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Company fact sheet
what we do |
core technology and IP |
products and services | development and
manufacturing partners | financial |
milestones |
management | board of directors
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What we do
New Scale Technologies is an innovation and micro-manufacturing
company delivering ingeniously small motion systems. We serve
worldwide markets for mobile products, medical devices, defense and
security systems and industrial instruments.
Every day our creative engineers and scientists use their deep
understanding of micro-mechatronic and piezoelectric technologies to solve the most
demanding customer problems. We combine our talents with the
capabilities of our global strategic partners, who provide best-in-class integrated circuits, ceramic components and high-volume
manufacturing.
Through direct customer engagements, continuous innovation and
strategic partnerships, we deliver disruptively small, precise
and low-power motion systems that enable our customers to create
smaller, feature-rich products.
Core Technology and IP
Our products fill the gap between traditional motor systems
(which have reached their miniaturization limits) and MEMS devices (which
have extremely limited
motion and force). Since 2002, the company has been awarded six patents with more
pending.
Using our M3 micro-mechatronics module platform, we integrate
micro motors, sensors, drive
and control electronics and robust packaging to create tiny application-specific motion
modules, ready for integration into OEM products.
Our patented SQUIGGLE® piezo motor is the world’s
smallest linear motor. It is half the size of competing micro
motors, yet delivers ten times more precision and push force. Our
patent-pending UTAF™ (Ultra-Thin Auto Focus) piezo motors and
modules for phone cameras enable high-resolution
images with camera thickness less than 5 mm. UTAF cameras easily fit
into the thinnest mobile phones. Our
TRACKER™ position sensor integrates a magnetic sensor with on-chip digital
encoder, for smaller size and higher resolution than miniature
optical encoders.
Products and Services
Development and Manufacturing Partners
New Scale collaborates with strategic partners for development
and global manufacturing.
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austriamicrosystems (SWX:AMS)
is a minority shareholder and
development partner for
power-efficient motor controller ICs and precision magnetic sensors.
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ALPS and
Tamron
are licensed manufacturing
partners, enabling high-volume SQUIGGLE motor production.
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TDK-EPC (formerly EPCOS):
manufactures advanced piezoelectric ceramic components for our
UTAF motors and reduced-voltage SQUIGGLE motors.
New Scale also has prototype and low- to mid-volume production
capacity, including a micro-precision semi-automated manufacturing
line for SQUIGGLE motors, at our 15,000 square foot
technology center in
Victor, NY.
Financial
New Scale received a $6 million investment from
austriamicrosystems (SWX:AMS) in a Series B equity transaction in
2008. Initially self-funded by its founders and a core group of
employees, the company also received Series A funding in 2005 from local
investors Trillium Group, Istria and the Rochester Angel Network.
Milestones
2002
- Company founded by David Henderson
2003
2004
- First SQUIGGLE motors ship
2005
- First US patent issued for SQUIGGLE motor
- Series A equity investment from Trillium and local angel
investors
2006
- “World’s smallest linear motor” debuts
- Tamron licenses SQUIGGLE motor technology for use in tiny
zoom modules for camera assemblies
2007
- Two additional US patents issued for SQUIGGLE motor
- $1M manufacturing expansion yields 10,000 motors/month
capacity in Victor
- SQUIGGLE motor wins EE Times ACE award, Design News Golden
Mousetrap award and Small Times Best of Small Tech award
2008
- Series B equity investment from technology partner
austriamicrosystems (SWX:AMS)
- Additional license agreements with Tamron, ALPS and TDK-EPCOS
- UTAF motor demonstrated
- First piezo motor driver ASIC introduced
- TRACKER position sensor launched
2009
- Named to "Best Companies to Work for in New York" list
- Product innovations include rotary piezo motor, simplified
mounting, improved motor drivers and higher resolution position
sensors
2010
- Reduced voltage SQUIGGLE motor and smaller, more intelligent
drive ASIC launched
- M3 micro-mechatronic modules introduced
- Second year on "Best Companies to Work for in New York" list
Management
Board of Directors
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121 Victor Heights Parkway
Victor, NY 14564
Phone (585) 924-4450
FAX (585) 924-4468
www.newscaletech.com
View the product overview video.
New Scale Technologies was founded in 2002 to capture emerging opportunities for smaller consumer products, automated
biomedical instruments, and nanotechnology research. We target
emerging global markets that need solutions bigger than MEMS (on the
chip) devices but smaller than conventional actuator technologies.
The photo above illustrates
our rapid innovation and miniaturization: From the small 7.5 mm SQ-100-N
micro motor to the
tiny 1.5 mm SQL-1.5 micro motor in less than 18 months.
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David A. Henderson
Founder, CEO and Chief Technology Officer
David is a technology innovator, experienced business leader, and proven team builder. He has
more than 25 years of experience in engineering, new product introduction, worldwide market development, and profitable business operations. David’s technical expertise is in mechanical and precision systems engineering. He has published or presented numerous papers and holds several patents including the patent for the SQUIGGLE motor.
Before founding New Scale in 2002, David was director of the positioning product division of Burleigh Instruments (now EXFO), where he was responsible for the precision positioning products, markets and applications. Two examples are microinjection tools for transgenic research, and nano-robots for photonics alignment. He has prior experience as a program manager and mechanical engineer with Contraves USA.
David has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. He serves as chairman of the New Scale Technology board of directors.
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Ted Franceschi
CEO and Chief Development Officer
Ted has been forging New Scale’s financial and commercial relationships since early 2005. As an advisor with High Tech Rochester, he was instrumental in arranging New Scale’s 2005 venture financing and securing the 2006 license agreement with Tamron. He was named CDO in 2006 and shares the duties of chief executive with David Henderson.
Ted has more than 25 years of experience with start up, turn-around and blue chip companies. He began his career at Toshiba America Electronic Components, where he held a number of senior executive positions during his 20
year tenure, culminating in his role as senior vice president responsible for the entire $2.5 billion business unit. He then led a number of entrepreneurial ventures, serving as CEO of global IC/IP consulting firm Consequent Partners; COO of fabless semiconductor firm BTI; and executive VP of audio technology company SRS Labs.
Ted is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at High Tech Rochester and serves on New Scale’s board of directors. He has a BS from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Steve Mowers
Chief Financial Officer
Steve has guided New Scale’s financial and business planning since 2004 and joined the company as CFO in 2006. He has 25 years of experience in financial management within the telecommunications, and pharmaceutical sectors.
Steve was previously treasurer and vice president of business planning at Choice One Communications, with responsibility for bank relationships, revenue and cost accounting, business planning, and cash management. He was controller for US operations at ACC (now ATT), and at Fisons pharmaceuticals served as director of finance of the Canadian operations and director of strategic planning for the US operations. He has additional experience as a financial analyst, pricing analyst and cost accountant at telecommunication equipment manufacturing companies Computer Consoles and Sykes Datatraonics.
Steve earned his MBA in Finance from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester and his BS in Accounting from Rochester Institute of Technology.
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David Simpson
Vice President of Marketing and Sales
Dave joined New Scale in 2010 with 24 years of experience in
sales, marketing and operations. He was most recently with New
Scale’s strategic partner austriamicrosystems, where he was
instrumental in introducing New Scale’s SQUIGGLE micro motor to
austriamicrosystems’ worldwide direct sales force and distribution
network. In this role he drove sales, marketing, engineering and
channel activities for the companies’ jointly-developed
micro-mechatronic systems.
Dave has held numerous senior management positions with Fortune 500
as well as start-up companies. He was vice president of North
American sales for Harris Corporation’s semiconductor division, a
$400M business, and director of sales for the Americas at Temic
Semiconductor, a division of Daimler Corporation. He started the
collaboration business unit and managed overall operations as vice
president of E2open, a start-up provider of cloud-based supply chain
management solutions backed by IBM. He has additional experience as
co-founder of web-based collaboration start-up WebPRN, vice
president of Open-Xchange, and president of IGC LLC.
Dave has a BS from the State University of New York at Brockport
with dual concentrations in Marketing and Finance.
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Todd Haran
Vice President of Engineering
Todd leads research, product development and application
engineering at New Scale. He joined the company in 2004 and became
vice president of engineering in 2008.
Todd’s leadership has resulted in numerous product and technology
innovations at New Scale which are the direct result of working
effectively with our global strategic partners. These innovations
include smaller and lower-voltage SQUIGGLE motors and UTAF motors,
advanced ICs for motor drive and TRACKER position sensors, and fully
integrated micro motion systems. Todd’s group has developed numerous
customized products that meet the most demanding needs of customers.
Before joining New Scale, Todd managed the mechanical design of
precision positioning and optical products at EXFO Burleigh products
group. He has prior experience as a structural analyst with GE Power
Systems for new combustion turbine design, and as a consultant with
Turbine Technologies International using finite element analysis (FEA)
techniques to study failures and recommend design and manufacturing
solutions for clients worldwide.
He has a BSMET and an MBA with a concentration in computer integrated
manufacturing and technology management from the Rochester Institute of
Technology.
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Jose J. Coronas
Director
José is a general partner with
Trillium Group, a Rochester, NY-based private equity firm managing early stage venture capital and growth equity funds. He is an experienced executive with strong ties to the health industry. He has served as president of Johnson and Johnson Clinical Diagnostics; vice president and general manager of Kodak's Clinical Diagnostics Division; and president and CEO of Genencor International, a Kodak bio-technology spinoff.
He serves on numerous company boards and is a trustee of Monroe Community College Foundation, Hillside Children's Foundation and Junior Achievement of Rochester. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. John Fisher College.
José earned a BS from the University of Miami and an MBA from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester.
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Bruno B. Glavich
Director
Bruno is founder and CEO of
Applied Image Group, a leading provider of photonic, imaging, and electro-optical components and systems for markets including optics, fiber optics, lighting, medical, communications, scanning, automotive, imaging, and photonics. He is also active in numerous VC equity funding efforts through private equity company Istria, Inc.
Bruno has over 30 years of experience in photonics and imaging, including prior leadership and technical positions at PSC, Inc. and Bausch & Lomb. He is a founding member of the Rochester Region Photonics Cluster (RRPC) for the promotion of optical photonic technology in the Rochester, NY region, and participates in the Saunders College Dean's Advisory Council at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
He earned a BS in photographic and imaging science and an MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and was awarded the RIT School of Business Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1984.
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Peter Loeppert, Ph.D.
Director
Peter has a 30-year record of invention, development and
successful commercialization of microelectronic products. Currently
vice president of research and development at
Knowles Acoustics,
he led the development and commercialization of Knowles’
SiSonicTM silicon
microphone. He also created the first MOS-based microphone circuits
now used in 80% of all hearing aids.
Peter has prior integrated circuit (IC) product development and
commercialization experience with Monolithic Sensors, Gould Electronics
Corporate Research Laboratory and McDonnell Douglas.
He holds a Ph.D. and MS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue
University, and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science from Iowa State University. He has published numerous papers and
holds 15 patents for microelectronic circuits, devices and processes.
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Stefan Thomke, Ph.D.
Director
Stefan is the William Barclay Harding Professor of
Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has taught
and chaired MBA and executive courses on technology & operations
management, product development, R&D and innovation management, and
operations strategy -- both at Harvard Business School and in
individual company programs in the United States and abroad. He is
currently faculty chair of the MBA Required Curriculum, faculty
co-chair of the doctoral program in Science, Technology and
Management (S,T&M), and faculty chair of the Executive Education
Program “Leading Product Development,” which helps business leaders
revamp product development processes for greater competitive
advantage. He has prior experience in electronics and semiconductor
fabrication, and with McKinsey & Company in Germany.
Professor Thomke holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and
Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
where he was awarded a Lemelson-MIT doctoral fellowship for
invention and innovation research. He has BS and MS degrees in
Electrical Engineering and SM degrees in Operations Research and
Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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