MOCON makes precision instruments that help you look before you leak. Its products include permeation and packaging instruments that measure the rate at which oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor penetrate packaging. The company also makes materials analyzers that measure the thickness of coatings and thin films. Such products are used by packagers in the food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and chemical industries, and by paper, plastics, and coatings manufacturers. MOCON also makes pharmaceutical capsule and tablet weighing and sorting devices, automatic sample preparation systems, and offers related consulting and development services. More than half of sales come from outside the US.