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Victor, NY - September 13, 2007 - New Scale
Technologies, Inc. has created a strategic business unit to pursue
new opportunities for SQUIGGLE motors and modules in OEM (Original
Equipment Manufacturers) and Industrial markets. The new OEM and
Industrial business unit will be headed by Dan Viggiano III, VP and
General Manager. Viggiano has been with New Scale since 2003. He was
most recently chief operating officer, leading SQUIGGLE motor
engineering development and implementing New Scale's $1M
manufacturing expansion at its headquarters in Victor, NY. Prior to
joining New Scale, Viggiano was a project manager and mechanical
engineer at EXFO Burleigh Products Group. He has a BS in Mechanical
Engineering and an MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
The OEM and Industrial business unit will develop strategic growth
opportunities beyond the mobile phone camera markets developed by
the company’s Mobacam Business Unit.
"These changes leverage our manufacturing capacity expansion and our
success with Mobacam in targeting a specific, high-volume vertical
market," said David Henderson, CEO and chief technology officer of
New Scale. "The new business unit will focus on building additional
vertical markets for our disruptive motor solutions, which offer the
smallest possible size and lowest power. Dan has a proven ability to
turn customers’ needs into unique, market-specific solutions."
New Scale is already working with numerous high-potential OEM
customers in vertical markets ranging from electronic locks and
medical devices to automotive modules and fuel cells. It has
existing customers in additional markets including aerospace,
defense and research.
"We are creating disruptive product platforms for specific
industries, based on our patented SQUIGGLE motor technology,”
Viggiano said. "One example is our new SQLM Series lock module, a
‘ready to use’ pre-engineered solution for lock manufacturers. We’ve
integrated a SQUIGGLE motor, limit sensors and drive electronics
into a package that engineers can drop into existing lock
assemblies. Application-specific platforms like this speed our entry
into new markets and help our customers move rapidly from concept to
high-volume production on next-generation products."
In related news, New Scale announces the addition of Mike Perrotta
as Director of Manufacturing. Perrotta has 10 years of high-volume
precision manufacturing experience at Eastman Kodak and senior
management experience at several entrepreneurial start-ups on the
west and east coasts. Perrotta will lead the expansion of motor
manufacturing capacity in Victor, NY from 1,000s to 10,000s per
month, and support the creation of Asian manufacturing partnerships
for higher production volumes.
About New Scale Technologies
New Scale Technologies (www.newscaletech.com) creates disruptively small
motion systems based on our patented piezoelectric SQUIGGLE® motor, the world’s
smallest linear motorand TRACKER™ position sensor. The ultrasonic SQUIGGLE motor
is smaller, more precise, less expensive, more robust and more power-efficient
than other micro motors. The TRACKER position sensor integrates a magnetic sensor
with on-chip digital encoder, for smaller size and higher resolution than miniature
optical encoders. We create complete motion systems integrating motor and sensor
technology with supporting electronics (ASICs) developed with our partner
austriamicrosystems (www.austriamicrosystems.com).
New Scale’s micro motors, encoders and micro-actuator modules enable design engineers
to create smaller products including mobile phone cameras, electronic locks and
intelligent fasteners, nano-scale fluid control including lab-on-a-chip systems,
medical devices including miniature drug pumps and endoscopes, optics and
imaging systems, automotive modules, lasers, aerospace and defense systems,
cryogenic and MRI-compatible instruments, and consumer electronics including
micro fuel cells.
SQUIGGLE is a registered trademark and TRACKER is a trademark of New Scale Technologies, Inc.
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