323113)

SIC

Printing Trades Machinery & Equipment (3555), Commercial Printing (2750)

akta.pro primary industry

Direct-to-Container & Digital Printing (Inkjet/Laser) (IMALAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital & Specialty Inks (Inkjet, UV, Conductive) (IMAEAHAI)

Keywords

• Microarray printing instruments
• Inkjet bio-printing
• Custom microarray services
• Protein antibody arrays
• Diagnostic microarray manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Mercury instrument sales: One-time capital equipment sales of Mercury microarray printers to life sciences, pharma, diagnostics, and academic customers.
2. Arrayjet Advance™ custom printing / CRO services: Outsourced microarray printing services for customers who prefer not to purchase instruments; project-based, fee-for-service revenue.
3. Consumables and substrates: Recurring revenue from slides, substrates, reagents, and other consumables used with Mercury instruments.
4. Maintenance, service and support: Post-sale service contracts, maintenance, and technical support for installed Mercury instruments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Arrayjet designs, manufactures and sells the Mercury line of inkjet-based microarray printing instruments and uses the same platform to deliver Arrayjet Advance outsourced custom microarray printing services (CRO/CMO) for life sciences, diagnostics, and drug-discovery customers. Its patented contactless inkjet technology enables high-throughput, reproducible deposition of proteins, antibodies, oligonucleotides, and small molecules, complemented by the ArrayPlex multilayered microarray format.

Product overview

Arrayjet operates a combined product-and-service business centered on its Mercury microarray instrument platform. The Mercury line is the core technology, which Arrayjet both sells/places at customer sites and uses internally to deliver Arrayjet Advance, its custom microarray printing CRO/CMO services. ArrayPlex is a related multilayered microarray technology offered alongside the instrument and service portfolio, supporting applications including protein and antibody microarrays, oligo and DNA microarrays, small molecule screening, reverse phase protein arrays, and multiplex diagnostics/ELISA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mercury: Arrayjet's flagship range of high-speed, high-throughput inkjet microarray instruments, including the Mercury 100-S model referenced in the US Bend, Oregon printing suite.
• Arrayjet Advance
• ArrayPlex

Products and services

• Mercury microarray instrument Flagship microarray printing instrument line from Arrayjet, including variants such as the Mercury 100-S. Used for high-throughput, non-contact printing of biomolecules onto microarray substrates and is the platform underlying both customer installations and Arrayjet's own Advance custom printing services.
• Arrayjet Advance custom microarray printing services CRO/CMO service offering that lets customers outsource microarray research, screening, and manufacture to Arrayjet's team rather than buying a Mercury instrument. Uses the Mercury platform to deliver bespoke microarray production for protein/antibody, oligo/DNA, small molecule, and diagnostic applications.
• ArrayPlex multilayered microarrays Proprietary multilayered microarray technology enabling production of multiplex microarray formats for diagnostics, ELISA, and other high-content screening applications.
• Arrayjet consumables (slides and substrates) Recurring consumables such as slides and substrates used with Mercury microarray instruments.
• Mercury maintenance and support services Post-sale maintenance contracts and technical support for installed Mercury microarray instruments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20+ years of continuous microarray innovation underpinning current products
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Grace Bio LabsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerArrayjet opened its first US printing suite in Bend, Oregon in a strategic collaboration with Grace Bio Labs. The partnership co-locates Arrayjet's US microarray printing operations with Grace Bio Labs' facility, enabling local service and faster turnaround for North American life sciences, diagnostics, and pharma customers.
• Johns Hopkins School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured as a named customer and scientific collaborator; Johns Hopkins researchers use Arrayjet's microarray printing platform for translational research and have provided a public testimonial endorsing the speed, flexibility, and quality of Arrayjet's printed arrays.
• CDI LaboratoriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured as a named customer and scientific collaborator; CDI Laboratories uses Arrayjet's microarray printing capability for antibody profiling and biomarker discovery, and has provided a public testimonial on the consistency and quality of the arrays.
• Scientist.comminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArrayjet is registered as a supplier on the Scientist.com research services marketplace, enabling research organizations to procure Arrayjet Advance™ custom printing services through the platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Scienion (BICO): Scienion (now part of BICO) is the closest direct competitor to Arrayjet, offering inkjet-based microarray spotters, piezo dispensing technology, and contract microarray printing services for diagnostics, proteomics, and life sciences research customers globally.
• Arrayit Corporation: Arrayit is a direct microarray technology peer, supplying microarray printing instruments, slides, reagents, and diagnostic array content to research and clinical customers, competing head-to-head with Arrayjet's Mercury platform.

Broad incumbents

• Agilent Technologies: Agilent is a broad life sciences tools incumbent with a legacy microarray business (SurePrint oligo arrays) serving genomics, diagnostics, and pharma/biotech customers, overlapping with Arrayjet's oligo/DNA and diagnostic microarray applications.
• Revvity (formerly PerkinElmer Life Sciences): Revvity operates a broad life sciences and diagnostics portfolio that includes microarray scanners, reagents, and lab automation tools used by pharma, diagnostics, and academic customers who also buy microarray printing services.
• Bio-Rad Laboratories: Bio-Rad is a diversified life sciences tools incumbent with microarray scanners, Bio-Plex multiplex bead-based assays, and protein arrays, competing with Arrayjet in proteomics, multiplex biomarker profiling, and antibody array workflows.
• Tecan: Tecan is a major lab automation incumbent offering liquid handling, microarray processing workstations, and detection systems used by the same diagnostics and life sciences research customers that buy Arrayjet's Mercury instruments and services.
• Hamilton Company: Hamilton is a broad lab automation incumbent producing automated liquid handling and microarray processing platforms used in pharma, diagnostics, and academic labs that overlap with Arrayjet's customer base.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher is the largest life sciences tools incumbent, with microarray scanners, reagents, and broad lab automation offerings serving the same pharma, diagnostics, and academic customers targeted by Arrayjet.

Emerging players

• Bee Robotics: Bee Robotics is a niche instrumentation company producing microarray spotters and laboratory automation equipment for research and clinical labs, directly comparable to Arrayjet's Mercury spotting instruments in a smaller-scale, emerging-player context.
• INTAVIS Bioanalytical Instruments: INTAVIS is a niche European player producing automated microarray spotters and bioanalytical instruments for proteomics and genomics research, overlapping with Arrayjet's protein/antibody and oligo microarray applications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ArrayjetLtd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arrayjet-ltd

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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