MOCON (MOCO) Other Income (Minority Interest) : $0.00 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2017)

MOCON Inc was incorporated as a Minnesota corporation in February 1966. The Company designs, manufactures, markets and services products, and provides consulting services, in the test and measurement, analytical instrument and services markets. Its products includes instruments that detects, measures and monitors gases and other chemical compounds which help its customers improves the quality of their products, as well as develops new products. Its gas and vapor permeation instruments were first used in the food packaging industry, starting in the 1970s, to measure small amounts of moisture which can adversely affect dry cereals and other food packaging. The Company's products serve markets such as foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals and consumer products, oil and gas exploration and industrial and environmental safety. It develops, manufactures, markets and services test and measurement, analytical and monitoring instruments and systems used to detect, measure and analyze gases and other chemical compounds, as well as providing related consulting services. The market for these products consists of manufacturers of packaging materials, including manufacturers of papers, plastic films, coatings and containers and the users of such packaging materials, such as companies in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and consumer product industries. Its other customers include manufacturers of flat panel displays, solar panels, electronics, and many other sophisticated materials. The Company has four operating segments which are combined into three reporting segments as follows; Permeation Products and Services, Package Testing Products and Services, and Industrial Analyzer Products and Services and Other. Its permeation products consist of systems and services that measure the rate at which various gases and vapors transmit through a variety of materials. These products perform measurements under precise temperature, pressure and relative humidity conditions. It manufactures and sells three products in this group; headspace analyzers, leak detection equipment and gas mixers. Its headspace analyzer products are used to analyze the amount and type of gas present in the headspace of flexible and rigid packages, as applied to gas flushing in modified or controlled atmosphere packaging. It manufactures and distributes gas analysis and monitoring instrumentation used in applications such as oil and gas exploration, process gas analysis, industrial hygiene and safety, environmental air monitoring and indoor air quality. Its microbial detection products are designed to rapidly detect microbial growth in food and beverage samples. The Company manufactures and sells three products in this group; headspace analyzers, leak detection equipment and gas mixers. Its trademarks and service marks include the following; MOCON, APCHECK, AQUATRACE, AQUATRAN, AROMATRAN, AROMATRAX, BASELINE, BEVALERT, CALCARD, CAL-SMART, CheckPoint, CMV-2, COULOX, FLO SMART, GREENL