VorTECH
VorTECH is a now defunct corporation that used to be one of the leading research firms in the fields of environmental stabilization, agriculture, and genetics. Up until its acquisition by Empyrean Systems, it was one of the oldest and most powerful corporations in Kunari City. VorTECH used to lead the industry in genetic and environmental research and became a leader in the market for cybernetics and magically-augmented weaponry.
History
VorTECH was originally founded under the name Vortex Technologies as an Air Conditioner manufacturer in 1981. The Juwonais manufacturing firm was founded in a small factory by Paul Vortex, an engineer looking to capitalize on his research in magic-imbued cooling technology. For the first twenty years of its existence, Vortex Technologies was a localized AirCon manufacturer, with little interest in expanding outside of that line of business. However, the founder's death in 2002 led to his son, Aaron Vortex, taking over the business. Aaron wa a industrial engineer, and believed his father's technology could be used on a larger scale - pitching the idea of large scale environmental regulators as a potential aid for indoor farming. Investors from the agriculture industry flocked to this idea, allowing Vortex Technologies to quickly soar in prestige. Aaron's shares were bought out by Geoff Jackson, a venture capitalist.
In 2009, the revamped Vortex Technologies made a merger with Agrarian, a genetic modification research firm. A few years later, Vortex Technologies signed on with the Kunari City project as an investor, with the company hoping to introduce large-scale indoor farming to the new urban metropolis. While this plan did not come to fruition, Vortex Technologies did manage to introduce their environmental regulators to bug farms in the city on a smaller scale.
Vortex Technologies continued to grow, and in 2030, they rebranded and became VorTECH, with new shareholders pushing for a more research-minded corporation. While they remained in the field of agriculture, future research was instead moved further into genetics and gene modification. By 2051, VorTECH was one of the largest corporations in Kunari City, with this growth largely spearheaded by their forays into genetic modification technology. By 2071, VorTECH would branch out into cybernetics and even begin weapons testing.
In 2081, VorTECH purchased a series of large warehouses in Rosegrove, seemingly away from other corporate centers of theirs. While they are staffed, nothing has been spotted being shipped in or out of them.
In 2101, VorTECH was acquired by Empyrean Systems in a 200 billion GEC deal.
1981 - 2101
Type
Corporation, Research & Development
Alternative Names
Sequence, Vortex Technologies
Ruling Organization
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