LIFE-SCIENCE INNOVATIONS
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: MinnWest Technology Campus, Willmar, Minn.
CEO: Ted Huisinga
Affiliated companies:
• Willmar Poultry Co.: Provides 30 million day-old turkey poults annually to customers like Sara Lee and Cargill.
• Epitopix: Produces animal vaccines against salmonella and E. coli.
• Nova-Tech Engineering: Manufactures robotic systems that use lasers and microwave technology to treat turkeys. Also looking to make equipment that helps convert waste into biomass energy sources.
• Syntiron: Developing a human vaccine against catastrophic diseases caused by bubonic plague and anthrax.