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Midland Scientific: Bringing 150 Employees to the STEM Field

"Vivian Pappel Greni learned quickly that running a business isn’t glamorous. She grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota, lugging port-a-potties, emptying trash cans, and riding the floor wax buffer for her parents’ businesses. It wasn’t exactly “ladylike,” as Pappel Greni said, but it made her realize she wanted to own a business.

“For years, I’ve kept my eye out for something that would be interesting or that would be challenging or that would be something that, at the end of the day, you’d feel like you made a contribution,” Pappel Greni said.

In 2007, she got her wish when she and her investors bought Midland Scientific, Inc. It’s not a retail shop that caters to the general public. Pappel Greni sells chemicals, syringes, plastic jugs, and wastewater testing supplies to laboratories around the country in fields such as agriculture, research, and food."

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