Founded in 2000 in Germany, PlasmidFactory is a Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) for plasmid and minicircle DNA. The company manufactures largescale plasmid DNA in three different grades: high-quality grade that is used in mRNA vaccine production for commercial purposes, ccc grade and research grade that are used for transfections and virus production in preclinical applications and early research studies. The customer base includes pharmaceutical and small to large biotech companies as well as research institutes.