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With a price tag of $30 million, Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center is the largest penguin facility in the world. Featuring a 326,000-gallon, 25-foot-deep aquatic area with two acrylic underwater tunnels and a 38-foot-long underwater viewing window — visitors can watch penguins as they dive, swim and navigate through the technological marvel that is now home to 82 birds. When the zoo expressed their need for penguin examination tables, Oak Park-based Mopec stepped in and worked with habitat designers …

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Mopec, an Oak Park-based mortuary and pathology equipment manufacturer, has donated two custom medical exam tables to the Detroit Zoo’s new $30 million Polk Penguin Conservation Center. “The Detroit Zoo is right around the corner from our headquarters,” says Jane VanDusen, CEO of Mopec. “When we received the (request for quotation) from the zoo, our staff decided they wanted to customize and donate the tables.” The two tables will allow zoo veterinary staff and zookeepers to provide medical treatments and …

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OAK PARK, Mich., May 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Mopec, a full-service, full-line manufacturer of pathology and mortuary equipment based in Metro Detroit, has been recognized as one of the 2016 “Michigan 50 Companies to Watch,” an awards program presented by Michigan Celebrates Small Business. The company was honored at an awards ceremony during the twelfth annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business gala event on Thursday, May 5, 2016, in Lansing, Mich. Mopec was founded in 1992 and currently employs 70 people …

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Mopec of Oak Park, www.mopec.com. Mopec of Oak Park designs and manufactures equipment for the pathology, anatomy, mortuary and necropsy industries. Its products are used in top facilities in more than 80 countries. U.S. customers include: Mayo Clinic, Duke University Medical Center, Stanford, Cleveland Clinic and University of Michigan. Founded in 1992 by Rick Bell and George Hallman, the company was sold in 2012 to private equity firm Blackford Capital of Grand Rapids. “Recognition of our efforts from Michigan Celebrates …

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In medical facility new construction or renovation projects, the morgue is often considered after higher profile, revenue-producing areas, resulting in a need to efficiently design the layout of limited morgue real estate. Since usable space also can be restricted by building columns or other structural elements, optimizing morgue design and workflow can be particularly difficult. “Some morgue customization is often required in new construction to improve design layout and function,” says Jennifer Cardettino, a partner in Linea Inc., a Boston-based, …

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