Success Stories – Graduates of the CBICC Incubator Program
Dozens of companies have graduated from the CCIDC’s Business Incubator Program to become major employers in Centre County. These businesses are a vital part of Centre County’s success. Here is the answer to the “Where are they now?” for a number of our graduates!
Restek Corporation – found in 1985, a manufacturer of chromatography laboratory supplies, they are located in Penn Eagle Industrial Park at 110 Benner Circle in Bellefonte, employ more than 250 employees and have additional facilities in California, England, France, Germany and Ireland. www.restek.com
Keystone Scientific/Thermo Fisher – founded in 1985, Keystone Scientific was acquired by Thermo Hypersil Keystone in 2000. Their facility in Penn Eagle Industrial Park manufactures columns and accessories for use in liquid chromagraphy and has more than 30 employees locally. www.thermofisher.com
Sound Technology – founded in 1987, STI provides innovative and high quality transducer and probe products for the medical ultrasound industry. Located at 1363 S. Atherton Street, STI currently has more than 100 employees. www.sti-ultrasound.com
Lomic, Inc. - founded in 1994, Lomic specializes in software, custom solutions and training for the natural gas industry. Lomic is headquartered at 1358 S. Atherton Street with offices in Houston, Texas. www.lomic.com
HigherEdJobs.com - founded in 1996 with a vision to revolutionize the way faculty and staff search and apply for positions in higher education, their headquarters are located at 328 Innovation Blvd. In addition to their headquarters, they have an office in Oak Park, Illinois. www.higheredjobs.com
Mitotyping Technologies - founded in 1998 and located at 2565 Park Center Boulevard with a 5 person staff, Mitotying uses their scientific knowledge, training and experience to help families and individuals resolve questions of identity and suport the criminal justice system in its search for the truth through the use of forensic mitochondrial DNA typing methods. www.mitotyping.com
Salimetrics, LLC - founded in 1998 and headquartered at 101 Innovation Boulevard, Salimetrics develops saliva testing products and provides testing services to aid researchers in measuring stress biomarkers such as cortisol, protein, melatonin and others. Salimetrics has 20+ employees. www.salimetrics.com
Schoolwires, Inc - founded in 2000, Schoolwires provides complete strategic Website development and support to integrate school district’s many audiences and educational missions through the internet. With a staff of 85, including 69 in State College, they are located at 320 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College and provide services to nearly 800 school districts, a total of nearly 4,000 schools, in the United States. www.schoolwires.com
NanoHorizons – founded by Penn State Scientists in 2002, develops and manufactures unique nanosilver-based antimicrobial additives that permanently inhibit the growth of bacteria, fungus, and mold in sports apparel, paints, rugs, hospital beds, and a variety of other products. The company sells its antimicrobial additives globally under the SmartSilver™ brand in the textile, health care and industrial markets. With demand for durable and effective solutions to control microbes that cause odor, material degradation, and infection increasing, NanoHorizons consolidated its operations in 2009 at 270 Rolling Ridge Drive, Bellefonte to accommodate current requirements and future growth. www.nanohorizons.com
Sinoceramics (USA), LLC - their expansion to State College in 2002 enabled their research, development and manufacturing of advanced crystal piezoceramics, engineering ceramics and optical components. Now located at 330 Innovation Blvd., their local staff includes 4 employees. Sinoceramics is an employee-owned, private company with over 1,000 employees in eight facilities worldwide. www.sinocera.com
Soft Genetics, LLC - commencing to market in 2002, Soft Genetics provides researchers and clinicians with effective, biologist friendly, easy-to-use software analysis tools to meet the ever changing needs of today’s genetic researcher and diagnostician. They are now located at 100 Oakwood Avenue, State College and have 10 employees. www.softgenetics.com
CD-Adapco – established in 2004 as a satellite operation for software development, their services include consulting services for the end-users. They are currently at 330 Innovation Blvd. and employ 7 people locally. www.cd-adapco.com
QBC Diagnostics - acquired by The Drucker Company in 2005, QBC is now a leading multinational diagnostic equipment company delivering the technology that leads the way in point-of-care hematology. Drucker/QBC employ over 90 people. Their new facility at 168 Bradford Drive in Port Matilda houses support sytems for both operations. QBC has service centers in the United Kingdom, Germany and Lithuania. www.qbcdiagnostics.com