The award-winning opto-electro-mechanical design and manufacturing firm, 89 North, provides fluorescence-based illumination systems for biomedical imaging applications such as fluorescence microscopy, automated DNA sequencing, real-time PCR and microarray analysis. Their systems allow users to record multiple fluorescence channels, polarization states or focal planes simultaneously without significant light loss. Originally focused on the laboratory sciences market, the company now assists an ever-expanding number of firms to deploy optical engineering solutions across various industries from their location in Burlington, Vermont.