Custom Biogenic Systems adds 3 employees, starts internship program

Custom Biogenic Systems is taking inspiration from both home and abroad these days as it draws from local interns at its Romeo home and opens up new markets abroad.

"We've expanded," says Michele Moore, quality systems coordinator for Custom Biogenic Systems. "We're a global company. I don't think there is a continent we don't ship to."

The cryogenic storage maker has grown into the 10th largest biotech company in Michigan, with $7 million in revenues. The firm has also hired three people within the last year, expanding its payroll to 46 employees. It expects to grow even more within the next year or two as federal stimulus money is distributed for research through the National Institute of Health.

John Brothers founded Custom Biogenic Systems in 1987 as a manufacturer of stainless steel racks for cryogenic freezers. In the late 1990s, he and his family patented a freezer that is used to store blood samples and stem cells. The freezer uses liquid nitrogen in the walls instead of at the bottom.

The firm recently started a junior internship program to enable students from the Utica Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology to spend a few days working at the firm.

"That was a really cool program," Moore says. "These kids were scary smart."

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

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