The company is mainly involved in the production of beverages, food, printing and medical supplies.

[3] Takara Shuzo also owns the Tomatin distillery of Highland single malt scotch whisky.

[5] In 2007, Clontech was involved in litigation with Invitrogen over patents for RNase H minus reverse transcriptase.

[6] Subsidiaries of Takara Bio Inc. include Takara Bio USA (formerly Clontech Laboratories), a Mountain View, California-based manufacturer of kits, reagents, instruments, and services for biological research, as well as regional subsidiaries in Europe, Korea, China, and India.

The main offices of Takara Bio USA moved to San Jose in August 2021.