Midwest Research Institute (MRI) provides contract research services for government and private-sector clients in fields such as agricultural and food safety, analytical chemistry, biological sciences, energy, engineering, environment, health sciences, information technology, and national defense. The institute operates laboratories and agricultural research centers in Florida, Maryland, and Missouri. MRI also manages the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. Work related to biological and chemical defense accounts for most of MRI's sales. The not-for-profit organization was founded in 1944.

Millbrook Proving Ground is located north of London, Millbrook is one of Europe's largest research, development, and testing facility for cars, trucks, and armored vehicles. The facility, developed in the late 1960s, provides vehicle and system assessment, powertrain, and safety testing services, as well as develops alternative fuels. Automakers from around the world flock to the site for emissions, crash, and component testing. The site includes dozens of road conditions, from an American gravel road to a steep hill.

MindBranch offers market research and competitive intelligence services for clients such as BellSouth, Toshiba, Genzyme, and A.T. Kearney. The company aggregates market research reports, newsletters, directories, databases, and company profiles from publishers in 130 industry segments. Reports include in-depth industry research, global business information, and independent equity analysis. MindBranch's custom research services help clients by recommending the best firm for custom research or consulting projects from its list of qualified publishers. MindBranch was acquired by rival MarketResearch.com in 2005.

MORPACE offers marketing research and consulting services providing insight and advice on such subjects as advertising, branding, customer satisfaction, market segmentation, and product development. MORPACE conducts global research with expertise in the automotive, consumer products, financial services, health care, media, and transportation industries. It utilizes such techniques as surveys, focus groups, and interactive voice response technology for its data collection. The company was formed from the merger of Market Opinion Research and Product & Consumer Evaluations Inc. in 1990, but only took the MORPACE name in 1998.

National Research Corporation provides ongoing survey-based performance measurement, improvement services, and governance education to the healthcare industry in the United States and Canada. National Research Corporation offers market research services to hospitals and insurance companies, as well as develops tools designed to enable healthcare organizations to collect comparative performance information for analyzing and improving their practices to maximize resident and/or patient attraction, experience, member retention, and profitability. National Research Corporation information services primarily include renewable performance tracking, subscription-based governance information and educational services, and a renewable syndicated service. National Research Corporation also publishes healthcare market information for its clients through its Healthcare Market Guide. In addition, National Research Corporation provides custom and other research projects, which include a series of surveys and deliverable reports in which the timing and frequency vary by contract. Further, National Research Corporation offers functional disease-specific and health status measurement tools; and quality and performance improvement solutions to the senior care profession. National Research Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.

National Technical Systems, Inc., a diversified technical services company, provides engineering and evaluation services to the aerospace, defense, transportation, electronics, power, computers, and telecommunications markets. National Technical Systems, Inc. offers product life-cycle support services, including design engineering, compliance, testing, certification, quality registration, and program management services. National Technical Systems, Inc. provides conformity assessment and management system registration services, as well as technical personnel for product certification, product safety testing, and product evaluation. National Technical Systems, Inc. offers management registration and certification services. National Technical Systems, Inc. operates in the United States, Japan, Vietnam, Germany, and Canada. National Technical Systems, Inc. was founded in 1961 and is based in Calabasas, California.

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, better known as ClassNK, is one of the world's leading ship classification societies. By the end of 2004, the society had 6,290 ships totaling more than 125 million gross tons on its register -- the number represents about 20% of the world's commercial fleet. The non-profit foundation traces its roots back to the Imperial Marine Association (Teikoku Kaiji Kyokai), founded in 1899, which was relaunched as the Japan Marine Association (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai) in 1946. Although based in Japan, where it has 21 offices, ClassNK has a network of 73 exclusive surveyor sites in 39 countries.

NSTL (National Software Testing Labs) provides independent IT testing and quality assurance testing for software, hardware, mobile telecommunication, and other high tech equipment developers and manufacturers. NSTL, Inc. puts various products through the motions to assess functionality, determine compatibility with other hardware and software, and check for bugs and flaws in the product's design. Companies contract with NSTL to test products prior to procurement and before market release. NSTL, Inc. also tests Web sites and other interactive applications for usability, security, and performance. NSTL was acquired by Intertek Group, a provider of testing and inspection services based in the UK, in late 2007.

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. engages in the exploration and recovery of deep-ocean shipwrecks worldwide. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. sells coins, artifacts, and merchandise, as well as leases its themed attraction exhibit and expedition charters. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. sells coins and artifacts through dealers. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. focuses on deepwater projects where the booty is less susceptible to damage and less likely to have been salvaged. Odyssey Marine Exploration is selling gold and silver coins and other artifacts salvaged since 2003 from the wreck of the SS Republic, a side-wheel steamer lost off the Georgia coast in 1865. Two coin dealers account for more than half of the company's revenue. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Opinion Access Corp. (OAC) is always interested in what you have to say. Opinion Access Corp. provides data collection services, specializing in telephone interviews, for market research purposes. OAC's services include project coordination, data management and processing, and data collection. Opinion Access Corp. utilizes predictive dialers and can conduct interviews in multiple languages including Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese, and Korean. OAC has extended it capabilities by introducing Web surverys into its data collection methods. Opinion Access Corp. was founded in 1995 by company executives Jimmy Hoffman, Joe Rafael, and Ginene Hoffman.

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