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Pierce Biotechnology

American biotechnology company focused on protein biology

Pierce Biotechnology Inc. is the ultimate origin of a number of products and product lines in the Thermo Fisher Scientific research and development division, "Thermo Scientific Pierce Protein Biology.2 It is part of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1948Founded1

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Pierce Biotechnology Inc. is the ultimate origin of a number of products and product lines in the Thermo Fisher Scientific research and development division, "Thermo Scientific Pierce Protein Biology." The company from which this division originated, the Rockford, Illinois-based Pierce Chemical Company (PCC) was founded in 1948 when Alan Pierce assumed active management of a company known as Midwest Extraction, which focused on isolating chlorophyll from alfalfa (to take advantage of 1930s research arguing therapeutic uses for chlorophyll in infections, burns, and amputation).2

Corporate structure

Pierce Biotechnology is part of a group headed by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.. 1,172 entities, 39 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
    • Life Technologies 100% · Carlsbad, California, United States
      • INVITROGEN BIOSERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
    • FEI Company Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
    • Pierce Biotechnology Waltham
    • Alfa Aesar Subsidiary · Haverhill
    • Brahms Subsidiary · Hennigsdorf, Germany
    • Invitrogen Subsidiary · Carlsbad
    • Molecular Probes Subsidiary · Eugene
    • Thermo Electron Subsidiary · Waltham
      • Thermo Optek Subsidiary · United States
    • Thermo Fisher (Israel) Subsidiary · Ness Ziona, Israel
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific (Finland) Subsidiary · Vantaa, Finland
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific (Germany) Subsidiary · Dreieich, Germany
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific (Sweden) Subsidiary · Uppsala, Sweden
    • Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics, UAB Subsidiary · Vilnius
    • 0972792 B.C. LTD Subsidiary · Canada
    • 236 Perinton Parkway, LLC Subsidiary · New York, United States
    • 27 Forge Parkway LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Abgene Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • ABII 2 Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • ACI Holdings Inc. Subsidiary · New York, United States
    • Acoustic Cytometry Systems, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • AcroMetrix LLC Subsidiary · California, United States
    • Acros Organics Subsidiary · Geel, Belgium
    • Acurian, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Advanced Biotechnologies Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Advanced Scientifics International, Inc. Subsidiary · Pennsylvania, United States
    • and 1,150 more

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 2004Acquired Acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.1
  2. 1948Founded Founded1

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