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GL Sciences Inc.

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Japanese company founded in 1968 that develops and supplies analytical instruments and laboratory consumables for chromatography and related analytical chemistry.

Last updated September 11, 2026

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Overview

GL Sciences Inc. is a company founded on February 1, 1968, headquartered in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Its main businesses include gas/liquid chromatography equipment, pretreatment equipment, components, fillers, analytical columns, solid phase, peripheral equipment, cuvettes for spectrophotometers and quartz products, semiconductor-related analyzers, and bio-equipment and components. The company states it provides analytical technologies for analyzing foods and beverages, develops and supplies pre-processing, analytical, and purification tools for pharmaceutical R&D and biotechnology omics research, and creates analytical instruments and laboratory consumables used by pharmaceutical companies worldwide. It also states its chromatography products are used for water purity analysis and that it supports companies involved in air analysis.

History

GL Sciences Inc. was first established in February 1968 as GASUKURO KOGYO INC. for the manufacture and sale of chromatography column packing material and consumable parts with a capital investment of 1,500,000 JPY. In April 1975, construction of the Musashi factory was completed in Iruma-City, Saitama, and manufacture was moved from the Tokorozawa factory. In October 1976, the subsidiary Gas Chro Yamagata Co., Ltd. was established in Yamagata-City, Yamagata Prefecture. In April 1986, construction of a new factory in Fukushima (first stage construction) in Fukushima Industrial Park, Fukushima City, Fukushima, was completed, and part of the Musashi factory was moved there. In October 1990, the company name was changed from GASUKURO KOGYO INC. to GL Sciences Inc. In April 1991, the name of the subsidiary Gas Chro Yamagata Co., Ltd. was changed to Techno Quartz Inc. In November 1994, the company moved to a new head office at 6-22-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku. In December 1996, it acquired AI Technology Inc., described as a development-oriented manufacturer of non-contact IC cards and associated equipment.

Products and positioning

Product categories. Gas/liquid chromatography equipment · Pretreatment equipment · Components · Fillers · Analytical columns · Solid phase · Peripheral equipment · Cuvettes for spectrophotometers and quartz products · Semiconductor-related analyzers · Bio-equipment and components

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