Name

ADS Biotec

Legal name

ADS BIOTEC INC

Website

https://adsbiotec.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Laboratory Automation Instruments

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing (325413)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances (2835)

akta.pro primary industry

Reagents, Chemicals & Assay Kits (Buffers, Antibodies, ELISA, Enzymes) (HLAGAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

mRNA & Nucleic Acid Manufacturing Services (mRNA/saRNA/Plasmid DNA) (HLAGAGAC), Small-Molecule CMC Documentation & Regulatory Support (DMF/CMC) (HLAGAHAM), Bioprocess Consumables & Reagents (resins, membranes, media components, buffers) (HLAAAJAI)

Keywords

• Automated laboratory instruments
• Cytogenetic workflow automation
• Nucleic acid extraction systems
• MRNA purification columns
• Custom buffer manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Omaha

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Automated Instruments Sales: Sale of automated genetic lab instruments including HANABI Metaphase Chromosome Harvesters/Spreaders, QuickGene Nucleic Acid Extraction Systems, and chromosome staining systems. Instruments are sold directly to clinical and research laboratories with associated installation and support services.
2. Consumables and Reagents: Recurring revenue from consumable products including DNA/RNA extraction kits, cytogenetic reagents, staining kits, HPLC buffers, columns and calibration standards. These products require regular replenishment by lab customers.
3. Custom Buffer Manufacturing Services: GMP-grade custom manufacturing of buffers and reagents for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Services support clients across all phases of clinical development from early research through commercial scale-up with capacity up to 1000L+.
4. Service and Support Plans: Service agreements for instrument maintenance and support following warranty period, with terms including payment net 30 days, performance warranties, and service cancellation provisions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ADS Biotec designs, manufactures, and sells automated laboratory instruments and consumables used by cytogenetic, pathology, and research laboratories. Its product lines include the HANABI family of metaphase chromosome harvesters, spreaders, and staining systems, the QuickGene and Gene Prep Star automated nucleic acid extraction platforms, RNASep mRNA purification columns and HPLC buffers, and HANABI Avatar organoid growth media. The company also provides GMP-grade custom buffer manufacturing and buffer stability testing services at scales up to 1000L+ for pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers.

Product overview

ADS Biotec is a global leader in the development, manufacture, and sale of automated instruments and consumables for use in cytogenetic, pathology, and research laboratories. The company operates as a unified product portfolio organized around four main pillars: (1) Genetic Lab Instruments including the HANABI family of metaphase chromosome harvesters (P1, P2N, P3P, P1000), spreaders (P5, P6, P7), and staining systems (S1020), plus QuickGene and Gene Prep Star automated nucleic acid extraction systems with配套 extraction kits; (2) mRNA Purification Solutions featuring RNASep high-capacity purification columns and optimized HPLC buffers for mRNA therapeutics and vaccine development; (3) Custom Buffer Manufacturing services providing GMP-grade buffers and reagents at scales up to 1000L+ with stability testing; and (4) Organoid Media products under the HANABI Avatar brand for organoid culture applications. The company also offers a comprehensive range of cytogenetic reagents including hypotonic solutions and fixative reagents. ADS Biotec, along with its parent company ADSTEC (Japan), serves customers in over 30 countries with operations on three continents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• QuickGene: Automated nucleic acid extraction systems and associated DNA/RNA extraction kits
• HANABI
• Gene Prep Star
• RNASep
• CYTOFlex
• FixativePak
• CYTOClean
• HANABI Avatar
• WAVE

Products and services

• HANABI P1 Metaphase Chromosome Harvester Automated instrument for harvesting chromosomes in metaphase stage, designed for cytogenetic laboratories as part of the HANABI product family.
• HANABI P2N Series Metaphase Chromosome Harvester Automated metaphase chromosome harvester capable of processing up to 24 samples per run, eliminating variability compared to manual processing methods. CE-IVD cleared for the European market.
• HANABI P3P Metaphase Chromosome Harvester Automated instrument for harvesting chromosomes in metaphase stage, designed for cytogenetic laboratories as part of the HANABI P-series product family.
• HANABI P1000 In-Situ Harvester In-situ chromosome harvesting system designed for cytogenetic laboratory applications.
• HANABI P5 Metaphase Auto-Spreader Automated metaphase chromosome spreading system for cytogenetic laboratories, CE-IVD cleared for the European market.
• HANABI P6 Metaphase Spreader Metaphase chromosome spreading instrument for cytogenetic laboratory applications, CE-IVD cleared.
• HANABI P7 High-Capacity Metaphase Auto Spreader High-capacity automated metaphase spreading system capable of processing up to 24 samples per run and up to 72 slides in under an hour, with tight environmental control of temperature, humidity, and airflow. CE-IVD cleared.
• HANABI S1020 Auto Chromosome Staining System Automated chromosome staining system for G-banding and FISH analysis of chromosome metaphase slides in cytogenetic laboratories.
• QuickGene Mini480 Nucleic Acid Extraction System Automated nucleic acid extraction system designed for genetic testing laboratory applications as part of the QuickGene product family.
• QuickGene Mini8L Nucleic Acid Extraction System Automated nucleic acid extraction system designed for genetic testing laboratory applications as part of the QuickGene product family.
• QuickGene Auto 12SII Nucleic Acid Extraction System Automated nucleic acid extraction system designed for high-throughput genetic testing laboratory applications.
• Gene Prep Star NA-480 Nucleic Acid Extraction System Automated nucleic acid extraction system for genetic testing laboratory applications, part of the Gene Prep Star product line.
• Gene Prep Star NA-480 Plus Nucleic Acid Extraction System Automated nucleic acid extraction system for genetic testing laboratory applications, the Plus variant of the Gene Prep Star NA-480 platform.
• DNA Extraction Kits DNA extraction reagent kits for use with QuickGene automated nucleic acid extraction systems.
• RNA Extraction Kits RNA extraction reagent kits for use with QuickGene automated nucleic acid extraction systems.
• Cytogenetic Reagents for Chromosome Harvesting Reagent product line including CYTOFlex hypotonic solutions, FixativePak methanol/acetic acid fixative, and CYTOClean cleaning agent for chromosome harvesting procedures.
• HANABI S1020 Staining Kit Staining kit reagents for use with the HANABI S1020 Auto Chromosome Staining System.
• RNASep Semi-Prep Ultra High Capacity RNA Purification Column High-capacity RNA purification column for mRNA purification, used in creating messenger RNA vaccines.
• RNASep Semi-Prep High Capacity RNA Purification Column High-capacity RNA purification column for mRNA purification, used in creating messenger RNA vaccines.
• RNASep Prep RNA Purification Column RNA purification column for mRNA purification applications.
• RNASep Ultra Capacity Column Ultra-capacity RNA purification column for high-volume mRNA purification needs.
• mRNA Purification Buffers and HPLC Solutions HPLC buffers for mRNA purification including Hexylammonium Acetate Buffer, Triethylammonium Acetate Buffer, and HPLC Column Wash Solution for ion-pair reversed-phase HPLC workflows.
• Custom Buffer Manufacturing Services GMP-grade custom manufacturing of buffers and reagents for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, with manufacturing capacity up to 1000L+ supporting clients from early research through commercial scale-up.
• Buffer Stability Testing Services Comprehensive stability testing services for buffers used across research, diagnostic, and manufacturing environments.
• HANABI Avatar Organoid Growth Media Organoid growth media formulations for supporting robust growth, viability, and reproducibility of organoid cultures including colon, ovarian, and other organoid types.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% customer satisfaction rate
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• ADSTEC Corporation (Japan)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerADSTEC Corporation is the parent company of ADS Biotec, based in Funabashi-city, Chiba, Japan. ADS Biotec operates as a subsidiary with shared technology, development, and manufacturing capabilities across both organizations. The partnership enables global reach with development, sales, and support operations on three continents.
• Transcriptomic Research Lab at National Cancer Institute in Milan, ItalycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research partnership for development and validation of HANABI AVATAR Organoid Growth Media. Joint study compared ADS Biotec's colon organoid culture media against lab-made optimized media, validating product performance. Results published in white paper demonstrating superior organoid growth performance.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Agilent Technologies: Agilent is a major analytical instrument and consumables company with strong positions in HPLC columns, buffers, and nucleic acid analysis workflows that compete with ADS Biotec's RNASep mRNA purification columns and HPLC buffer business serving pharma/biotech manufacturing customers.
• Leica Biosystems (Danaher): Leica Biosystems, part of Danaher's Diagnostics platform, provides histology and cytogenetics staining and imaging instruments and consumables that overlap with ADS Biotec's HANABI S1020 staining systems and broader cytogenetic workflow. As a Danaher-owned incumbent, Leica has substantially greater scale, distribution, and integrated workflow offerings.
• Bio-Rad Laboratories: Bio-Rad is a broad life-science tools incumbent with comparable product categories spanning clinical diagnostics, nucleic acid extraction/reagents, and cytogenetics-adjacent workflows. ADS Biotec competes with Bio-Rad in molecular extraction reagents and in supplying clinical/research laboratories with similar instrument-and-consumables packages.
• Beckman Coulter (Danaher): Beckman Coulter, also under Danaher, supplies clinical lab automation, sample preparation, and consumables used in diagnostic workflows that overlap with ADS Biotec's clinical cytogenetic and molecular biology lab offerings. Its broader diagnostics portfolio creates competitive pressure on procurement decisions where ADS Biotec is considered.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher is the largest life-sciences tools and diagnostics incumbent, offering competing nucleic acid extraction systems, HPLC consumables, cytogenetic reagents, and a global clinical lab sales channel. ADS Biotec competes most acutely with Thermo Fisher's specialty diagnostics and biosciences divisions for hospital and pharma lab wallet share.
• PerkinElmer: PerkinElmer (now Revvity) provides analytical instruments, reagents, and diagnostic consumables that overlap with ADS Biotec's cytogenetic reagents, nucleic acid extraction, and laboratory automation offerings for clinical and research laboratories.

Emerging players

• Maravai LifeSciences: Maravai is a focused provider of nucleic acid purification, mRNA manufacturing services, and related bioprocess consumables, competing most directly with ADS Biotec's RNASep mRNA purification columns, HPLC buffers, and custom buffer manufacturing services targeting mRNA vaccine and therapeutic developers.
• Bio-Techne: Bio-Techne supplies reagents, proteins, and cell-culture media used in research and bioprocessing applications adjacent to ADS Biotec's organoid growth media and cytogenetic reagent offerings. The companies compete for the same biotech and academic lab budgets for specialty consumables.

Direct peers

• Hamilton Company: Hamilton Laboratory Robotics provides automated liquid handling and sample-preparation platforms used in clinical genomics and cytogenetics labs. ADS Biotec's automated harvesters, spreaders, and QuickGene extraction systems compete for similar laboratory-automation budgets at clinical cytogenetic customers.
• MetaSystems: MetaSystems is a direct competitor in automated cytogenetic imaging and metaphase analysis platforms (e.g., Metafer for chromosome detection), serving the same clinical cytogenetics laboratories as ADS Biotec's HANABI line. Overlapping customer base and product category makes it the closest comparable in cytogenetics workflow automation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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