PhytoTech Labs

What PhytoTech Labs does

PhytoTech Labs, Inc. is a US-based manufacturer and global distributor of plant tissue culture media, biochemicals, and laboratory supplies serving the plant science industry. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in a 34,000 sq ft production and R&D facility in Lenexa, Kansas, the company operates as a privately held subsidiary of Calibre Scientific, a diversified scientific products conglomerate. PhytoTech serves customers in 130+ countries and has held ISO 9001 certification continuously since 2008.

The company offers more than 1,000 SKUs organized across plant tissue culture media (including Murashige & Skoog, DKW, and WPM formulations), biochemicals (plant growth regulators, gelling agents, vitamins, amino acids, buffers, and nutrients), molecular biology reagents, microbiology and phycology media, seed testing supplies, pre-configured kits, and laboratory equipment such as culture vessels, petri dishes, and sterilization tools. It also provides custom media formulation and contract manufacturing at batch sizes from 100L to 40,000L for proprietary client formulations under confidentiality agreements. Manufacturing is governed by lot-by-lot chemical, physical, and biological specification testing, with growth-promoting activity verified against at least two commercially important plant cell lines and seven-year retention samples held for stability studies.

PhytoTech operates a hybrid go-to-market combining direct e-commerce, phone/email/fax sales, and a global distributor network, with a dedicated EU distribution center supporting European shipments. Primary customer segments are university and institutional research labs, commercial plant propagation growers and micropropagation operations, and global tissue culture labs; secondary segments include educators and bio-pharmaceutical production using plant-based systems. Pricing is unit-based with volume discounts (e.g., Murashige & Skoog Basal Salt Mixture ranging from $9.95 at 1L to $313.90 at 500L), and net-30 terms are extended to established business buyers. No revenue is publicly disclosed.

Name

PhytoTech Labs

Legal name

PhytoTech Labs, Inc.

Website

https://phytotechlab.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PhytoTech Labs manufactures and distributes plant tissue culture media, biochemicals, and laboratory supplies from its Lenexa, Kansas facility, serving university research labs, commercial micropropagation operations, and tissue culture labs in 130+ countries as a Calibre Scientific subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plant Tissue Culture Media

NAICS

Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing (325411)

SIC

Medicinal Chemicals & Botanical Products (2833)

akta.pro primary industry

Bioprocess Consumables & Reagents (resins, membranes, media components, buffers) (HLAAAJAI)

Keywords

• Plant tissue culture media
• Micropropagation supplies
• Plant biotechnology reagents
• Biochemicals manufacturing
• Plant science lab supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Lenexa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tissue Culture Media and Components: Sale of plant tissue culture media formulations (Murashige & Skoog, DKW, WPM, and custom formulations), biochemicals, vitamins, growth regulators, gelling agents, and related components. Products sold in various package sizes from small research quantities to bulk commercial volumes.
2. Custom Manufacturing Services: Proprietary custom media manufacturing for clients in batch sizes from 100L to 40,000L. Includes dry powder and liquid medium formulations with custom packaging options. Confidentiality agreements protect client proprietary formulations.
3. Laboratory Equipment and Supplies: Sale of equipment including culture vessels, instruments, tools, sterilization equipment, pH measurement devices, storage supplies, and other lab necessities for tissue culture operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PhytoTech Labs manufactures and distributes a comprehensive portfolio of plant tissue culture media, biochemicals, and laboratory supplies for the plant science industry. The company offers more than 1,000 products including Murashige & Skoog media formulations, plant growth regulators, gelling agents, molecular biology reagents, culture vessels, and equipment, supplemented by custom media formulation services for batch sizes from 100L to 40,000L.

Product overview

PhytoTech Labs is a specialized manufacturer and distributor offering a comprehensive portfolio of plant tissue culture products and supplies. The product ecosystem includes multiple interconnected categories: Plant Media (the core offering featuring Murashige & Skoog formulations, DKW, WPM, and crop-specific media), Biochemicals (growth regulators, gelling agents, vitamins, amino acids, and nutrients), Molecular Biology products (kits, reagents, and solutions for genetic research), Microbiology and Phycology products, Seed Testing materials, Equipment (culture vessels, instruments, sterilization equipment), and Kits. The company also provides custom media manufacturing services for proprietary formulations at scales from 100L to 40,000L. Products are designed for research labs, commercial growers, and tissue culture operations worldwide, with ISO 9001 certified manufacturing since 2008.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plant Media

Quantifiable outcome

• Every product manufactured to strict ISO standards with detailed documentation and full lot traceability
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Calibre ScientificparentOthersPhytoTech Labs is a Calibre Scientific Company, indicating it is owned/operated under the Calibre Scientific corporate umbrella. This parent company relationship provides organizational backing and potential synergies across the scientific products sector.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• HiMedia Laboratories: HiMedia Laboratories produces a broad catalog of plant tissue culture media, microbiology media and molecular biology reagents with global distribution, making it one of the closest volume and SKU-level competitors to PhytoTech Labs across plant science customers.
• MP Biomedicals: MP Biomedicals manufactures and distributes laboratory biochemicals, reagents and cell culture media products used in life science research and diagnostics, with significant overlap to PhytoTech Labs' biochemicals and microbiology reagent catalog.
• Duchefa Biochemie: Duchefa Biochemie (Netherlands) is a specialty manufacturer of plant tissue culture media, antibiotics and biochemical reagents, with a product portfolio nearly identical to PhytoTech Labs including Murashige & Skoog salts and custom formulations for micropropagation labs.
• Sisco Research Laboratories (SRL): Sisco Research Laboratories is an Indian manufacturer of laboratory chemicals, biochemicals and reagents including tissue culture media, directly comparable to PhytoTech Labs across biochemicals and price-sensitive reagent SKUs.
• Caisson Laboratories: Caisson Laboratories manufactures plant tissue culture media, biochemicals and microbial reagents for the plant science and molecular biology community, directly competing across PhytoTech Labs' core catalog of Murashige & Skoog media, agar and growth regulators.

Broad incumbents

• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher, through its Gibco and broader life science brands, supplies cell culture media, reagents and laboratory supplies to research and commercial customers, overlapping with PhytoTech Labs in cell and tissue culture reagents and laboratory equipment.
• MilliporeSigma (Sigma-Aldrich): MilliporeSigma, the life science arm of Merck KGaA, is the dominant broad-incumbent supplier of plant tissue culture media, biochemicals and lab reagents, competing with PhytoTech Labs primarily in larger research accounts where bundled procurement favors a one-stop supplier.

Emerging players

• Plant Cell Technology: Plant Cell Technology focuses on plant tissue culture kits, propagation supplies and training for the cannabis and horticultural micropropagation community, overlapping with PhytoTech Labs in culture media and equipment but focused on a narrower emerging customer segment.
• Gold Biotechnology: Gold Biotechnology manufactures and distributes biochemicals, reagents and specialty chemicals for life science research, partially overlapping with PhytoTech Labs in plant-relevant antibiotics, buffers, gelling agents and growth regulators.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PhytoTechLabs
• Facebookfacebook.com/PhytoTechLabs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/phytotechnology-laboratories

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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