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Insyte Honors Local Companies on June 19, 2008

Insyte Honors Local Companies

Ben Rand, Insyte Consulting (2nd from left) presents awards to
Jim Masiello, accepting for ATTO Technology (far left)
Brian Sampson, accepting for Empire State Development Corp. (2nd from right)
and Chad Werts, accepting for Accellent Inc. (far right).

Buffalo NY, June 2008 — Insyte Consulting honored Accellent Inc., ATTO Technology Inc. and Empire State Development Corporation as part of a celebration of 25 years of supporting technology development and manufacturing excellence in Western New York. The event will take place June 19th at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society on Nottingham Court in Buffalo.

Insyte Consulting uses it annual Affiliates Reception to honor local companies exemplifying technology, manufacturing and business excellence. Founded in 1982, Insyte Consulting has been a significant contributor to the development and transformation of local businesses by providing business and manufacturing consulting services. 

“We are pleased to honor these companies. In doing so, we recognize their commitment to improve their global competitiveness and position themselves as the "next generation" manufacturing and technology companies in our community,” according to Insyte president Benjamin Rand. 

Accellent Inc.

Accellent is an OEM contract manufacturer of precision parts, particularly titanium and other light metals, for the medical and critical-care industries. Major operations include both machining and metal injection molding. The company’s products are sold nationally and internationally to such high profile customers as Johnson & Johnson, Arthex and Bausch & Lomb. The current employment level is nearly 300 people at the two local manufacturing operations. Accellent has put considerable emphasis on the implementation of modern manufacturing practices with particular emphasis on product quality.  The company was one of the first in the WNY area to become ISO-9001, ISO 13485 (medical products) and cGMP-certified.

ATTO Technology Inc.

ATTO Technology is a storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions provider for data intensive computing environments. ATTO designs and manufactures high- performance products including host and RAID adapters, interface bridges, RAID storage controllers, virtual tape appliances, and management software with storage interface connectivity to SCSI, SATA, iSCSI, SAS and Fibre Channel. ATTO Technology was founded in 1988 as a two-person, start-up technology company at the UB Foundation Incubator, managed by Insyte Consulting (formerly the Western New York Technology Development Center). The company is located in Amherst, NY and currently employs more than 135 people.
 

Empire State Development Corporation - Western Region (ESD)

ESD has been a partner and sponsor of Insyte Consulting for twenty-five years. The staff of ESD has worked collaboratively with Insyte personnel with many manufacturing and technology start-ups throughout WNY. In addition, this organization has helped fund numerous business expansion and retention projects through its various lending and grant programs. In recent years ESD has also contributed significantly to work force development through its training grant programs and the Industrial Effectiveness Program (IEP) and the Environmental Investment Program (EIP).
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