2010 Annual Meeting & Expo
June 7-9, 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Midwest Section of
AOAC INTERNATIONAL
Doubletree Hotel
Booth Number
Exhibitor
Company Description
1
CEM Corporation
At FOSS North America, we are proud to provide analytical instrumentation for quality control,
production and process control to the Food and Agricultural industries. FOSS offers solutions for
on-line, at-line, and bench analysis of ingredients, in-process products, and final products.   FOSS
North America has regionally based sales, applications, and customer support personnel throughout
the United States and Canada. Our talented team is ready to help improve the efficiency, control, and
profitability of your operation.
2
Lab Synergy
Midland Scientific Inc., in its thirtieth year of business, is a full line regional distributor of laboratory
equipment and supplies with two warehouses strategically located in Omaha, Nebraska and
Davenport, Iowa.  From these warehouses, next-day service is provided to customers in Nebraska,
South Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.  Two day service is
routine from North Dakota to Texas and from Colorado to Ohio.  Midland Scientific Inc. meets the
needs of Agriculture, Alcohol, Biotechnology, Educational, Environmental, Feed & Forage, Food,
Government, Quality Control and Research Laboratories.  Some features that make doing business
with Midland Scientific Inc. easy and straightforward include: quality merchandise, same day
shipment, extensive inventories, no minimum order and competitive prices.  
3
Waters
Romer Labs®, with worldwide expertise and an outstanding reputation in science and industry, is the
best partner for the detection of mycotoxins anywhere in the world.  We are the top producer and
marketer of high quality mycotoxin testing products and services for the grain, food and feed industry.  
Our employees and technical staff care for individual customers and we aim to achieve the highest
customer satisfaction possible.  SPEED is the credo of our organisation. We set new standards in the
industry because our products work faster. Combined with customer service that is fast and friendly,
Romer Labs® deliver faster results to you.
4
Agilent
Elementar Americas, Inc. is a full stocking location with an extensive on-hand inventory of parts and
supplies.  We pride ourselves in our personal approach and extensive customer service support.  Our
products are developed and manufactured by ELEMENTAR Analysensysteme in Hanau Germany (a
suburb of Frankfurt).  ELEMENTAR Analysensysteme is  the major German manufacturer of analytical
instruments for non-metallic elements like carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, hydrogen and oxygen. Areas such
as industrial quality control, pollution control for water and soil or analysis of agricultural products are
new and growing business fields for Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH in more than 40 countries
worldwide.
5
Elementar Americas, Inc
Waters Corporation’s high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), mass spectrometry (MS),
thermal analysis (TA) and rheology products and services are synonymous with quality and
performance in analytical labs around the world.
Today, the demand for Waters offerings has never been greater. Pricing pressures, intense
competition and strict regulatory demands are challenging scientists and researchers to make
important breakthroughs faster and more efficiently. Increasing productivity in scientific labs has
become paramount. That’s why some of today’s highest-growth, highly-regulated industries–
pharmaceutical, life science, biochemical, industrial and environmental–have all turned to Waters for
help.
6
Pickering Laboratories
Founded in 1951, MVTL is a diverse group of analytical laboratories offering environmental,
agricultural, food science and energy technology testing services.  Centrally located in the Midwest and
serving customers throughout the US and Canada, we are certified by a host of regional and national
agencies.  Your satisfaction with our uncompromising data quality, prompt service and competitive
fees is the reason behind our long history of success.
7
FOSS North America
Manufacturer of high quality milling and sieving equipment for laboratory testing and sample
preparation. Included in our product line are mills, pulverizers, homogenizers and jaw crushers as
well as sample dividers, sieves, sieve shakers, dryers, sample feeders and optical particle sizing
analyzers. Applications in both R&D and QC laboratories. Planetary ball mills will be displayed along
with the popular ZM 200 ultracentrifugal mill, AS series sieve shakers, SM 2000 heavy duty cutting mill
and other widely used laboratory products.
8
Minnesota Valley Testing Labs
(MVTL)
Recognized globally as a leader in the development of high-quality analytical instrumentation and glow
discharge spectrometry, next generation mass spectrometers, metallography equipment, and
consumables. Today’s technologies include fast compound characterization using GCxGC-TOFMS,
GCxGC FID/ECD, GC-TOFMS, and LC-TOFMS; elemental determination in organic materials;
analyzers for fat, protein, ash/moisture, mercury, and calorific value. Also, determinators for C/ H/ N/ S/
O used for metal and inorganic analyses, and equipment for microstructural analysis.
9
Retsch
Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. (HTA) assists researchers in finding solutions to their
scientific instrument requirements. We are committed to providing the highest quality scientific
instruments to the North American market. We support thousands of satisfied customers with a wide
range of reliability-proven analytical instrumentation, including Liquid Chromatography, Amino Acid
Analyzers, and UV-Vis/NIR and Fluorescence Spectroscopy Systems.
10
Hitachi High Technologies America
Thermo Fisher Scientific delivers the most comprehensive range of workflow solutions to meet the
growing requirements of consumer safety, global regulations, and brand protection for food intended
for human or animal consumption. The company’s Thermo Scientific brand can be found in all stages
of food production from the farm to the table, and from the production of raw materials to the inspection
of finished product delivered to the customer.  In addition, Thermo Scientific solutions help assess the
impact of agricultural interventions on the environment, encompassing the detection of exceptionally
low concentrations of pesticide residues, antibiotics and veterinary residues.  For more information
please call +1 800-532-4752, e-mail
analyze@thermofisher.comor visit www.thermo.com/foodsafety.
11
Midland Scientific
R-Biopharm develops, manufactures and markets rapid enzyme immunoassays for the detection of
residues in food and feed.  They include test kits for mycotoxins, hormones and anabolics, antibiotics,
vitamins, food allergens, microbiology and hygiene. R-Biopharm recently released RIDACOUNT test
sheets for hygiene monitoring. RIDA®COUNT medium sheets, coated with ready-to-use culture
medium, are for the quantitative detection of micro organisms from food and environment. The
following sheets are available:   Total, Coliforms, Yeast & Mold, Salmonella, Staph. Aureus and E.coli.
12
r-Biopharm, Inc.
Medallion Laboratories is the analytical testing and consulting service of General Mills’ James Ford
Bell Technical Center. Since 1974, we have specialized in the following areas:  Chemistry Analysis,
Nutritional Labeling, Fiber and Microbiology Analyses as well as Shelf Life Studies, Sensory
Evaluations, and Product Performance Evaluations.
13
PaceAnalytical Services, Inc.  
LabOps Division
A full line of microwave-based instrumentation for analytical laboratories, process control and life
sciences. Analytical and process control systems include high-throughput closed vessel systems for
sample preparation, moisture/solids analyzers, muffle furnaces, and fat analyzers designed to provide
fast, accurate results. We also offer the first complete line of modular instrumentation for microwave
synthesis in life sciences including systems for personal research, optimization, high-throughput,
scale-up, low-temperature reactions, and peptide synthesis. Experienced applications support and a
worldwide network of certified service technicians.
14
LECO Corporation
Pickering Laboratories designs, manufactures, and sells specialized analytical chemistry instruments
and solutions for the environmental, pharmaceutical and biochemical laboratory markets. While these
two markets have completely separate and distinct requirements, we offer to each a complete
package, including detailed methods, customer applications, and service support. Based upon the
analytical technology known as liquid chromatography, an elegant, non-destructive analytical
chemistry technique for separating a mixture of compounds, our systems make it possible to identify a
wide range of compounds with high sensitivity and very specifically.
15
Medallion Labs
Bringing you World Leaders in Analysis and Measurement.  Lab Synergy is the North America
distributor for leading manufacturers of laboratory instruments.  Lab Synergy and our suppliers have
extensive knowledge in applications and the products to support them.  Product ranges cover the
fields of food and agriculture, pharmaceutical and biotech, water and wastewater, plating, textiles,
environmental, plastics and polymers, oil and petroleum, paper and pulp, specialty chemicals,
academia and industry.
16
Romer Labs, Inc.
Our company is a leading provider of life sciences and analytical instrument systems to scientists in
life sciences, pharmaceutical, environmental and chemical industries worldwide.  Agilent offers
scientists a range of instruments including LC-MS, HPLC, Bioanalyzer, Micro array solutions, ICP-MS,
GC, and   GC-MS systems, as well as services for success in acquiring and interpreting genetic and
chemical    information – from sample handling to analysis to data management and reporting. Agilent
is committed to providing superior standards-based technology, designed for maximum productivity,
cost effectiveness and ease in complying with regulatory requirements.
17
Thermo Scientific
Pace Analytical provides in-depth experience in the operation of on-site laboratories providing
opportunities to increase productivity while reducing expenses.
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