Tánaiste Announces Opening of Canadian Subsidiary for Dublin Company IdentiGEN on Enterprise Ireland Trade Mission to Canada
IdentiGEN solidifies ties to Canadian Business and Research Communities
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan T.D. today (Tuesday 20th October 2009) announced that Dublin company IdentiGEN Ltd., has established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Canada as part of its growing business in that region.
The announcement was made during Enterprise Ireland’s trade mission to Canada involving 35 companies from sectors including software, telecoms and financial services aiming to grow their exports and extend their trade links with Canada.
IdentiGEN, which provides DNA-based meat traceability solutions, works with a number of organisations in the Canadian Province of Alberta, including the Government of Alberta's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Sturgeon Valley Pork, to scientifically track meat from the farm to the retail store.
The company also has entered into an agreement with the University of Alberta in Edmonton to collaborate on genomics research in livestock to improve value chains. In the collaboration, IdentiGEN will work with the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Livestock Genomics Technology, a new venture that plans to research livestock genomic technologies.
Making the announcement the Tánaiste said:
“I’d like to strongly congratulate IdentiGEN on their significant achievement in opening their Canadian subsidiary this week. IdentiGEN is an exemplar, not just because of their innovative product offering but in their collaboration efforts with the research community here in Canada. It is this focus on research and development that has helped secure their success to date.
“This trade mission is aimed at helping Irish companies to access the Canadian market and grow their exports and collaborations here. All the indications are that there is significant potential for further growth of Irish exports into this robust market place and IdentiGEN’s success to date, culminating in their establishing this subsidiary, clearly demonstrates that dedicated and ambitious Irish companies can find a ready and open market for their products and services in Canada.”
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For further information contact:
Ciara O’Mahony, Press Officer, Enterprise Ireland - 01 7272284/ 087 2043435
Sean Perry, Press Advisor to Tánaiste
Notes to EditorsAbout IdentiGEN
IdentiGEN Ltd., with its North American subsidiary IdentiGEN, Inc., is a privately held, venture-backed company, and a leading provider of DNA-based solutions to the agriculture and food industries. The company was founded as a spinoff from the Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, where the company’s core area of expertise – genetic identification – was developed and is now being deployed in a variety of ways to enhance consumer confidence in the safety and quality of food products. Through IdentiGEN’s DNA-based TraceBack® system, retailers, meat processors, producers and local governments, for the first time, have the tools to unequivocally trace the identity of meat back to its source. Additional information about IdentiGEN can be found at www.identigen.com and www.dnatraceback.com.
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