Investors: Press Release
GeckoSystems Securing Manufacturing for Expansion of Elder Care Robot Trials
CONYERS, GA, Apr. 14, 2010 -- GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) -- -- announced today that they will be performing an on site visit of Sparton Corporation's Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) in Brooksfield, FL next week. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging Mobile Service Robot industry revolutionizing their development and usage with "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security, and Service™".
Sparton EMS offers a new prototyping service for electronic assemblies that provides customers several benefits, including time and cost savings, with increased flexibility. Their service provides a stand-alone, dedicated pilot line and engineering lab that offers a means of manufacturing and testing multiple aspects of a customer's existing or newly designed electronic assemblies before it is mass produced. Sparton's new capabilities are compatible with Proof-of-Concept (PoC) prototypes, where product design is still evolving, and Production-Ready (PR) prototypes, where final testing or certifications are the last step prior to full production.
"Sparton's new rapid prototyping service offers our customers direct access to production line equipment, manufacturing engineers, and manufacturing assets during the design cycle," said Gene Vigilante, director, Engineering Services, Sparton Corp. "The prototyping service doesn't timeshare with other production lines, but rather allows our customers access to a fully production-compatible line assembly, dedicated to PoC and PR prototypes, which significantly increases probability of first-time design success and shortens the product's time to market."
"After returning from my visit to Sparton Medical in early February of this year, we realized their focus was on high end medical diagnostic equipment with relatively small batch sizes. Since we consider Sparton to be a first tier contract manufacturer, we are now pleased to be visiting their volume manufacturing facility in FL. Sparton EMS is highly connected to its Pacific Rim manufacturing plant in Vietnam. With low cost touch labor available to us in Asia by way of Sparton EMS, we are very excited about our upcoming review of their facility," reflected Mark Peele, Vice President, R&D, GeckoSystems.
"We will be taking our key people on this upcoming trip and demonstrating a couple of our advanced prototype personal companion robots, the CareBot™ to them. It has been our experience that most electronic contract manufacturers, after reviewing our bill of materials (BOM) and seeing a physical prototype, believe they can ramp up to producing 1,000 CareBots per month within four to six months of inception.
"Our ongoing world's first in home elder care robot trials have been proceeding since early December with several expected confirmations of genuine utility and some unexpected family benefits emerging. Given that we are anticipating pent up demand in the elder care marketplace, identifying manufacturers with this capability and confidence is of considerable importance to us.
"We expect our focus on this kind of critical strategic business planning and execution to increase ROI for our shareholders," concluded Martin Spencer, President/CEO, GeckoSystems.
About Sparton Corporation:
Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA), now in its 110th year, is a provider of complex and sophisticated electromechanical devices with capabilities that include concept development, industrial design, design and manufacturing engineering, production, distribution, and field service to technology-driven companies in the medical device, defense & security systems, and electronic manufacturing services markets. Headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., Sparton currently has four manufacturing locations worldwide. The Company's Web site may be accessed at http://www.sparton.com.