Beckman-Coulter
Vendor of AGTC's ABI3730 capillary electrophoresis sequencer and 9700 gold-plated 96-well thermalcyclers. A company that regularly goes the extra mile for us in customer support as well as equipment pricing, despite being one of the largest corporations in the world. http://www.beckman.com/

Genomic Solutions (a.k.a. GeneMachines)
Vendor of AGTC's HiGro microplate shaking incubator and Hydroshear DNA shearing device. Now a subsidiary of Harvard Biosciences, this company and its partners specialize in innovative approaches to the equipment needs of high-throughput microbiology labs and cores. http://www.genomicsolutions.com/

Genetix
Vendor of AGTC's QPixII colony-picking/macroarraying robot and QFill2 microplate liquid dispenser. Very well engineered machines and recently improved customer service, although we've found the interfaces to be lacking. Originally based in England, Genetix has been migrating operations to the US and branching out into the molecular biology kits and reagents market.
http://www.genetix.com/

MJ Research
Vendor of AGTC's Tetrad 4x96 gradient thermalcycler. These folks offer an astonishing array of configurations for their thermalcyclers, from motorized lids to real-time-florescence-detection units to slide-bakers. Top-notch quality.
http://www.MJresearch.com

Applied Biosystems (a.k.a. ABI)
Vendor of AGTC's 9700 gold-plated 96-well thermalcyclers. Partnered with Celera Genomics under the Applera conglomerate, Applied Biosystems is vast in both Products/Services and market share. http://www.appliedbiosystems.com

Tomtec
Vendor of AGTC's Quadra-Stor robotic-accessible shaking microplate incubator, Tomtec is a relatively small, well-established company focusing on automated liquid handling. http://www.tomtec.com/

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