is a Japanese company based in Kyoto. The company is mainly involved in the production of beverages, food, printing and medical supplies.

Divisions

Takara Bio

Clontech Laboratories was acquired from BD Biosciences in 2005. In 2007, Clontech was involved in litigation with Invitrogen over patents for RNase H minus

reverse transcriptase A reverse transcriptase (RT) is an enzyme used to generate complementary DNA (cDNA) from an RNA template, a process termed reverse transcription. Reverse transcriptases are used by viruses such as HIV and hepatitis B to replicate their genomes, ...

. Subsidiaries of Takara Bio Inc. include Takara Bio USA (formerly Clontech Laboratories), a Mountain View, California-based manufacturer of kits, reagents, instruments, and services for biological research, as well as regional subsidiaries in Europe, Korea, China, and India. The main offices of Takara Bio USA moved to San Jose in August 2021.

Takara Shuzo

Takara Shuzo Co. produces sake, other beverages, and seasonings. This division comprises the original business; the holding company including it was formed in 2001. Takara Shuzo also owns the

Tomatin distillery Tomatin distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in the village of Tomatin. Its whisky is classified as being from the Highland region, as it is 25 minutes south of Inverness. It's owned by the Takara Shuzo company. Around eighty p ...

of Highland single malt scotch whisky. Takara Shuzo Co. is the largest distiller of traditional shochu liquor in Japan.

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Multinational companies headquartered in Japan Manufacturing companies based in Kyoto Drink companies of Japan Biotechnology companies of Japan Holding companies established in 1925 Japanese companies established in 1925 Sake Scotch whisky Japanese brands Conglomerate companies established in 1925 Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange {{Japan-company-stub