Northeast Laboratory Services employs over 65 full and part time laboratory technicians, support service personnel and administrators.

The Chemistry, Microbiology and Media Manufacturing Laboratories are located at 227 China Road in Winslow, Maine.  Administrative offices are also located in the Winslow facility.

Northeast Laboratory Services also operates a satellite laboratory at 999 Forest Avenue in Portland, Maine.   The satellite services as a drop off point for samples and is where the Microbiology Food Testing Analysis is completed.

History

The business was founded in 1972 as Maine Poultry Consultants and later became Maine Poultry Consultants/Northeast Laboratory Services.

After a decline in the poultry business in Maine, causing the closure of Maine Poultry Consultants, the business served its environmental and microbiological products clients under the name of Northeast Laboratory Services (NEL) for the next several years.

In 1997, NEL merged with Binax, Inc. a Portland-based research and development firm.  Binax/NEL operated as a separate entity to the Portland facility, complete with it’s own management team and accounting functions.

In April of 2001, the Laboratory was purchased back by it’s original founder, Dr. Kenneth Eskelund and Mr. Rodney “Beau” Mears, NEL CEO and President after it was decided that the two businesses did not compliment one another and the merger was dissolved.