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Customer Support<br />

<strong>in</strong> the U.S.<br />

Service and Spare<br />

Parts<br />

After the sale, one <strong>of</strong> the most<br />

important parts <strong>of</strong> the customersupplier<br />

relationship beg<strong>in</strong>s - SERVICE.<br />

To keep pace with our tremendous<br />

bus<strong>in</strong>ess activity, we have strengthened<br />

the service organization with the addition<br />

<strong>of</strong> several people. The most recent<br />

addition to our Pleasanton, CA <strong>of</strong>fice is<br />

Joyce Pritchard, West Coast <strong>of</strong>fice<br />

adm<strong>in</strong>istrator. Besides handl<strong>in</strong>g all <strong>of</strong> the<br />

service activities that flow through this<br />

<strong>of</strong>fice, Joyce will also set up and manage<br />

the spare parts <strong>in</strong>ventory to cover<br />

emergency parts needs.<br />

The field service eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g staff has<br />

recently been bolstered as well, with<br />

personnel now totall<strong>in</strong>g eight eng<strong>in</strong>eers.<br />

The East Coast is supported by Jonas<br />

Legere, Jon Melia and Rick Daigle, along<br />

with their service coord<strong>in</strong>ator, Mary<br />

Cosgrove. The West Coast has recently<br />

added Modesto Manahan, Ibsen<br />

Lourenco and Flor<strong>in</strong> Drancea to the<br />

exist<strong>in</strong>g staff <strong>of</strong> Dio Almazan, Tony<br />

Agu<strong>in</strong>aldo, and (<strong>of</strong> course) Kev<strong>in</strong><br />

Webster, the West Coast service<br />

manager. This group is managed by Rick<br />

Fontanazza, located <strong>in</strong> W<strong>in</strong>dsor, CT.<br />

The service group handles site preplann<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

new <strong>in</strong>stallations, warranty<br />

issues, field service support and<br />

customer tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, all under the everpresent<br />

production pressure. “Our<br />

service group provides some <strong>of</strong> the best<br />

customer support <strong>in</strong> our <strong>in</strong>dustry,”<br />

states Don Boynton, <strong>Vice</strong> <strong>President</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Operations</strong>. “It’s a key element <strong>in</strong> our<br />

bus<strong>in</strong>ess success.”<br />

<strong>SINGULUS</strong><br />

Announces World<br />

Class Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Center<br />

<strong>in</strong> W<strong>in</strong>dsor, CT<br />

<strong>SINGULUS</strong> <strong>TECHNOLOGIES</strong> is pleased<br />

to announce that it will open a major<br />

tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g center to be located at its U.S.<br />

headquarters <strong>in</strong> W<strong>in</strong>dsor, CT. The<br />

tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g center will be a 5,000 square<br />

foot facility sectioned <strong>in</strong>to learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

centers, and will allow <strong>SINGULUS</strong> to<br />

ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> a level <strong>of</strong> “cont<strong>in</strong>uous tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g”<br />

for our current and future customers.<br />

The classroom tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g area will <strong>in</strong>clude<br />

state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art components that will<br />

allow up to 15 students to work and<br />

learn <strong>in</strong> a relaxed sett<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

The mach<strong>in</strong>ery tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g area will<br />

accommodate <strong>SINGULUS</strong>’ latest<br />

production systems, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

SKYLINE Duplex CD/DVD 5 replication<br />

system with <strong>in</strong>jection mold<strong>in</strong>g, the<br />

SPACELINE DVD 5-9-10 replication<br />

system and the <strong>SINGULUS</strong> III CD / DVD<br />

metallizer. The <strong>SINGULUS</strong> systems will<br />

be <strong>in</strong>tegrated with the necessary support<br />

equipment <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g various <strong>in</strong>spection<br />

devices to provide complete<br />

functionality, thereby allow<strong>in</strong>g for “total<br />

system” <strong>in</strong>struction.<br />

“Our objective is to provide our<br />

customers the opportunity to<br />

disassemble <strong>in</strong>dividual system<br />

components down to a level that would<br />

not be considered on the production<br />

floor <strong>of</strong> a customer’s site,” quotes Rick<br />

Daigle, who will be responsible for<br />

manag<strong>in</strong>g the new center and provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and <strong>in</strong>struction. “It will<br />

provide an <strong>in</strong>-depth and thorough<br />

learn<strong>in</strong>g experience.”<br />

The new <strong>SINGULUS</strong> tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g center is<br />

another step <strong>in</strong> the evolution <strong>of</strong> our<br />

customer support bus<strong>in</strong>ess, and a long<br />

term corporate commitment to our<br />

customers <strong>in</strong> North America.

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