Series VI. Science Centre, Incorporated (SCI) Files, 1986-1993, undated

Science Centre, Incorporated (SCI) was an American scientific instrument leasing and finance firm and the corporate successor of Scientific Products, Incorporated (SPI). Incorporated in 1988 and based in State College, Pennsylvania, it mainly existed to provide financing and equipment to Measurement and Analysis Systems, Incorporated (MAAS) and its successor Premier American Technologies Corporation (PATCO), which allowed them to complete their customers’ orders. SCI also leased scientific instruments. The firm also purchased, reconditioned, and sold used scientific instruments built by Nuclide and other scientific instrument firms.

Although it was a separate firm, SCI maintained a close relationship with MAAS and PATCO. Leonard F. Herzog served as president of SCI during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains Science Centre, Incorporated’s (SCI) corporate records, which were collected and maintained by Leonard F. Herzog. The files in this series provide a limited amount of documentation regarding SCI’s legal and financial affairs. SCI’s relationships with MAAS and PATCO are also documented here.

Correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, and internal memoranda make up a majority of the materials in this series. Small amounts of other miscellaneous materials, including equipment inventories, meeting transcripts, notes, stockholder lists, and blank SCI stationary are preserved here as well.