Wow Design

Name

Wow Design

Legal name

ワオデザイン株式会社 (WOWDESIGN Co.,Ltd)

Website

https://wowdesign.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Laboratory Equipment

NAICS

Other Specialized Design Services (54149), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Laboratory Apparatus & Furniture (3821)

akta.pro primary industry

General Lab Equipment (Centrifuges, Incubators, Shakers, Ovens) (HLAGAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Laboratory Consumables & Plasticware (Tips, Tubes, Plates, Filters) (HLAGAIAH), Liquid Handling & Laboratory Automation (Pipettes, Robots, Workstations) (HLAGAIAD)

Keywords

• Laboratory equipment manufacturing
• Scientific instrument design
• Contract research development
• Thermoelectric cooling devices
• Custom mechanical engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Shimogo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Research and Development / Contract Design Services: Custom research and development, machinery design, and contracted testing services. Customers can approach without concrete plans, drawings, or sketches — Wow Design provides consultation, proposal, and full design-to-delivery execution.
2. Laboratory Equipment Manufacturing and Sales: Manufacturing and sale of proprietary scientific instruments including Cool Stage, Cool Block Bath, Thermo Stage, Tube Racks, Plate Seals, and Line Searchers. Products are designed, assembled, pre-tested, and delivered as ready-to-use units.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Wow Design designs, manufactures, and sells specialized laboratory scientific instruments — including the Cool Stage thermoelectric cooling series, Cool Block Bath centrifuge-tube coolers, Tube Racks, Titan Stick Plate Seals, and Line Searcher 96 pipetting guides — for research laboratories. In parallel, the company offers contract research and development, mechanical design, custom prototyping, and commissioned testing services, taking projects from rough sketches or verbal descriptions through on-site measurement, 3D design, assembly, and pre-delivery testing to deliver ready-to-use products.

Product overview

Wow Design is a Japanese laboratory equipment manufacturer offering a portfolio of specialized scientific research tools. The core product lines include: Cool Stage series (desktop cooling units for samples and reagents), Cool Block Bath series (compact cooling devices for centrifuge tubes), Tube Rack series (assembled racks for various tube sizes), Plate Seal products (Titan Stick series microplate seals), and Line Searcher (pipetting position guides). These products serve research laboratories by providing temperature control, sample organization, and sealing solutions that replace traditional methods like ice buckets and heat sealers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cool Stage Series (クールステージ) Desktop cooling devices for laboratory samples and reagents, using thermoelectric (Peltier) cooling with fan-assisted heat dissipation to deliver 4°C cooling and prevent sample degradation during experiments. Multiple form factors including high-power, SBS-standard for automation, low-profile (56mm height), and economy variants, all designed for laboratory benches, clean benches, and automated equipment integration.
• Cool Block Bath Series (クールブロックバス) Tabletop cooling units designed to prevent degradation of samples and reagents during experimental operations, with compatibility for various centrifuge and microtube sizes. Includes compact 1.5ml block baths (cooling to -10°C, 4°C in ~5 minutes), high-power twin-engine centrifuge tube units (135mm profile, -5°C), and inclined 20° units for clean bench use.
• Thermo Stage (サーモステージ) Temperature-controlled stage for laboratory experiments. Detailed product information currently being prepared by the company.
• Tube Rack Series (チューブラック) Easy-to-assemble polypropylene tube racks for various centrifuge tube sizes (1.5ml, 15ml, 50ml), featuring compact storage — racks fold flat to A4 size for portability and storage efficiency. Capacities include 40 tubes for 1.5ml, 12 tubes for 15ml, and 4 tubes for 50ml configurations.
• Plate Seal / Titan Stick Series (プレートシール) Microplate seals using the Titan Stick HC series optimized adhesive that achieves firm sealing through manual pressure without requiring specialized heat-sealer equipment. Solvent-resistant with DMSO compatibility, temperature resistance from -80°C to 110°C, available in aluminum plate type (KSHA-PH), plate type (KSHC-P), and standard type (KSHC).
• Line Searcher 96 (ラインサーチャー96) Stainless steel (SUS430) guide for 96-well and deep-well microplates that marks and tracks pipetting positions across repeated operations, preventing positioning errors in repetitive pipetting workflows. Solvent- and heat-resistant, sized 87×129×14mm to fit 85×127mm plates.
• Contract R&D, Mechanical Design, and Commissioned Testing Services (研究開発試験事業、機械設計、受託試験) Custom research and development, mechanical design, contract manufacturing, and commissioned testing services for customers without concrete plans, drawings, or specifications. Wow Design accepts sketches, verbal descriptions, and on-site measurements as project inputs, then provides consultation, proposal, schematic/3D design, manufacturing, assembly, and pre-delivery testing to produce finished custom laboratory instruments and experimental equipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cool Block Bath models achieve temperatures as low as -10°C (CAPMT15) and -5°C (CAPCT15/50) at room temperature of 25°C.
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Hirayama Manufacturing Corporation: Japanese manufacturer of laboratory and medical equipment including autoclaves and related benchtop devices. Comparable as a domestic Japanese specialty lab equipment manufacturer with a similar focus on custom/specialty instruments.

Broad incumbents

• AS ONE Corporation: Major Japanese scientific equipment distributor and manufacturer offering thousands of lab products including cooling units, tube racks, and seals. Comparable as a domestic Japanese lab equipment peer with much broader catalog and reach than Wow Design.
• Yamato Scientific: Established Japanese manufacturer of laboratory equipment including incubators, dry baths, and thermal control devices. Overlaps with Wow Design's temperature-control product family but operates at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• bio-rad (Bio-Rad Laboratories): Global life science research and clinical diagnostics company with broad microplate seal, thermal cycling, and lab equipment portfolio. Comparable to Wow Design's plate seal and cooling stage products but at much larger scale.
• Eppendorf: Global life science laboratory equipment leader producing centrifuges, refrigerated devices, and consumables. Comparable through cooling-related equipment, tube/plate consumables, and pipetting-adjacent products that overlap with Wow Design's portfolio.

Direct peers

• Benchmark Scientific: US manufacturer of myBlock dry bath and BenchCooler cooling blocks for centrifuge tubes and PCR plates. Directly comparable to Wow Design's Cool Block Bath product line in form factor and use case.
• Boekel Scientific: Manufacturer of benchtop laboratory equipment including dry baths, incubators, and thermal devices. Competes directly with Wow Design's thermoelectric cooling products for life science laboratories.
• Heathrow Scientific: Manufacturer of laboratory consumables and benchtop equipment including tube racks and pipetting accessories. Comparable to Wow Design's Tube Rack and Line Searcher products in target customers and use cases.
• Torrey Pines Scientific: US manufacturer of benchtop Peltier-driven chilling/heating incubators, dry baths, and cooling plates used in life science labs. Directly competes with Wow Design's Cool Stage and Cool Block Bath series in the thermoelectric benchtop equipment category.
• Excel Scientific: US manufacturer of microplate seals, films, and mats for life science applications. Directly comparable to Wow Design's Titan Stick plate seal product line in functionality and customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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