MicroE Systems Profiled As Up And Coming Company
On Business Now

Natick Ma, October 30, 2001

The need for computer storage capacity continues to soar resulting from the increasing requirements of software applications and technologies such as streaming video and audio. As higher capacity hard drives are being developed, rapid manufacturing ramp up and lowest total cost are critical to the success of hard drive manufacturers. These dual requirement have compelled hard drive manufacturers to look to companies like MicroE for enabling technology that will deliver both greater precision and increased throughput in their servotrak writing manufacturing operations.

Profiled on the Business Week cable show Business Now, MicroE Systems’ is the one company that is helping hard drive manufacturers keep pace with market demand. The heart of the hard drive manufacturing process is the servotrack writer. The precision and speed of this device determines not only the capacity of the hard drive but the throughput of hard drive production lines. That is why MicroE Systems’ patented micro-positioners are used in most servotrack writers around the globe.

According to Don Mitchell, CTO and Founder of MicroE Systems, "Almost all of the hard drives in the world are manufactured on a machine that we make." Ken Belmont, Development Engineering Manager, Seagate stated, "The company that gets to market first with the highest capacity, lowest cost solution wins the business. That’s what makes it so competitive."

Analysts report that MicroE’s entry into other industries where smaller, faster and smarter components are important will drive MicroE’s success. James Kedersha, Managing Director of Adams Harkness and Hill is of the opinion that, "As you look at the company over the long term, you could see a high and sustained growth level because they can be supplying and penetrating a number of different areas and markets and industries."

To View the Business Now video, visit: http://www.businessnow.com/website/article.asp?id=119 and click on MicroE.