Custom culture medium | 250g ~ 10kg | Production Deposit

We offer custom media in small quantities (250g~10kg).

Customers can contact us and provide our technical team with a list of ingredients ^[1][2] and corresponding technical requirements for the media to be prepared. We will provide a solution and a quotation.

Generally, powder media with less than 8 kinds of common chemical ingredients, with a simple production process (ball mill homogenisation), the cost of 1kg batch usually does not exceed 1k AUD.

Pricing (For media whose raw materials do not involve hazardous chemicals ^[5])

Researchers operating cost + Raw Materials & Transport cost + Special Processing cost (if any) + Fixed profit margin.

Researchers operating cost, per production batch (250g~10kg)

-    300 AUD for a simple production process

-    400~800 AUD per production batch for the complex production process ^[3]

Material & Transport Cost for purchasing raw materials and transporting them to the production site

-    We insist on using premium-grade raw materials sourced from our wholesale supply chain, reagent costs are significantly lower than the retail market and product quality is guaranteed outstanding;

-    We use sea shipping for raw materials that are not in stock. If there is an urgent production need, we can arrange for air shipping, unless the chemicals or reagents cannot be transported by air.

Special Processing Cost (if any)

-    When manufacturing using special processes, such as vacuum drying of liquids, lyophilisation, ultrafiltration, and gamma sterilisation, additional costs may occur.

Fixed profit margin

-    The fixed-rate margin for the product is typically 25% of the final price.

Handling time ^[4]

-    Typically 4-7 weeks, with the possibility of an extension during public holidays.

-    When working with culture media that contain hazardous chemicals ^[5], the lead time is typically 6 to 12 weeks. 

^[1] For third-party patent-protected formulas, the user needs to have an intellectual property licence to be able to commission the production. Customised products cannot in principle be used for resale.

^[2] If there is no ready-made formula, customers can also engage us for R&D - customised manufacturing (ODM) with our expertise and technical team.

^[3] Depends on the specific product formulation and technical requirements.

^[4] Time from our acceptance of the order to the delivery of the finished goods from the factory to the logistics service provider (FOB)

^[5] Flammable and explosive chemicals such as ammonium nitrate, sodium borohydride, sodium azide, etc.