Penn State Intercom......July 12, 2001

Firm to locate center
in Innovation Park

SaRonix of Menlo Park, Calif., a manufacturer of frequency and timing control components used in electronic products, will establish a design center in Innovation Park at Penn State later this year.

Gov. Tom Ridge announced the company's decision June 26 at a gathering of information technology professionals and business leaders in Pittsburgh.

Innovation Park, the University's research park, is home to more than 35 businesses and organizations that employ about 750 people.

The Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, a Ridge initiative, provided resources to help SaRonix make the move to Innovation Park.

Craig M. Taylor, SaRonix vice president and chief technology officer, said the company investigated a number of different sites for the design center. He said they chose Innovation Park because of the access to the world-class research, faculty and talent of the University and to benefit from the core of tech companies growing within the region.

The Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse is a nonprofit organization that brings together the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a consortium of leading high-tech firms, Penn State, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh. A special emphasis of the greenhouse is to develop next-generation digital video and digital networking technology.

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