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History[]
Foundation[]
InGen was a bioengineering company founded by John Hammond in the 1983 with the support of the Hammond Foundation, the Law Offices of Cowan, Swain and Ross, and several Japanese investment firms. InGen management was Headquartered at Farallon Rd., Palo Alto, CA. When the company was being formed, Norman Atherton was its' chief geneticist. InGen originally handled normal genetics and biological tampering, such as making a miniature elephant that helped Donald Gennaro raise money to fund the corporation from consortia. However, InGen's true intentions were something much grander. When Norman Atherton died, his student, Henry Wu, was made the new chief geneticist. Henry Wu designed the procedure to recreate the dinosaurs.
InGen Incident[]
Hammond built Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar and planned two other parks, Jurassic Park: Europe on an island in the Azores, and Jurassic Park: Japan on an island near Guam. The two would open within the next five years. By 1989, the theme park on Isla Nublar was nearing completion. However, interference from one of InGen's rivals, Biosyn, caused a shutdown of all of the park's systems, and the dinosaurs ran free. Due to several fatalities, including Hammond himself, the park was bombed by the Costa Rican Airforce and left abandoned.
After the 'InGen Incident'[]
InGen becomes bankrupt after the incident in the park. The procedure was described:
- When International Genetic Technologies filed for Chapter 11 protection in United States Bankruptcy Court in San Francisco on October 5, 1989, the proceedings drew little press attention. It appeared so ordinary: InGen was the third small American bioengineering company to fail that year, and the seventh since 1986. Few court documents were made public, since the creditors were Japanese investment consortia, such as Hamaguri and Densaka, companies which traditionally shun publicity. To avoid unnecessary disclosure, Daniel Ross, of Cowan, Swain & Ross, counsel for InGen, also represented the Japanese investors. And the rather unusual petition of the vice consul of Costa Rica was heard behind closed doors. Thus it is not surprising that, within a month, the problems of InGen were quietly and amicably settled.[1]
According to Jeff Rossiter in The Lost World, Biosyn tried to buy InGen in it's bankruptcy, but the Japanese wouldn't sell. The company was last heard of with it's corporate headquarters and laboratory being sold off, and it's creditors taking their loses; however, the company's technologies would not be disclosed.
Facilities[]
Headquarters[]
The headquarters of InGen was located in Palo Alto.[2]
Palo Alto laboratory[]
InGen maintained an ultra-modern 200,000 square foot research laboratory near its headquarters.[2]
Site B[]
see Isla Sorna
InGen bought Isla Sorna as a location to mass-manufacture the dinosaurs, a necessary part of the cloning process. Here growth acceleration, version updates, and production maintainence was done. In all canons, InGen maintained a large Worker Village and breeding compound.
Research farm[]
see InGen Farm
In the mountains of Costa Rica InGen had a research farm "where exotic varieties of plants are grown."[2]These plants would be placed and exhibited on Isla Nublar.
Medical Biologic Services[]
Grant mentions a facility in Salt Lake, called "Medical Biologic Services", that extracts proteins from dinosaur bones. It is unclear if this facility is owned by InGen.
Geologic Lab[]
InGen had a geological lab in South Africa.[2] Here amber and other biological specimens were acquired.
Company Associations and Subsidiaries[]
The following companies and subsidiaries were featured and/or mentioned in the novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World
Associates
- The Law Offices of Cowan, Swain and Ross
- Nishihara
- Hamachi
- Hamaguri
- Densaka
- Toyota
- Integrated Computer Systems
- Hammond Foundation
Subsidiaries
References[]
- ↑ Jurassic Park (novel), Introduction, page 3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Lost World (novel), chapter Clues.