ANIMAL CARE SYSTEMS INFORMATION Home Company Profile News New Products GSA Product Overview How It Works Benefits Testimonials Technical Information Calendar Links Contact Us Visit Us NEWS - FUTURE EVENTS: AALAS 2008 - Indianapolis, Indiana 59th National AALAS Meeting: November 9th - 13th, 2008 The 2008 National Meeting of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Scientists (AALAS) will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Indinana Convention Center November 9th through November 13th. Make your reservations early, and plan to visit us at Booth #733. For more information visit:The 2008 AALAS National Meeting AALAS 2009 - Denver, Colorado The 2009 AALAS National Meeting will be held in Denver, Colorado on November 8-12th, 2009 at the Colorado Convention Center. This is the home city of Animal Care Systems, Inc. We have already started planning for this special event in the "Mile High City". For more information about Denver visit: The Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau NEWS - PAST EVENTS: 2008 TURNKEY CONFERENCE - Baltimore, MD This years Turnkey conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland on April 17th and 18th. The conference, presented by ALN® Magazine, focuses on all aspects of building or renovating a laboratory animal facility. This annual conference delivers useful information on the latest technology and trends in facility construction, renovation, and equipment. Shown above is President and CEO, Steve Tierney at the Animal Care Systems booth. Special thanks to Rodger Roark of Porter Creek Instruments, LLC who was instrumental in the planning and manning of this years booth. AALAS 2007 - Charlotte, North Carolina 58th National AALAS Meeting: October 14th - 18th, 2007 The 2007 National Meeting of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Scientists (AALAS) was held in Charlotte, NC on October 15 – 17. Total attendance was reported to be over 5,600 people, the largest national meeting ever. Kudos to Charlotte, which also played host to the Bank of America 500 NASCAR race, which boasted attendance of nearly 200,000 people on the same weekend. Charlotte is one of the largest US banking centers, second only to New York City. Downtown boasts over 35,000 bank employees – most working for either Wacovia or Bank of America. Charlotte is known for their delicious “low country” bar-b-que and seafood restaurants. Sunday evening October 14, prior to the beginning of the exhibition, Animal Care Systems (ACS) hosted their annual dealer training session. It was at this time that ACS introduced the newest addition to their line of innovative, energy efficient barrier cage racks - the OptiRAT. This unique product, patterned after the highly successful OptiMICE carousel rack was met with overwhelming approval by our rep group as well as those who visited our booth. OptiRAT will be ready to ship in January of 2008 and several have already been presold. Steve, Stieg, Rich, Dave and Germain were joined by several of our reps in the display hosting numerous visitors, with some meeting our staff and viewing our products for the first time. This was the perfect opportunity to showcase our products and solicit input from customers and prospects. It was especially opportune to have existing customers give candid (and, gratefully, positive) reviews to the many prospects with their concerns and questions. Animal Care Systems New Facility Grand Opening Party Animal Care Systems celebrated the opening of their new facility on Friday, September 21, 2007 with an open house party. President and CEO, Steve Tierney and his mother, Kay Tierney, drove a forklift through a banner bearing the ACS logo. “Full speed ahead!” hollered onlookers as the forklift inched its way toward a crowd of over 100 looked on with camera phones at the ready to mark this monumental occasion. After the successful destruction of the banner, Steve offered his thanks and recognition to the numerous people that made the move possible. Long-time employees, friends and families were graciously acknowledged and heavily applauded. Several tears could be noticed in the crowd when Steve spoke of his father, Bob Tierney, founder of Certex Company and proud supporter of Animal Care Systems, who passed away in June, 2005 prior to the decision to relocate both companies. The general consensus was Bob would have heartily approved the move, and been proud of the results. Open house guests toured the facility and there was never a shortage of tour guides on hand as all employees shared Steve’s proud passion for the new building. Local band Lightning County provided the entertainment; playing original compositions as well as covering crowd favorites from The Grateful Dead. Steve joined them for a two-song set; performing a rendition of “Sangria Wine” with lyrics he composed for the occasion. Everyone crooned along to “We Love Centennial.” Even as the evening’s festivities drew to a close, a solid group was still congregated in front of the building. Certex dealers from across the United States and Canada hung around bonding with both the Certex and Animal Care Systems’ teams. The event was truly an illustration of what generations of hard work and commitment can accomplish. ACS Supports MS Research        Steve in wine country and the view of the Golden Gate Bridge. A little-known fact about Animal Care Systems may be that President & CEO Steve Tierney, Director of Sales Rich VanDewater, Controller Mark Weibelhaus, & Director of Engineering Stieg Corell are all avid cyclists. This past summer, Steve, Mark & Stieg (Rich was traveling at the time) decided to undertake the Colorado MS 150; a ride dedicated to raising funds to support Multiple Sclerosis research. This ride has long had a reputation as a physically demanding but beautiful Colorado tour. Training for months prior to the July 7 & 8 event, the trio strove to get themselves in top cycling condition. The MS 150 tour began & ended at the Broomfield Event Center, winding along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains to Ft. Collins & back. After that cycling weekend, enthusiasm spilled over, and Steve & Mark decided to fly to San Francisco in September to do Northern California’s version, the Waves to Wine tour. As Stieg was unable to make the trip, Steve & Mark recruited Rich & he ensured his schedule was clear for the weekend of September 29-30. Steve contacted Dr. Pierre Lessard, of the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Lessard has been a longtime customer & advocate of Animal Care Systems; he also lives with MS. Dr. Lessard immediately offered his home and support to the Animal Care Systems’ team. The team was named Pierre’s Peloton in honor of their friend. A peloton is the large, main group in a road bicycle race. Cyclists in a group save energy by riding near, particularly behind, other riders. Steve’s 22 year old son, Robert, decided to join the team, thanks to a recent passion for cycling no doubt fueled by his father. Wearing yellow jerseys designed by Animal Care Systems’ engineer Dave Heldt, the now foursome rode from San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge and through great parts of wine country; appreciative of the thick sea-level air they were able to take in. Mark was the “Lance Armstrong” of the team, with Steve, Rich & Robert following close behind. This being Robert’s first long ride, he soon established that a hearty dose of calories at every rest stop was critical to keep up the pace. The quartet will be participating in both the Denver & San Francisco MS 150 tours in 2008. For information on how to become one of Pierre’s Peloton in either city, please contact Animal Care Systems toll free at 1-888-827-3861, or e-mail Steve at stierney@animalcaresystems.com. California - Left to right: Rich VanDewater, Robert Tierney, Steve Tierney and Mark Wiebelhaus Colorado - The morning of day two - Left to right: Mark, Karin (Steig's sister), Steve, and Steig FELASA 2007 Chernobbio, Italy June 11th - 14th 2007 Rich and Steve attended this years FELASA conference in Italy. All of Europe was represented as well as Scandinavia, Turkey, Israel, Russia and the United States. Special thanks to Adrien Poloni who spent the entire four days in our display area and was instrumental in presenting our products to the visitors. Thanks also to Rob and Neil Bond for sending visitors to see our equipment. The beautiful Villa Erba, site of the FELASA conference. Left to right: Rich, Adrien Poloni of Charles Rriver Laboritories France, Neil Bond and Rob Bond of Primatec Management. Rich and Steve at the ACS booth. ANZLAS 2007 Adelaide, Australia Once again Animal Care Systems was represented at this years ANZLAS conference. Stieg Corell, Director of Engineering, attended this year to assist Graham Murray, Director of Australian Animal Care Systems Pty. Ltd. This was a great opportunity to meet our many Australian customers. Stieg, Anoush and Graham at the AACS booth Australia and Asia continue their rapid growth in medical research activity. This continues to be one of our best markets. CALAS 2007 - CALGARY 46th CALAS Meeting: June 2007 Rich and our Canadian distributor, ESBE Scientific, had booths next to each other at this years show. Our booth showcased an OptiMICE rack, and was the only booth that had an actual rack on display. Thanks to everyone at ESBE for there hard work. Special thanks to Launa Urbanoski (left) and Debbie Flagel (right) who helped make this a successful show. ANIMAL CARE SYSTEMS PRODUCTS M.I.C.E.® M.I.C.E.® Rack Specs M.I.C.E.® Cage Specs M.I.C.E.® Accessories OptiMICE® OptiMICE® System Info OptiMICE® Accessories OptiRAT® OptiRAT® System Info OptiRAT® Accessories ErgoMICE® ErgoMICE® System Info ErgoMICE® Accessories

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