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GIGAVAC NAMES MARKUS BECK AS VICE PRESIDENT OF DEFENSE PRODUCTS
Santa Barbara, California - Mike Molyneux, President of GIGAVAC™, today's expert in high voltage relays and sealed contactors, has announced the appointment of Markus Beck as Vice President of Defense Products, a new executive level management position in the fast-growing firm. Molyneux stated, “We are excited to welcome Markus to our team. He is a great asset and will provide the focus for GIGAVAC’s new EPIC (Extended Performance Impervious Ceramic) sealed DC and AC rated contactors to the defense and industrial markets.”
Beck was most recently Sales Manager for KISSLING Service GmbH-North America. Previously, he served as Contract Administrator for Earth Tech (an EPA subcontractor involved in the World Trade Center/post-9/11 clean-up efforts) where he won an award for his work ethics. Beck graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and is a member of the Association of the United States Army. Beck is fluent in German and enjoys playing soccer in his valued spare time. He is currently relocating from Florida to GIGAVAC’s headquarters in Santa Barbara, California.
According to Molyneux, “GIGAVAC is recognized as a world-wide leader in small, low cost, light weight high voltage relays. We began an effort five years ago to expand our product offerings in a joint development effort with Esterline Systems Group for 270 VDC contactors for the military and aerospace markets. Using GIGAVAC’s lower cost EPIC technology, we now plan to focus on sealed DC contactors for many lower voltage switching applications including busses, trucks, heavy equipment, industrial machinery, control systems, and military vehicles like MRAP’s (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected).”
Beck stated, “Up until now, most of these lower voltage DC contactor applications have been served either by very old unsealed technology that is marginal in today’s demanding failure-free environment or by more expensive mil-spec hermetic sealed technology developed over 30 years ago. I am really excited to be associated with a fast growing company such as GIGAVAC with switching technology leadership providing reliable sealed contactors to the industry at a low cost.”
About GIGAVAC:
Based in Santa Barbara, California, GIGAVAC is today's expert in high voltage relays and sealed contactors. Founded by leading industry professionals, GIGAVAC designs, manufactures and sells high voltage relays and contactors to manufacturers of test equipment, power supplies, wafer fabrication, RF and communications equipment, MRI/medical equipment and others in need of high voltage solutions; as well as users involved in heavy trucks and equipment, boats, light rail, mining, oil and factory automation power systems, battery charging and management systems, fuel cells, and solar, wind and wave power systems. www.GIGAVAC.com.
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01/13/2010
