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LOCATION: NELSON ROAD BUSINESS CENTER MADISON, WI 608.210.4850 www.intense-engineering.com

Intense Engineering

Technology is becoming an increasingly important part of our everyday lives, and technology for the health care setting is more important than ever before. Fortunately, that’s right up the alley of Intense Engineering.

Kent Chase, president and CEO of Intense Engineering, considers his company to be in the general field of industrial automation, with a focus on a very specific market niche. The company has a strong background in lab process automation, and most of the custom equipment Intense Engineering produces is for research and development and production. Intense Engineering also has an impressive track record in diag- nostic medical device development. “Basically, we design and build a broad array of custom devices and equipment with a focus on the life sciences,” Chase explained. Intense Engineering began as a three-man firm in a small tech- incubator building in Madison, Wisconsin. The company’s first space, Chase recalled, was in a dorm-room-sized room in the building. As time went on, Intense Engineering moved to new spaces in the building. Eventually, it occupied the largest suite. When the building was sold to an adjacent technical college,

Chase and his partners had a very short time — about three months — to find a new space.

While searching for new office space, they learned of St. John Properties’ Nelson Road Business Center. Located on the near-east side of Madison, the center is part of the region the Wisconsin Technology Council calls the I-Q Corridor. After touring one space at Nelson Road Business Center, Chase and his partners told the leasing agent that they liked the space but would need to move some walls and make a few other changes. They were invited to come back and look at another space in the office park that had been completely gutted and would allow them to start with a blank slate. Intense Engineering leased the space, Chase designed the floor plan, and St. John Properties built the space out to his specifica- tions. “The build-out they did for us was outstanding,” Chase said.

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