Amethyst Technologies, LLC is forming Aeon Technologies and entering into a partnership with Frostburg State University and Allegany County Government after 13 years of successfully developing laboratories to international standards for the U.S. government in the United States, Africa and Asia. The affiliation will capitalize on expanding opportunities for laboratory testing, quality assurance services and global health initiatives from a new facility being developed in the Allegany Business Center, adjacent to the FSU campus. The parent company is headquartered in the UMBC Tech Center located in Baltimore County, and occupies 5,000 square feet of office and laboratory space there.