Osprey Biotechnics develops, manufactures and sells environmentally friendly bacterial products that replace conventional chemical products used to treat waste water; soil/groundwater; industrial; consumer products; poultry, meat and food processing; and citrus and agriculture. Their products promote animal and plant health, as well as environmental restoration.
The products are manufactured in
Sarasota County and distributed nationally and internationally.
Awarded with
Sarasota County's Economic Development Corporation's Hall of Fame Innovation Award for 2009, Osprey Biotechnics is expanding to a larger facility and plans to double its growth by adding 35 more employees over the next three years.
Osprey Biotechnics is currently developing new fungal products that will be beneficial in promoting plant health through bio-pesticides that are safe for the environment.
"Osprey Biotechnics is part of a growing cluster of biotechnology firms in the region, and the company's expansion into products based on beneficial fungi creates an opportunity to add higher wage jobs in our community," says Kathy Baylis, president and chief executive officer of the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County.
The EDC assisted Osprey Biotechics with local performance-based incentives and has been instrumental in attempting to create high-wage jobs in Sarasota County.
Writer:
Nancy VaughnSource: Kathy Baylis, Sarasota County EDC
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