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For Immediate Release
Date: April 11, 2005
Contact: Liz Lloyd, Marketing Communications Manager
Phone: 800.871.8909 ext. 109

Inside Business Magazine Recognizes TREK Diagnostic Systems as One of Northeast Ohio’s Top-Performing Companies

Cleveland, Ohio – April 11, 2005 – TREK Diagnostic Systems was recognized as one of Northeast Ohio’s top-performing companies and received a 2005 Team NEO Success Award.

The newly named Team Neo Success Awards honor Northeast Ohio’s best-performing companies based on revenue performance and employee growth. Inside Business Magazine acknowledges business leaders in Northeast Ohio because their commitment to excellence creates growth, wealth, and jobs for the area.

Open to both public and private companies, the award recognizes the top performers throughout the 18-county region. Each 2005 winner, having provided financial and employee information for a two-year period, is a verifiable portrait of contemporary business success.

“TREK is enjoying this position of growth and responsibility supporting Northeast Ohio,” commented Mike Burke, President and CEO of TREK Diagnostic Systems.

An award ceremony took place on Thursday, March 24th at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven, with a keynote address from Toby Cosgrove, The Cleveland Clinic’s new CEO. Sponsors of the event were Fifth Third Bank; Kaiser Permanente; Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP; CBIZ; and Corporate College.

Founded in January 1999, TREK Diagnostic Systems is a global manufacturer and distributor of automated systems and consumable products for the microbiology diagnostic laboratory. Signature product lines include VersaTREK®, ESP®, Sensititre®, alamarBlue®, para-JEM®, YeastOne®, onSite®, and TREK Lab Services. TREK is committed to delivering the highest quality products and services to clinical, pharmaceutical, and veterinary diagnostic laboratories worldwide.