The hit item is usually the freezer – which is kept at minus 80 degrees – when Daniel Ross takes school groups through TransPharm Preclinical Solutions.

Most people in the community haven’t heard of his business and don’t know what it does, said Ross, President and CEO. He shows students around to bring awareness to the work that’s happening in their small town.

“We don’t have to be in a big city,” said Marci Peek, contract and protocol specialist. “In little Napoleon, Michigan, we have clients all over the world.”

TransPharm has 10 full-time employees and 101 clients in 13 countries. Located in rural Napoleon Township, the life sciences company reached its 10-year anniversary on Jan. 2.

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