Family-owned and operated for 40 years, CWE Incorporated makes instruments for physiology and pre-clinical research laboratories, with its roots in control-of-breathing equipment. The company is particularly known for small-animal ventilation and respiratory monitoring, while also developing systems for physiological measurement and customized research applications. CWE products are distributed and supported worldwide.
Columbus InstrumentsSince 1970, Columbus Instruments has designed and manufactured scientific instruments for monitoring behavior and physiology in laboratory animals, along with environmental research systems. Founded by Dr. Jan Czekajewski, the Columbus, Ohio company pioneered commercially available activity monitors and indirect calorimetry, later developing its Micro-Oxymax respirometer in response to EPA remediation research after the Exxon Valdez spill. Its in-house engineering team continues to build customizable instruments used by researchers worldwide, with more than 21,000 scientific citations.COLUMBUS, OH
E-Z Systems IncFor more than 30 years, E-Z Systems Inc. has designed and manufactured equipment for anesthesia and humane euthanasia of small laboratory animals. Its Euthanex division pioneered home-cage euthanasia with a patented CO2 lid system, while E-Z Anesthesia grew from collaboration with Temple University veterinarians who sought a rodent-specific inhalant anesthesia machine. The company also provides equipment servicing and custom hose assemblies, with a consulting veterinarian on staff to support laboratory research and animal-care programs.339112BETHLEHEM, PA
A.M. Bickford, IncBorn in a basement workshop, A.M. Bickford makes veterinary anesthesia equipment and supplies, including anesthesia machines, breathing circuits and waste-gas solutions. The Wales Center, New York company remains a small family-run business after more than 50 years, pairing hands-on craftsmanship and knowledgeable support with distributor warehouses across the country. Its anesthesia machines and Vapomatic vaporizers have been made in the USA for more than 40 years, and the company also provides calibration, repair and replacement-parts service.WALES CENTER, NY
Allentown, LLCAllentown, LLC manufactures equipment and integrated facility systems for the biomedical research community, with a focus on laboratory animal housing and vivarium operations. The company says it has served this community for over 50 years and traces its engineering and manufacturing heritage to a family-owned factory rooted in the stainless steel industry.ALLENTOWN, PA