The Jackson Laboratory is the world's leading distributor of mouse models of human diseases. The new three-story, 22,500-square-foot building, located in Laboratory's Bar Harbor campus, houses the institution's importation and isolation facilities, including a receiving center for mouse models from other research institutions. The new research facility was funded with $4.7 million from the Maine Technology Asset Fund. The Laboratory will reconfigure the old importation and isolation space thus freed up for R&D activities, with the goal of increasing the number of new products, techniques and services that enter the commercialization pipeline.

This entire project was completed without a supporting cage wash or sterilizing operation. At capacity the facility will house 5000 cages of mice in Innovive disposable caging that will reside in dual ventilated IVC racks.

Dr. Chuck Hewett, Vice President and C.O.O. of the Jackson Laboratory has been quoted as saying, "This building is our future. It's where we bring new mouse models in. We always worry that they might be contaminated with a disease or pathogens. We clean them up here before we take them to our safe facilities." Hewett also said the new research facility will help them do their job worldwide. "It's where we store cryo preserved mouse embryos and cryo preserved mouse sperm." Hewett said, "It really becomes the future. We distribute that sperm and embryos around the world. We also use them in this building to recreate mouse models that may have been used a decade or more ago. And now they need to be used again to help unravel the mysteries of disease. "

"Jackson Labs has been a great customer of ours for many years", said Dee Conger, CEO of Innovive Inc. "We could not be happier the institute saw the many benefits of our IVC caging system and selected us as their supplier on this important project. By eliminating the wash operation they have achieved a much greater animal density, saved significant capital costs and shortened the construction timeline. In addition, a complete separation of this importation facility from the core colony has been achieved, enhancing the overall biosecurity of the operation."


About The Jackson Laboratory: Founded in 1929, The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution based in Bar Harbor, Maine, with a facility in Sacramento, California. Its mission is to discover the genetic basis for preventing, treating and curing human diseases, and to enable research and education for the global biomedical community. The Jackson Laboratory's JAX(R) Mice & Services division supplies thousands of research mouse models and extensive research services to accelerate basic research and early stage drug discovery worldwide.

About Innovive: Innovive Inc was founded in 2004 with the goal of radically transforming the economics and convenience of working with laboratory animals.
Using advanced computer-aided design and manufacturing processes, Innovive creates reliable disposable rodent caging systems to provide research facilities with superior quality, performance, and cost savings. Our products are independently tested and validated to assure trouble-free operation, and our global manufacturing and distribution network provides advantageous pricing and rapid order fulfillment.

It is with great pleasure that Innovive Inc announces the opening of our new 50,000 sq.ft corporate world headquarters and manufacturing facility on Towne Centre Drive in San Diego, CA.
Formerly the home of California Instruments, the building has been significantly upgraded including energy and water conservation following LEED guideline for greener operation. This includes features such as a 30 x 50 ft glass wall that allows the manufacturing operation to maximize the use of natural light, as well as providing fantastic news of San Diego.

The new building will house Innovive manufacturing, customer service, sales, marketing, recycling support and engineering teams, in addition to a 5,000 sq ft training and meeting facilities and a fully-equipped gym.

In conjunction with the opening of new corporate offices, the new building houses our newly completed manufacturing operations facility. Heavy investment increased our tooling and prototyping capabilities and more than tripling the area dedicated to equipment assembly operations.
Our engineering and testing lab replete with the latest technologies, CNC equipment and supporting infrastructure that will allow us to bring new products to market at an accelerated pace.

"We have been searching for a new facility for the past two years", said Jim Fallon, President and COO of Innovive, "one that would allow us to catch up with our rapid growth and increase our capacity to deliver our products worldwide. We are delighted to be located in the heart of the San Diego biotech community, where we have many customers that provide us with up-to-date feedback on our products and services. We are also excited about having such a great environment for our staff with features such as a gymnasium, walking paths and beautiful fully equipped kitchens that will help us recruit and retain the very best personnel available."