Custom BioGenic Systems adds five employees, plans to hire five more

metromode, 6/26/2008

What's five employees between friends? It's a sign of strong and steady growth at Custom BioGenic Systems.

The cryogenic storage maker hired five people in the last six months and expects to hire another five within the next year. The 47-person firm also just moved to a new facility in Romeo to help accommodate its growth.

"We were just busting at the seams," says Michele Moore, quality systems coordinator for Custom BioGenic Systems. "Now we have everything at one central location."

And the company has been movin' on up ever since it was founded in 1987. Then John Brothers founded it as a manufacturer of stainless steel racks for cryogenic freezers. He and his family worked long hours with little money until he patented a freezer (used to store things like blood sample and stem cells) that had the liquid nitrogen in the walls instead of at the bottom in the late 1990s.

The company took off and has continued to grow. BioGenics's revenue is up 25 percent from last year and it expects to continue the growth pattern. To accommodate that growth, its new home in Romeo has nearly thrice the square footage of its former home in Shelby Township.

Source: Michele Moore, quality systems coordinator for Custom BioGenic Systems
Writer: Jon Zemke

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