YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- The world's top supplier of equipment for producing imitation crab sticks is now contributing to cutting-edge medical technology, thanks to a try-anything approach that has expanded its reach well beyond its core business.
Rinji Akada, a Yamaguchi University applied-chemistry professor, tapped Yanagiya Machinery to help develop equipment for large-scale manufacturing of DNA -- key to nucleic acid therapeutics like COVID-19 vaccines.
