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Since then, we have expanded our life sciences offerings through internal investments and through a series of acquisitions.
−Removed: We now support our customers from research and clinical development to commercialization with our sample management, automated storage, vaccine cold storage and transport, as well as genomic services expertise to help our customers bring impactful and breakthrough therapies to market faster.
+Added: We support our customers from research and clinical development to commercialization with our sample management and automated storage systems, as well as genomic services expertise to help our customers bring impactful therapies to market faster.
We understand the importance of sample integrity and offer a broad portfolio of products and services supporting customers at every stage of the life cycle of samples, including procurement, automated storage systems, genomic services and a multitude of sample consumables, informatics and data software, along with sample repository services.
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Our Company was founded in 1978 and became a leading automation provider and partner to the global semiconductor manufacturing industry.
−Removed: We divested the last of our semiconductor businesses in February 2022 for $2.9 billion in cash and since operate solely as a life sciences company.
+Added: We divested the last of our semiconductor businesses in February 2022 for $2.9 billion in cash and since then operate solely as a life sciences company.
On December 1, 2021, we changed our corporate name from “Brooks Automation, Inc.” to “Azenta, Inc.” and our common stock started to trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “AZTA”.
−Removed: The semiconductor automation results are classified as discontinued operations, and, unless otherwise noted, the description of our business in this Annual Report on Form 10-K relates solely to our continuing operations.
−Removed: Our portfolio includes product and service offerings developed by us internally, as well as obtained through acquisitions, designed to provide comprehensive capabilities to our customers, addressing their needs in sample exploration and management, automated storage, multiomics, and cold chain solutions.
+Added: During the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, we announced that we are pursuing a sale of our B Medical Systems business, a manufacturer and global distributor of medical refrigeration devices based in Luxembourg.
+Added: This strategic action is intended to simplify our portfolio and allow management to focus on driving revenue growth and profitability in our core Sample Management Solutions and Multiomics segments.
+Added: The B Medical Systems business has been classified as held for sale and a discontinued operation under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP.
+Added: Both the semiconductor automation results and the B Medical Systems business results are classified as discontinued operations, and, unless otherwise noted, the description of our business in this Annual Report on Form 10-K relates solely to our continuing operations.
+Added: Our portfolio includes product and service offerings developed by us internally, as well as obtained through acquisitions, designed to provide comprehensive capabilities to our customers, addressing their needs in sample exploration and management, automated storage and multiomics.
We continue to develop new product and service offerings and enhance existing and acquired offerings through the expertise of our research and development resources.
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Our businesses serve a broad range of end markets within the life sciences industry to help our customers advance the development of therapies to improve people’s lives and cure diseases.
−Removed: With the advent of biologics and personalized medicine, biological samples have become critical assets to the success of drug and therapy pipelines, and the proper management and protection of these samples are of importance to our customers.
+Added: With the advent of biologics and personalized medicine, biological samples have become critical assets to the success of drug and therapy pipelines, and the proper management and protection of these samples are important to our customers.
As a result, we believe there is a sizable market opportunity for us to provide comprehensive sample management and genomic solutions.
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We believe that the sample-based services and products businesses will continue to demonstrate a growth trajectory.
−Removed: Effective October 1, 2023, we realigned our organizational structure to three principal business segments to enhance our commercial strategy for accelerating growth and to enable additional profitability initiatives.
−Removed: These segments align with changes in how our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) manages the business, allocates resources, and assesses performance.
Our operating and reportable segments consist of the following:
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The Sample Management Solutions business resources operate as a single business unit offering end-to-end sample management products and services, including Sample Repository Services, or SRS, and Core Products (Automated Stores, Cryogenic Systems, Automated Sample Tube, Consumables and Instruments and Controlled Rate Thawing Devices).
−Removed: The Multiomics business resources operate as a single business unit offering genomic and other sample analysis services, including gene sequencing, synthesis editing and related services.
−Removed: B Medical Systems .
−Removed: The B Medical Systems business resources operate as a single business unit focused on the manufacturing and distribution of temperature-controlled storage and transportation solutions in international markets to governments, health institutions, and non-government organizations.
+Added: The Multiomics business resources operate as a single business unit offering genomic and other sample analysis services, including gene sequencing, gene synthesis and related services.
For further information on our reportable and operating segments, please refer to Note 18, Segment and Geographic Information to our consolidated financial statements included under Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10‑K.
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We also offer expert-level consultation services to our clients throughout their experimental design and implementation processes.
−Removed: On July 1, 2022, we acquired Barkey Holding GmbH and its subsidiaries, or “Barkey”, a leading provider of controlled rate thawing devices for customers in the medical, biotech and pharmaceutical industries.
−Removed: The acquisition added innovative products and capabilities that extend our extensive cold chain of condition portfolio of products and services, while also expanding our customer reach in the fast-growing CGT space.
−Removed: SRS – Our SRS services include a complete range of services consisting of on-site and off-site sample storage, cold chain logistics, sample transport and collection relocation, bio-processing solutions (inclusive of sample preparation, and laboratory-based sample analysis), disaster recovery and business continuity, as well as project management and consulting.
+Added: SRS – Our SRS services include a complete range of services consisting of on-site and off-site sample storage, cold chain logistics, sample transport and collection relocation, bio-processing solutions (inclusive of sample preparation and laboratory-based sample analysis), disaster recovery and business continuity, and project management and consulting.
Our informatics solutions provide sample intelligence software solutions, and support laboratory workflow scheduling for life science tools and instrument work cells, sample inventory and logistics, environmental and temperature monitoring, clinical trial and consent management, and planning, data management, virtualization, and visualization of sample collections.
We offer enhanced on-site and off-site management of biological sample inventories and integration solutions to our customers for their increasingly distributed workflows.
−Removed: Automated Stores – Our automated stores product includes stand-alone systems that store over 20 million samples in temperature ranges from ambient to -80°C to cryogenic storage at -190°C.
+Added: Automated Stores – Our automated stores product includes stand-alone systems that can store over 20 million samples in temperature ranges from ambient to -80°C.
Our automated stores have a unique design that allows controlled temperature storage down to -80°C with the industry’s highest throughput of sample retrieval.
Our automated stores provide high throughput capability and optimized storage of multi-format tubes and plates while maintaining consistent temperature profiles across stored samples.
−Removed: We also offer a portfolio of services designed to optimize the productivity of our storage offerings.
−Removed: Cryogenic Systems – Our cryogenic systems product provides cryogenic storage ranging from high efficiency LN2 vapor-based cryogenic freezers to fully automated systems that preserve sample integrity and chain of custody, as well as the storage materials needed to keep samples safe during every step of the cold chain.
+Added: We also offer a portfolio of services designed to optimize the productivity of our automated storage offerings.
+Added: Cryogenic Systems – Our cryogenic systems provide cryogenic storage ranging from high efficiency LN2 vapor-based cryogenic freezers to fully automated systems that preserve sample integrity and chain of custody, as well as the storage materials needed to keep samples safe during every step of the cold chain.
Our cryogenic systems provide long-term cryogenic storage with accurate record-keeping and dependable temperature control, even during transport.
The systems combine well-documented sample protection and comprehensive inventory management with superior user experience and enable our customers to plan a scalable cryogenic infrastructure to maintain quality and documentation.
−Removed: Automated Sample Tube - Our automated sample tube product offerings include a range of automation-friendly storage tubes with coding options such as 2D-coded, dual-coded, and tri-coded, with either external or internal threading, and instruments for faster reading, capping, and de-capping.
+Added: Automated Sample Tubes - Our automated sample tube product offerings include a range of automation-friendly storage tubes with coding options such as 2D-coded, dual-coded, and tri-coded, with either external or internal threading, and instruments for faster reading, capping, and de-capping.
Consumables and Instruments - Our consumables and instruments products include a complete range of consumables, including multiple formats of racks, tubes, caps, plates and foils, which are used for storage and handling of samples in ambient to ultra-cold storage environments.
A comprehensive range of instruments used for labeling, bar coding, capping, de-capping, auditing, sealing, peeling, and piercing tubes and plates complement our consumables.
−Removed: Our offerings include a range of products aimed at the genomic sample preparation and services market for polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, and sequencing, imaging, plate sealing, liquid handling, and sample processing.
+Added: Our offerings include a range of products aimed at the genomic sample preparation and services market for polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, and sequencing, imaging, synthesizing, liquid handling, and sample processing.
Controlled Rate Thawing Devices – Our controlled rate thawing devices include a range of products for automated thawing of plasma, blood and stem cells as well as in CGT applications.
Our products are used for controlled rate thawing of cryopreserved samples and therapies, and are used in research and development, clinical trials, good manufacturing practices and in the hospital setting.
−Removed: Within our Multiomics segment, our genomic services business advances research and development activities by providing gene sequencing, synthesis, editing and related services.
−Removed: We offer a comprehensive, global portfolio that we believe has both broad appeal in the life sciences industry and enables customers to select the best solution for their research and development challenges.
+Added: Within our Multiomics segment, our genomic services business advances research and development activities by providing gene sequencing, synthesis, and related services.
+Added: We offer a comprehensive, global portfolio that we believe has broad appeal in the life sciences industry and enables customers to select the best solution for their research and development challenges.
This portfolio also offers unique solutions for key markets such as CGT, antibody development, and biomarker discovery by addressing genomic complexity and throughput challenges.
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Our gene synthesis offerings provide production of a wide range of sequence lengths and structural complexity, DNA cloning, gene fragment synthesis, oligo synthesis, and plasmid purification.
−Removed: B Medical Systems
−Removed: Within our B Medical Systems segment, we provide temperature-controlled storage and transportation solutions that complement our cold chain capabilities, adding differentiated solutions for reliable and traceable transport of temperature-sensitive specimens worldwide.
−Removed: We offer end-to-end cold chain of custody capabilities for vaccines, blood components, and laboratory specimens through our portfolio of cold chain transport solutions, plasma freezers, contact shock freezers, ultra-low freezers, and real-time sample monitoring and location tracking solutions.
−Removed: Temperature-controlled Storage and Transportation Solutions – Our temperature-controlled storage and transportation solutions enable the delivery of life-saving treatments to more than 150 countries worldwide.
−Removed: These products complement our cold-chain capabilities, adding differentiated solutions for reliable and traceable transport of temperature-sensitive samples.
Sales, Marketing and Customer Support
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We supplement the sale of consumables and instruments with distributors that reach a broad range of customers.
−Removed: In regions with emerging life sciences industries, we leverage local distributors to assist with the sales process for Automated Stores, and utilize the capabilities of international procurement agencies, including UNICEF.
−Removed: The sales process for our SRS and larger Automated Store systems takes months to complete and may involve a team from sales, marketing, and engineering.
+Added: In regions with emerging life sciences industries, we leverage local distributors to assist with the sales process.
+Added: The sales process for our SRS and larger automated storage systems takes months to complete and may involve a team from sales, marketing, and engineering.
Sales of genomic services are generally generated with on-line orders from the customer laboratory and delivered to and from our customers using a courier service, with the simplest of genomics and synthesis requests completed in less than 24 hours and more complex projects within weeks.
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We maintain sales and service centers in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America to enhance support of, and communication with, customers.
−Removed: We typically provide product warranties for a period of one to five years depending on the product type, with some warranties of up to ten years for our solar powered cold chain products, as they are connected to real-time monitoring services.
−Removed: Customer support capabilities include utilization of offsite technicians and in-country support provided by local agents.
−Removed: Given the breadth of the solutions and services offered by our Sample Management Solutions, Multiomics, and B Medical Systems segments, we believe we have a unique portfolio of products and services.
−Removed: Each of the three segments, however, has unique competitors in their area of offerings.
+Added: We typically provide product warranties for a period of one to five years depending on the product type.
+Added: Customer support capabilities include utilization of offsite technicians and in-country support provided by our own employees and local contractors.
+Added: Given the breadth of the solutions and services offered by our Sample Management Solutions and Multiomics segments, we believe we have a unique portfolio of products and services.
+Added: Each segment, however, has unique competitors in their area of offerings.
In the Sample Management Solutions segment, our main competitors include Hamilton Company and Liconic AG for automation systems and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
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In the Multiomics segment, our main competitors include BGI Genomics Co., Ltd., Eurofins, Scientific S.E., GenScript Biotech Corporation, Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., Novogene Co., Ltd., and Twist Bioscience Corporation.
−Removed: In the B Medical Systems segment, our main competitors include Vestfrost Solutions and Haier Biomedical.
Research and Development
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We have developed and continue to develop automated biological sample storage solutions for operating in ultra-low temperature environments.
−Removed: We have a complete line up of automated stores from ambient temperatures to -190°C.
+Added: We have a complete line up of automated stores and cryogenic systems from ambient temperatures to -190°C.
Our automated storage systems offer improved data management and sample security for vaccines and biologics and have a unique design, which allows controlled temperature storage down to -80°C with the industry’s highest throughput of sample retrieval.
−Removed: Our genomic services advance research and development activities in gene sequencing, synthesis, editing, and related services to meet market demands.
+Added: Our genomic services advance research and development activities in gene sequencing, synthesis, and related services to meet market demands.
We invest in research and development to develop protocols and efficiencies in our own laboratories and to provide proprietary offerings to our customers.
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We implement quality assurance procedures that include standard design practices, reliability testing and analysis, supplier and component selection procedures, vendor controls, manufacturing process controls, and service processes that ensure high-quality performance of our products.
−Removed: Our major manufacturing facilities are in Missouri, United States, Manchester and Wotton, United Kingdom and Hosingen, Luxembourg.
+Added: Our major manufacturing facilities are in Missouri, United States, and Manchester and Wotton, United Kingdom.
Our manufacturing operations are designed to provide high quality, optimal cost, differentiated products to our customers in short lead times through responsive and flexible processes, and sourcing strategies.
−Removed: We utilize lean manufacturing techniques for a large portion of our manufacturing.
+Added: We utilize lean manufacturing techniques in our manufacturing.
We have service and support locations near our customers to provide rapid response to their service needs.
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Montreal, Canada;
−Removed: Beijing, China and various locations throughout the United States.
−Removed: We have a network of 13 laboratories that provide genomic services, including six in the United States, three in China, two in the United Kingdom, and one each in Japan and Germany.
+Added: and Beijing, China.
+Added: We have a network of 14 laboratories that provide genomic services, including seven in the United States, three in China, two in the United Kingdom, and one each in Japan and Germany.
Patents and Proprietary Rights
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We cannot guarantee, however, that these efforts will meaningfully protect our trade secrets.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2024, we owned approximately 92 issued U.S.
+Added: As of November 20, 2025, we owned approximately 103 issued U.S.
patents, with various corresponding patents issued in foreign jurisdictions, and approximately 545 foreign (non-U.S.) issued patents.
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patent applications, with foreign counterparts of some of these applications having been filed or which may be filed at the appropriate time.
−Removed: Our patents began to expire at various dates beginning in 2024 and will continue to expire from time to time thereafter through 2042.
+Added: Our current patents begin to expire at various dates beginning in 2025 and will continue to expire from time to time thereafter through 2044.
Environmental Matters and Government Regulations
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Our operations are also subject to other government regulations in the United States and the other countries in which we operate and conduct business.
−Removed: While most of our products are not regulated, certain products in our B Medical Systems segment and acquired from Barkey in our Sample Management Solutions segment are regulated by the FDA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and our GLP regulatory services in our Multiomics business require accreditation and certification of the laboratories in which we perform those services.
−Removed: Our businesses also include export and import activities, we are subject to pertinent laws enforced by the U.S.
+Added: While most of our products are not regulated, certain products in our Sample Management Solutions segment are regulated by the FDA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which could result in additional compliance costs, delays in product launches, or potential recalls if standards are not met.
+Added: Our GLP regulatory services in our Multiomics business require accreditation and certification of the laboratories in which we perform those services and failure to maintain such accreditations could lead to loss of customer contracts or regulatory penalties.
+Added: Our businesses also include export and import activities, which are subject to pertinent laws enforced by the U.S.
Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury.
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Approximately 48% of our employees are gender diverse, and 43% of our U.S.-based employees identify as being racially diverse.
−Removed: Additional detail on our gender and racial diversity can be found on our website in our environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, governance reports.
+Added: Additional details on our gender and racial diversity can be found on our website in our environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, governance reports.
Employee Engagement .
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Compensation and Benefits.
−Removed: In order to attract and retain top talent, we focus on having a diverse, inclusive, and safe workplace, while offering competitive compensation, benefits, and health and wellness programs.
+Added: To attract and retain top talent, we focus on having a diverse, inclusive, and safe workplace, while offering competitive compensation, benefits, and health and wellness programs.
A majority of our employees also have incentive compensation opportunities, which are primarily focused on meeting financial, sales, operational, and/or customer focused metrics.
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We listen to our employees to better understand their training and development needs, and ensure our offerings cater to both technical learning and leadership development.
−Removed: We offer a generous tuition reimbursement program that encourages employees to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in fields associated with their current or aspirational positions.
Employee Health and Safety.
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help ensure all employees are aware of their surroundings and that everyone works to maintain a safe workplace;
−Removed: hold recurring, monthly corporate-wide safety committee meetings for employees at all levels, including executive management;
−Removed: encourage employees to conduct job hazard analysis with the purpose of recognizing workplace hazards and reducing risk.
+Added: hold recurring, regular corporate-wide safety committee meetings for employees at all levels, including executive management;
+Added: support employees to conduct job hazard analysis with the purpose of recognizing workplace hazards and reducing risk.
Purpose and Core Values .
−Removed: Our Company Purpose is to enable life sciences organizations around the world to bring impactful and breakthrough therapies to market – faster.
+Added: Our Company Purpose is to enable life sciences organizations around the world to bring impactful therapies to market faster.
We are committed to making sure that every team member understands our core values of Customer Focus, Achievement, Accountability, Teamwork, Employee Value, and Integrity.
These core values are the foundation from which we act and base our decisions and are embodied in our Standards of Conduct, which outline our commitment to our customers, our investors, our communities, and to one another.
−Removed: Our Standards of Conduct also outline what is expected of our employees and ensure we continue to foster a culture of high integrity.
−Removed: We adhere to the governance requirements established by federal and state law, the SEC and the Nasdaq Global Select Market, and we strive to establish appropriate risk management methods and control procedures to adequately manage, monitor, and control the major risks we may face day to day.
+Added: Our Standards of Conduct also outline what we expect of our employees and ensure we continue to foster a culture of high integrity.
+Added: We adhere to the governance requirements established by federal and state law, the SEC, and the Nasdaq Global Select Market, and we strive to establish appropriate risk management methods and control procedures to adequately manage, monitor, and control the major risks we may face day to day and year to year.
Available Information
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