Applied Membrane Technology

Bosch Packaging Technology is one of the leading international manufacturers and distributors of specialty packaging. The company designs and manufactures value-added plastic and paper-based flexible packaging products for the consumer and protective packaging markets. It serves a variety of markets, including packaging for food, medical devices and electronic goods and protective packaging for industrial products. The company has employees worldwide in different fields, such as operations, finance, sales, marketing, systems and administration. Bosch Packaging Technology maintains operations in Brooklyn Park, Minn.

Operational for more than 40 years, TSI Incorporated specializes in the design and production of precision measurement instruments. The company employs more than 400 professionals at facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. It has partnerships with various research institutions throughout the world. TSI Incorporated offers instruments used for exposure monitoring, contamination control, respirator fit and ventilation testing purposes. The company serves the government and academic sectors. It provides a variety of mass flowmeters, airflow instruments, combustion gas analyzers and biomedical test equipment. TSI Incorporated offers products for filter testing, aerodynamics, aerosol research, and dust and environmental monitoring applications. The company has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification. It operates Environmental Systems Corporation, which is a supplier of products and services for outdoor environmental monitoring processes. TSI Incorporated s subsidiary, DICKEY-john Corporation, is a manufacturer of specialized instrumentation used in the public works and agriculture industries. TSI Incorporated also maintains Tekran Instruments Corporation, which supplies mercury monitory technology solutions.

SurModics is a provider of surface modification and drug delivery solutions for the health care industry. One of SurModics core technology platforms is its patented drug delivery polymer matrix technology, which can be applied to medical devices to deliver pharmaceutical agents from the surface of a device to a targeted area of the body. For example, SurModics' Bravo drug delivery polymer matrix is used in the first-to-market drug eluting coronary stent and is being used in the I-vation Intravitreal implant. Another core surface modification technology platform is its patented PhotoLink process, which helps modify and enhance the surface characteristics of medical devices and biomedical applications improving performance and, in some cases, enabling the development of new products. The company also produces stabilization products used by manufacturers of immunoassay diagnostic tests to improve performance, stability and shelf life. SurModics is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minn.