Shodex HPLC Columns - Resonac America

What Shodex HPLC Columns - Resonac America does

Resonac America, Inc. operates the Shodex HPLC Columns business for the Americas market as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's Resonac Corporation (formerly Showa Denko). The entity sells and supports high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and LC/MS columns, calibration standards, refractive index detectors, and degassers manufactured by Resonac Corporation, serving pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical quality control laboratories, food and beverage testing facilities, environmental testing labs, polymer manufacturers, and academic research groups across North and South America.

The product portfolio covers all major chromatography separation modes, including reversed and normal phase (both polymer-based and silica-based), hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC), size exclusion chromatography (gel filtration chromatography GFC and gel permeation chromatography GPC), ion chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, ligand exchange, ion exclusion, chiral separation, and multimode separations. Sub-brands include Asahipak, RSpak, OHpak, HILICpak, SUGAR Series, USPpak, and ORpak. The portfolio includes more than 60 columns compliant with U.S. Pharmacopeia methods spanning L1 through L89, supported by an applications knowledge base exceeding 200 technical notes.

Revenue is generated through one-time product sales across three channels: a direct e-commerce web store at shodexhplc.com, an authorized regional distributor network covering North America, Mexico, and Latin America, and a direct enterprise sales team. Pricing is quote-based rather than publicly listed, requiring customer login or sales contact. In April 2025 the company announced price increases of approximately 4% to 8% on most products, effective May 12, 2025, citing IEEPA reciprocal trade tariffs. Marketing and customer development run through technical content (applications navigator, HPLC 101 lessons, troubleshooting guides), industry conference participation at Pittcon, ASMS, and AOAC, webinars, and direct technical support.

Name

Shodex HPLC Columns - Resonac America

Legal name

Resonac America, Inc.

Website

https://shodexhplc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1939

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Resonac America distributes Shodex-brand HPLC and LC/MS chromatography columns, calibration standards, and detectors across the Americas on behalf of Japanese parent Resonac Corporation, serving pharmaceutical, food, environmental, polymer, and research laboratories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Analytical Chromatography Columns

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Analytical Instruments & Chromatography Systems (HLAGAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mass Spectrometry & Spectroscopy Instruments (HLAGAIAB)

Keywords

• HPLC chromatography columns
• Size exclusion chromatography
• Ion chromatography columns
• Chiral separation columns
• SEC calibration standards

Headquarters

HQ city

New York, New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. HPLC Column Sales: Direct sales of chromatography columns and LC/MS columns through the company's web store and distributor network. Products include analytical columns, preparative columns, guard columns, and specialty columns for various chromatography applications.
2. Calibration Standards Sales: Sale of calibration standards including PMMA kits, Polystyrene standards (low to high molecular weight), and Pullulan standards kits for SEC/GPC/GFC applications.
3. Instrument and Detector Sales: Sales of HPLC detectors including refractive index detectors (RI-501) and degassers for chromatography systems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Shodex HPLC Columns - Resonac America manufactures and distributes HPLC and LC/MS chromatography columns under the Shodex brand for the Americas region. The portfolio spans separation modes including Reversed/Normal Phase, HILIC, Ion Chromatography, Ion Exchange, Size Exclusion (GFC/GPC), Ligand Exchange, Ion Exclusion, Chiral, and Multimode, complemented by SEC calibration standards (PMMA, polystyrene, pullulan) and the RI-501 refractive index detector. Products serve pharmaceutical, food/beverage, environmental, polymer, and biopharmaceutical analytical laboratories.

Product overview

Shodex HPLC Columns is a comprehensive portfolio of chromatography columns and standards manufactured by Resonac Corporation. The product line includes separation columns across multiple modes: Reversed/Normal Phase (polymer-based and silica-based), HILIC (Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography), Size Exclusion Chromatography (Gel Filtration GFC/Aqueous GPC and Gel Permeation GPC/Organic GPC), Ion Chromatography, Ion Exchange Chromatography, Ligand Exchange, Ion Exclusion, Chiral Separation, and Multimode separations. The portfolio also includes calibration standards (PMMA, polystyrene, and pullulan) for SEC/GPC/GFC applications, refractive index detectors (RI-501), and suppressor systems. Key product series include HILICpak (VG, VT, VN, VC series), OHpak (SB-800 HQ, LB-800 for light scattering), PROTEIN KW-800, KD/KF Series for organic GPC, IC (ion chromatography) series, RSpak and Asahipak for reversed phase, and specialty columns for USP compliance. Applications span saccharides and organic acids, nucleic acids, proteins and peptides, synthetic polymers, pharmaceuticals, environmental analysis, and biopharmaceuticals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Asahipak: Polymer-based columns for various chromatography applications including HILIC, reversed phase, and GFC separations.
• RSpak
• OHpak
• HILICpak
• SUGAR Series
• USPpak
• ORpak

Products and services

• HILICpak VG-25 Series
• UB Series Aqueous SEC (GFC) Columns for Bionanoproduct Analysis and Preparative Use
• RI-501 Refractive Index Detector
• IC SI-50 4D Ion Chromatography Column
• Calibration Standards for SEC (GPC & GFC)
• ORpak CDBS-453 Chiral Separation Column
• RSpak KC-811 Organic Acids Column
• U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Compliant HPLC Columns
• Ultra Rapid Analysis and UHPLC Columns
• Organic SEC (GPC) Columns

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 application notes and technical resources available for column selection and method development
• +1 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Restek Corporation: Restek supplies HPLC columns, standards, sample-preparation products, and related consumables to analytical laboratories. It competes in the same specialized chromatography-consumables market and serves similar QC and research workflows.
• Bio-Rad Laboratories: Bio-Rad offers analytical and preparative chromatography columns, standards, and related separation products. It is relevant to Shodex's protein, biopolymer, and laboratory separation use cases.
• Waters Corporation: Waters sells HPLC, UPLC, and LC/MS instruments, columns, standards, and related consumables to pharmaceutical, food, environmental, and academic laboratories. Its portfolio directly overlaps Shodex's chromatography columns and separation applications.
• Phenomenex: Phenomenex specializes in HPLC, UHPLC, LC/MS, and sample-preparation columns and consumables. Its broad column catalog and focus on method development closely mirror Shodex's offering.
• Merck KGaA / MilliporeSigma: Merck's MilliporeSigma business supplies HPLC and LC/MS columns, standards, solvents, and laboratory consumables. Its broad life-science catalog overlaps Shodex's regulated-testing and analytical workflows.
• YMC Co., Ltd. YMC manufactures HPLC and process chromatography columns and media, with particular strength in reversed-phase and chiral separations. Its product focus and target laboratories make it a direct peer to Shodex.
• Agilent Technologies: Agilent supplies HPLC and UHPLC instruments, LC/MS systems, and Zorbax and other analytical columns. It is a direct peer for laboratory chromatography consumables and regulated testing workflows.
• Tosoh Bioscience: Tosoh Bioscience develops and sells HPLC and bioseparation columns, including size-exclusion and ion-exchange products. It is a direct peer to Shodex's SEC, GPC/GFC, and biopharma-focused chromatography portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher provides analytical instruments, LC/MS platforms, chromatography columns, and standards across life-science and industrial laboratories. It is a broad incumbent with substantial product overlap in HPLC columns and applications.
• Shimadzu Corporation: Shimadzu sells HPLC and UHPLC systems, LC/MS instruments, columns, and related laboratory solutions. It is a broader incumbent that overlaps with Shodex in instrument-linked HPLC and LC/MS analysis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/shodex-hplc-columns-showa-denko-america

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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