The American Society of
Crime Laboratory Directors
 

2nd Logic provides comprehensive data solutions for crime labs, covering everything from data entry and case management to advanced dashboarding, reporting, and data analysis. Our clients can consolidate their LIMS, case management, quality data, and other essential lab info into a single platform, with setup completed in days or weeks instead of years, all without the need for installation or IT setup.

AFQAM is an organization of quality assurance professionals who are dedicated to advancing forensic quality assurance.

The Center for Human Identification (CHI) is located on the campus of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and is accredited by ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories and the FBI Quality Assurance Standards for Forensic DNA Testing Laboratories and DNA Databasing Laboratories. CHI has maintained QAS accreditation since 2002 and ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation since 2004. The scope of accreditation is limited to the following activities: biological screening and DNA testing including autosomal STR, Y chromosome STR, mitochondrial DNA and SNP testing.

Forensics as a service company

Florescent Imaging Technology

Established in 1986 in Minneapolis, MN, Leeds designs, manufactures, and sells comparison microscopes and imaging systems, made in the USA of both domestic and imported parts, to forensic laboratories in the U.S. and around the world. Leeds manufactures and sells high-quality instruments supported by outstanding customer service.

Providing integrated imaging systems for forensic crime labs

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Securitas Healthcare empowers clinicians and lab directors to deliver safe, secure, and efficient care of your most important assets through our simple, affordable and scalable, environmental monitoring solution.

As a top microscope manufacturer, UNITRON provides a broad range of cutting-edge professional microscopes and industrial microscope accessories to large distributors around the globe. Our extensive inventory contains an exceptional assortment of modern compound microscopes and many different types of accessories, such as digital microscope cameras, custom OEM arms, and much more.

For more than 60 years, UNITRON has proudly manufactured microscopes for the top companies in various industries within the fields of science and technology. The professional microscopes, digital microscope cameras, and other optical accessories UNITRON manufactures are trusted by prestigious organizations such as Boeing, Intel, SONY, Texas Instruments, the Mayo Clinic, and many more. Organizations seeking large orders of professional microscopes can depend on UNITRON as top microscope manufacturers for fulfilling their needs.

ANDE is the global leader in Rapid DNA technology. With a mission to use Rapid DNA to create a safer world, ANDE’s pioneering work has had major impacts in a wide range of applications in the U.S. and internationally. The ANDE system is completely mobile, ruggedized, easy to use and can generate a DNA profile in under two hours. ANDE believes that allowing DNA analysis to be done anywhere from sophisticated laboratories to the police station, battlefield, borders, and disaster sites will dramatically transform public safety and strengthen national security. ANDE is on a mission to help people and make the world a safer place.

For nearly 30 years, Bode Technology has been leading the forensic industry in innovation and timely resolution within the criminal justice system. Bode offers state-of-the-art forensic DNA technology along with an array of industry leading DNA collection products that serve law enforcement and identification communities worldwide.

In addition, leveraging the strength of both our research and development and validation scientists, Bode also provides forensic consulting, training, and laboratory validations, including ISO-certified proficiency testing.

This comprehensive solutions menu, combined with our recognized commitment to quality, responsiveness, and transparency, has made Bode the industry leader in the private forensic DNA community.

Collaborative Testing Services (CTS) is a proficiency test provider with over 50 years of experience in the field. CTS is proudly 100% employee owned; it is ongoing ownership that encourages the building of long-term relationships with our customers and makes us passionate about what we do. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of the Forensic Science community. CTS offers greater than 70 tests to choose from, including On-Demand options and the Crime Scene Processing test where CTS comes to you to administer the test. Please stop by our booth to learn more about our tests.

FARO® gives public safety, law enforcement and fire professionals the tools to capture, analyze and visualize data to provide unbiased 2D and 3D digital information for investigation and pre-incident planning. FARO hardware and software solutions deliver maps, scene documents, animations and other exhibits, helping preserve physical scene evidence and converting raw data into compelling courtroom presentations, exhibits and action plans. From pre-incident planning to after-action response, FARO is the industry leader in crash reconstruction, crime scene and arson investigation. For more information visit http://www.FARO.com.

Over 40 years of excellence in providing forensic equipment worldwide.

METTLER TOLEDO is a global leader in precision instruments and services. We are renowned for innovation and quality across laboratory, process analytics, industrial, product inspection, and food retailing solutions. As the world's premier provider of precision instruments and software, our products are pivotal in research, quality control, and manufacturing processes in life sciences, food, chemical, and many other industries.

Our diverse portfolio extends across a wide range of laboratory and analytical instruments, sensors, and automated chemistry systems critical in drug discovery and chemical development. In production and packaging, our advanced check-weighing, metal detection, and X-ray systems set industry standards. A leader in weighing and dimensioning solutions, we provide comprehensive automation capabilities for industrial applications globally.

Our sales and service network is one of the most extensive in the industry. Our products are sold in more than 140 countries, and we have a direct presence in approximately 40 countries. For more information, please visit www.mt.com.

NMS Labs is an international forensic and clinical reference laboratory that is unsurpassed in its scope of toxicology tests, accuracy of results, scientific expertise, and innovation. The state-of-the-art headquarters includes clinical, forensic and research facilities, a dedicated and secure crime laboratory, and is staffed by more than 400 highly trained professionals. NMS Labs is passionate about promoting public health and safety. For more information on NMS Labs please visit us at https://www.nmslabs.com.

QIAGEN has a leading position in the human identification and forensics market, having pioneered the introduction of commercial DNA purification kits for forensic casework samples in the late 1990s. Today, its comprehensive portfolio includes solutions for processing sexual assault samples, identifying missing persons, age estimation and tissue identification, anthropology research and kinship testing.

After the acquisition of Verogen in 2023, QIAGEN is the only company to offer a complete and integrated range of forensic solutions using PCR, dPCR, and NGS technologies. Its solutions for sample collection and preparation, assay set up and quantification, sequencing, bioinformatics and a genealogy database support law enforcement and forensic researchers through every step in the human identification pipeline.

Signature Science supports investigative efforts by providing cost-effective, scalable casework solutions for both traditional and specialized sample analysis. Because we want to solve every case, our experts from the Center for Advanced Genomics® engage in high-level genomic research, development, and testing and evaluation to address the scientific and technical forensic challenges facing our criminal justice system. State and local law enforcement crime laboratories across the U.S. rely on Signature Science’s ANAB-accredited DNA casework laboratory to provide high-quality analysis and training services on time, every time.

Versaterm, formerly JusticeTrax, has been providing software to forensic science and law enforcement professionals since 1995. Our products allow for efficient, effective and quality management of analytical and administrative data that staff can rely on for sound decision making. The applications are designed by forensic scientists and are the most comprehensive case management tools available. We have installations ranging from single-site laboratories of five users to large multi-site organizations with 500+ users at some of the most sophisticated crime laboratories in North America, Australia, the Caribbean and Middle East.

The ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) provides accreditation and training services to the certification body, validation and verification body, inspection and laboratory related communities. With a headquarters in Washington DC and an additional location in Fort Wayne, Indiana, ANAB is the largest multi-disciplinary accreditation body in the western hemisphere, with more than 3000 organizations accredited in approximately 80 countries.

ANAB is a non-governmental organization and a wholly-owned subsidiary of American National Standards Institute, Inc. (ANSI), which is a non-profit organization. Consistent with ANSI’s nonprofit mission to administer procedures and criteria for accreditation of conformity assessment programs and to encourage organizations to prepare and submit such programs for accreditation, ANAB provides accreditation services, assessment services, and training to public- and private-sector organizations that serve the global marketplace. ANAB assesses and accredits organizations (i.e., conformity assessment bodies or “CABs”) to international and domestic standards, requirements, and other programs. ANAB has comprehensive signatory status across multilateral recognition arrangements of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

Through these activities and affiliations, ANAB helps industry, facilitates trade, protects against health and safety risks to people and environments, and serves as architects for the conformity assessment structure of industry-specific programs.

Bruker Applied Mass Spectrometry Division

Crime Lab Design (CLD) delivers integrated architectural, engineering, and lab planning services specifically for forensic science facilities. For nearly three decades, we have successfully addressed the specialized considerations and unique challenges of forensic laboratories and medical examiner/coroner facilities including, proper ventilation and contamination/odor control; changing technologies/methodologies; current accreditation criteria; operational efficiency; security; health & safety and evidence intake, chain of custody and storage. CLD also advocates environmental benefits, including energy-efficient strategies, as integral parts of the building delivery process.

Forensic Advantage Systems provides LIMS systems for Forensic Laboratories at the Federal, State, and Local levels. All of our lab customers are accredited to ISO 17.025 standard, and many are paperless. We are able to achieve a paperless environment by applying taking a commonsense approach to automating complex forensic science and IT processes for crime labs and medical examiners.

Our highly configurable software solutions are meticulously crafted with built-in compliance safeguards to meet regulatory demands and align seamlessly with your current operations, ensuring efficient and transparent processing and tracking of DNA and forensic samples. Automating routine tasks and troubleshooting any incidents reduces the risk of errors and contamination, and improves the quality of data, compliance, and outcomes.

Our deep domain expertise in DNA and forensic laboratory processes and proven track record as a trusted partner to some of the largest forensic DNA labs in North America enable us to provide innovative and market-adaptable solutions to meet your specific needs.

McClaren, Wilson & Lawrie, Inc. is an architectural firm internationally recognized for the planning and design of forensic laboratory, pathology and law enforcement facilities. MWL offers master plans, needs assessments, site feasibility studies, budget development and design services. With offices nationwide, MWL has completed nearly 350 public safety and 180 forensic facilities in 46 states. For more information, please visit us at booth #24.

Othram combines laboratory science, software, and process, to build a better and more robust infrastructure for justice. Othram uniquely performs all casework-related service in-house, with the essential infrastructure and process for testing forensic DNA evidence. Our technology enables local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies across the United States and internationally, to break through previously impenetrable forensic DNA barriers and close previously unsolvable cases.

Ron Smith & Associates, Inc. is a team of forensic scientists, business professionals, educators, and IT experts who unite to develop industry-changing forensic products and services including:
- Forensic Classroom Training - Forensic Consulting & Backlog Reduction ( ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited) - Proficiency Testing (ISO/IEC 17043 Accredited) - Multi-level Competency Testing for Latent Print Examiners - Comparison Training Exercises - Quality Management Services - The International Latent Print Examiner Training Academy - The International Firearms Examiner Training Academy - Attorney Services. Visit us online at www.RonSmithandAssociates.com to learn more.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in in forensic DNA testing and has served the criminal justice community for more than 25 years. The company’s Rapid DNA platform enables DNA to be processed in only 90 minutes, to obtain rapid intelligence that can be immediately impact an investigation. For more information, visit ThermoFisher.com/hid.

Visionations makes CrimePad, a software system for crime scene investigators, lab, and investigators to go 100% paperless. Modern application used on phones, tablets, laptops to take notes, auto-generate reports, and print labels. Connects right into your LIMS. Modernize your accreditation through note taking on auditable, fully customizable, ease-of-entry forms. Speed up report generation as a single-click report generator and approval process. Enhance your entire workflow on modern portable devices.

Full line Crime Scene, Evidence Packaging, and Lab Supply Distributor. We provide Crime Scene, Property Room, and Forensic Lab Supplies.

Cadre Forensics (Chicago, Illinois, USA) is the world leader in hardware and software for 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm and Toolmark Examination. We offer a batch-scanning desktop system and a stand-alone portable scanning system. Our technology has been validated by US city, state, and federal agencies and as of 2022 has been admitted into the US court system.

DNA Labs International was founded in 2004, and we have been providing service excellence for over fifteen years specializing in forensic DNA analysis for law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and government forensic labs. DNA Labs International is a private forensic DNA laboratory that is run by a mother-daughter team. We are passionate about our work and instill and share the company’s core mission: to provide the highest quality results, friendly service and innovative technology for law enforcement agencies and the victims they represent. DNA Labs International is ANAB ISO 17025 accredited laboratory. When it comes to forensic casework, we are one of the top labs in the country and we work with hundreds of agencies across the US and Caribbean Nations.

Our ultimate goal – to achieve the best results for you!

Forensic Assurance is committed to providing quality proficiency testing services for its participants and customers. Forensic Assurance management and personnel are committed to providing quality proficiency testing scheme activities that are accurate, relevant, reliable, thorough and timely.

Forensic Assurance’s standard of services for the development of proficiency testing schemes is accomplished through adherence to the ISO/IEC 17043 requirements, established and maintained documented policies and procedures, and employment of qualified personnel.

Forensic Assurance’s laboratory and offices are located at the Northville Research Center in Northville, Michigan.

LabVantage Solutions, founded in 1983, is a recognized leader in laboratory software solutions with more than 1500 installations worldwide. Serving numerous industries, including Forensics, the company introduces LabVantage Forensic Navigator – an end-to-end informatics platform to serve the entire forensic life cycle. It enables the secure collection, preservation, and analysis of forensic evidence and the dissemination of forensic data – from crime scene to legal proceedings – to support rapid resolution of cases and confidence in results.

Forensic Navigator helps law enforcement agencies of all sizes improve global justice by accelerating the investigative process. The platform creates a seamless flow of information – from evidence collection, evidence storage, evidence analysis, and the capture and tracking of all leads to lab testing, case compilation, and court proceedings. It supports quality management with ISO 17025 compliance. Available artificial intelligence and predictive analytics add forensic intelligence to investigations, yielding better investigative insights, even across cases.

The cornerstone of our business mission is the automation of microscopy for healthcare and biotechnology - a commitment since 1986. With a global presence, our customers can be found in institutes, hospitals, and universities across more than 100 countries.

Porter Lee Corporation has been in business for more than 25 years providing forensic LIMS and evidence handling software and services.

SNA International empowers organizations to achieve public confidence through optimal performance in their science-related missions. We help clients unleash the power of biological science, physical science, IT, and analytic methods to solve the most challenging mission problems in:

• Forensic Science
• Biometric Identification
• Genealogy
• Medical and Public Health Preparedness
• Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE)
• Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD)
• Weapons Technical Intelligence (WTI)
• Mass Fatality Preparedness
• Application Development (related to Forensics, Biometrics, and Identity Intelligence)

We are a company of innovators who help our clients do things they have never done before, all while staying true to scientific and accreditation standards. As our company evolves to meet the challenges of tomorrow, we will remain committed to our original business philosophy: creating innovative, cost-effective, and reliable scientific and technical solutions guaranteed to work in the real world.

A leader in the forensics market, Tri-Tech Forensics, Inc. provides evidence collection and crime scene investigation products to crime laboratories and crime scene investigators throughout the world. With over 40 years of experience, we are the nation’s most proficient developer and manufacturer of forensic kits. It is our goal, through our research and development program, to continue to develop superior products to aid in all aspects of crime scene investigation and crime laboratory analysis. We know how important our products are to the forensics community, from investigation to prosecution – that is why our slogan, Identify. Collect. Preserve., represents the mission of our customers.

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