Genencor

Infobox Company
company_type = private subsidiary
company_name = Genencor International
company_slogan = Innovative by Nature
foundation = 1982
location = Rochester, New York, USA
key_people = Tjerk de Ruiter, Chairman & CEO Michael Arbige, Vice President, Technology
industry = Biotechnology
products = Purafect, Properase, Spezyme
revenue = profit$380 Million USD (2005)
num_employees = 1,500 (2005)
homepage = http://www.genencor.com/

Genencor is a biotechnology company based in Palo Alto, CA and a division of Danisco, the Danish food ingredient company. Genencor is a leading producer of industrial enzymes and low-priced bulk protein. The name Genencor originates with Genencor, Inc., the original joint venture between Genentech and Corning Incorporated, which was founded in 1982. It is considered to have pioneered the field of industrial biotechnology, as distinct from traditional applications of biotechnology to health care and agriculture.

Genencor ranks number 12 in revenues in the List of biotechnology companies. In 2008 Genencor entered a joint venture with DuPont, called DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC, to develop and commercialize low cost technology for the production of cellulosic ethanol. In 2008, Genencor and Goodyear announced they are working to develop BioIsoprene.

ee also

*Environmental biotechnology
*Agricultural biotechnology