Robert F. Gallagher

Part of Idemia Identity & Security France SAS, Visionics Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets fingerprint recognition technology. The company is based in Minnetonka, MN. Visionics was acquired by Identix, Inc. on June 26, 2002 for $241.20 million.

MOCON, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and market of test and measurement instruments. It operates through the following business segments: Permeation, Package Testing, and Industrial Analyzers and Other. The Permeation segment includes instruments and services that measure the rate at which various gases and vapors permeate through a variety of materials. The Package Testing segment provides customers with the ability to assess package performance, shelf-life, package improvement, cost reduction, sustainability and product safety using modified atmosphere packaging and other technologies. The Industrial Analyzer and Other segment includes advanced gas analysis and monitoring instrumentation used in applications such as oil and gas exploration, beverage and specialty gas analysis, industrial hygiene and safety, food safety, environmental air monitoring and homeland security. The company was founded by Les Demorest in 1963 and is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

TSI, Inc. designs and manufactures precision instruments used to measure flow, particulate and other key parameters in environments to government, research institutes and universities with applications ranging from pure research to primary manufacturing. The firm's products include aerosol conditioning system, filter testers, flowmeters and particle counters. It supports the development of new filter media and quality control standards of commercial respirator manufactures. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Great Falls, MN.

Stratasys, Inc. manufactures rapid prototyping systems. It provides three-dimensional printers and 3D production systems for the office-based rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing automotive, aerospace, industrial, recreational, electronic, medical, consumer products OEM and education markets. The company was founded by S. Scott Crump and Lisa H. Crump in 1989 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

Intricon Corp. engages in the design, development, engineering, manufacture, and distribution of miniature and micro-miniature body-worn devices. It operates through the Body-Worn Device and Hearing Health Direct-To-End Consumer segments. The Body-Worn Device segment comprises medical, hearing health, and professional audio markets. The Hearing Health Direct-To-End Consumer segment provides advanced hearing products such as ultra-miniature volume controls and trimmers, custom amplifiers, and custom, completed hearing instruments. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Arden Hills, MN.