The American Can Company was a manufacturer of tin cans. It was a member of the Tin Can Trust, that controlled a "large percentage of business in the United States in tin cans, containers, and packages of tin." American Can Company ranked 97th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. It was formerly a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1959–1991, though after 1987 it had renamed itself Primerica, a financial conglomerate which had divested itself of its packaging arm in 1986.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE, /ˈfaɪzər/) is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in New York City was founded in 1849, based in New York City and was listed on New York Stock Exchange. It is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its shares have been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 2004. Pfizer ranked No. 57 on the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.

ArborGen, Inc. develops biotechnology tree seedling products. It also provides conventional and technology enhanced seedlings to the forestry industry. The firm's seedling products span the entire technology spectrum, from conventional seedlings to biotechnology seedlings. The company was founded on February 7, 2000 and is headquartered in Ridgeville, SC.

Amgen Inc. (formerly Applied Molecular Genetics Inc.) is an American multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California. In 2018, the company's largest selling product lines were Neulasta, an immunostimulator used to prevent infections in patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy and Enbrel, a tumor necrosis factor blocker used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. Other products include Epogen, Aranesp, Sensipar/Mimpara, Nplate, Vectibix, Prolia and XGEVA.

BASF Plant Science is a subsidiary of BASF in which all plant biotechnology activities are consolidated. The GmbH was founded in 1998 and employs approximately 700 people at 6 different locations worldwide. The headquarters of BASF Plant Science is located in Research Triangle Park (North Carolina, USA). Plant Science has research sites in the US, Canada and Europe. At these locations the company is mainly developing genetically modified seeds.

Genecor, Inc. provides engineering services. The company is headquartered in Quebec City, Canada.

Victoria Link Ltd. is a company headquartered in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, providing investment services.

Agricultural Genetics Co. Ltd. is a private company headquartered in Cambridge, UK, specializing in offices of holding companies.

National Research Council of Canada, provides research & development. It services include research programs and collaboration opportunities, technical and advisory services, licensing opportunities and industrial research assistance program. The company was founded by Graham W. Burton and is headquartered in Ottawa, ON.

DSM IP Assets BV, a subsidiary of Koninklijke DSM NV, is a company headquartered in Heerlen, the Netherlands, that develops and produces nutrition, pharmacy & material science products.

Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages. Its products include beer, sparkling liquor, chuhai, gin, and whiskey. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Phillips Petroleum Company was an American oil company incorporated in 1917 that expanded into petroleum refining, marketing and transportation, natural gas gathering and the chemicals sectors. On August 30, 2002, Conoco Inc. merged with Phillips Petroleum to form ConocoPhillips, becoming the third largest integrated energy company and second-largest refining company in the United States. The company moved its headquarters to Houston.

Microscience is a biotechnology company focussed on the discovery and development of innovative rationally designed vaccines for the prophylaxis and treatment of disease in areas of significant unmet clinical need. Microscience, which was founded in 1997, has used proprietary functional genomics and vaccine technology expertise as the basis of an expanding product portfolio. The Company’s secure intellectual property – with three granted patents and many others covering over 300 genes and targets – underpins the product development, providing long-term intellectual property protection well beyond the projected product launch dates.

Genesis Research & Development Corp. Ltd. operates as a development stage company. Previously, it was a technology investment company that builds a broad therapeutic development platform targeting immune disorders and cancer and a novel single stranded gene silencing technology using the RNAi mechanism. The company was founded by James Douglas Watson in 1994 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

Exelixis Plant Sciences, Inc. operates solar powered plants. It identifies plant DNA sequences, specific genes and its functions and produces natural flavors and colorants for food and cosmetics. The company is located in Portland, OR.

Research Corporation Technologies, Inc. provides investment related services. It operates as technology development company that typically invests in new technology platforms in life sciences, healthcare technology, biomedical, preclinical and clinical-stage therapeutics, devices, drugs, and diagnostics, medical devices, and biotech tools for gene expression and protein production with medical devices. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.