Tefco Co., Ltd.

Tefco Co., Ltd. (テフコ株式会社) is a Japanese company based in Hachiōji, Tokyo, that manufactures and sells precast gels and electrophoresis-related products. According to its official website, the company has focused since its founding on the development and production of precast gels for electrophoresis, offering a broad range of gel types for the analysis of proteins, peptides, enzymes, nucleic acids, and isoelectric points. Its gel products use plastic cassettes, which the company presents as offering superior safety and ease of handling for research and educational settings. Beyond precast gels, Tefco supplies a range of supporting products for electrophoresis workflows, including electrophoresis apparatus, buffer kits, blotting apparatus, molecular weight markers, gel drying equipment, and pipette tips. The company provides product information, technical support, downloadable PDF catalogs, distributor information, and safety data sheets (MSDS) through its website, along with guidance on precast gel types, fractionation ranges, separation guides, expiration dates and storage, buffer compositions and running conditions, and protocols for preparing homemade gels. The company is located in Hachiōji, Tokyo, and its website lists access directions via public transport from Keiō Horinouchi Station, Minami-Ōsawa Station, Kitano Station, and JR Hachiōji Station, all involving a bus ride followed by a short walk to the Yuki Chūō Shō-mae bus stop. Tefco serves the Japanese market, supplying research and educational laboratories with consumables and instruments for protein and nucleic acid analysis.

Tefco Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company located in Hachiōji, Tokyo. According to the company's official website, since its founding it has primarily engaged in the manufacture and development of precast gels for electrophoresis. The company states that its product range is extensive, covering gels for the analysis of proteins, peptides, enzymes, nucleic acids, and isoelectric points. Tefco emphasizes that its gel products use plastic cassettes, which it describes as offering superior safety and ease of handling, suitable for use in research and educational settings. Over time, the company has expanded beyond precast gels to offer a broader set of electrophoresis-related products, including electrophoresis apparatus, buffer kits, blotting apparatus, molecular weight markers, gel drying equipment, and pipette tips. Its website provides technical resources such as PDF catalogs, safety data sheets (MSDS), distributor information, and detailed guidance on precast gel types, fractionation ranges, separation guides, expiration dates and storage, buffer compositions and running conditions, and protocols for preparing homemade gels. The company serves the Japanese market from its base in Hachiōji.

Supplier of safe, easy-to-handle precast gels and electrophoresis consumables for research and education.

• Precast gels

  Gels for electrophoresis using plastic cassettes, available for analysis of proteins, peptides, enzymes, nucleic acids, and isoelectric points.

• Electrophoresis apparatus

  Equipment for running electrophoresis experiments.

• Buffer kits

  Kits for preparing buffers used in electrophoresis.

• Blotting apparatus

  Apparatus for blotting procedures following electrophoresis.

• Molecular weight markers

  Markers for determining molecular weights in electrophoresis.

• Gel drying equipment

  Equipment for drying gels after electrophoresis.

• Pipette tips

  Consumable tips for pipetting.

1. 1TEFCO official websitetef.co.jp
2. 2TEFCO company informationtef.co.jp
3. 3Wikidata: Tefco Co., Ltd. (Japan)wikidata.org