Company:  TECHNE CORP /MN/ (TECH)
Form Type:  8-K
Filing Date:  2/3/2009 
CIK:  0000842023 
Address:  614 MCKINLEY PL N E 
City, State, Zip:  MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota 55413 
Telephone:  (612) 379-8854 
Fiscal Year:  06/30 
Last Trade
Last Trade: 
$61.20  
Change: 
0.01 (0.02%)  
Trade Time: 
Feb 09  
Market Cap: 
$2.28B
Description of Business
TECHNE Corporation and Subsidiaries (the Company) are engaged in the development and manufacture of biotechnology products and hematology calibrators and controls. These activities are conducted domestically through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Research and Diagnostic (R&D) Systems, Inc. Through its wholly-owned U.K. subsidiary, R&D Systems Europe Ltd. (R&D Europe), the Company distributes biotechnology products throughout Europe. R&D Systems Europe Ltd. has a sales subsidiary, R&D Systems GmbH, in Germany and a sales office in France. In late fiscal 2007, the Company established a subsidiary, R&D Systems China Co. Ltd. (R&D China), in Shanghai, China, to distribute biotechnology products throughout China. The Company anticipates fulfilling orders for all third-party Chinese distributors from R&D China beginning in the second quarter of fiscal 2008. R&D Systems acquired two subsidiaries effective July 1, 2005. Fortron Bio Science, Inc.
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  FORM 8-K
    SECTION 8 OTHER EVENTS
      Item 8.01 Other Events
    SECTION 9 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
      Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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  EXHIBIT 99.1
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