Skip to content
Logo
BrightBox logo

January 2022

Calibre scientific acquires Brightbox Quantitation

Calibre Scientific is pleased to announce the acquisition of BrightBox Quantitation, a highly specialized reagent manufacturer headquartered in San Mateo, California.  BrightBox Quantitation produces and distributes a proprietary assay kit to rapidly quantify DNA or RNA NGS library molecules.  BrightBox Quantitation joins EdgeBio, a division of Calibre Scientific, further enhancing Calibre Scientific’s presence in the DNA sequencing sector.

“A market leader in DNA sequencing for decades, EdgeBio has built a reputation for high-quality consumables that help its customers save time and money across the sequencing workflow,” said Avesta Ebrahimi, General Manager of EdgeBio. “This is why we’re excited to add the BrightBox Quantitation kits to our portfolio as they will make the NGS workflows faster, easier and more cost-effective for our customers and allow them to increase throughput capacity and deliver consistent high-quality results.”

“We are really excited to partner with Calibre Scientific, a company that supplies exceptional lab consumables to scientists worldwide,” said Dr. Richard Fekete, CEO and Founder of BrightBox Quantitation.  “The simplified workflow of the BrightBox Assay for NGS library quantitation fits in perfectly with Calibre Scientific’s customer-focused product portfolio.  With Calibre Scientific’s world class manufacturing and sales capabilities, we will now be able to bring these assays to a much broader set of customers."