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NOV 2015

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www.sea-technology.com November 2015 / st 13 T he year 2015 is a platinum year for Massa Products Corp., and business is thriving. The Massa Family company was founded in 1945 as Massa Laboratories by Frank Massa, an industry pioneer in electroacoustics. He was heralded by Sea Technology (November 1989) in the ST Special Report "Sonar Transducers: A History", which stated: "Frank Massa is considered by most the 'father' of modern sonar transducer development." The company has resonated in the industry over the past 70 years and has evolved to embody what their tagline decrees: "Genera- tions ahead in sonar and ultrasonic technology." Massa maintains both family ownership and leadership, and still "prides itself on making products that no other frm has been able to do," according to then-Sea Technol- ogy editor David M. Graham in the magazine's November 1985 issue. This is the case with both military contracts and commercial en- deavors, setting Massa apart in industry as the company that does not just de- liver products, but delivers solutions, too. They do this by combining strong production engineering with creative electroacoustic designs. More than 160 fundamental pat- ents in the feld of electroacoustics were written by, and awarded to, Frank Massa (founder, former president, CTO, chairman), Frank Massa Jr. (for- mer president), and Donald P. Massa (current president, CTO, chairman). In sonar, from 1945 to 2015, Massa has been awarded more than 650 devel- opment and production contracts for sonar transducers and systems used by the U.S. and Allied navies, with more than 60 having been received during the past fve years. Massa also produces transducers for the commercial oceanographic com- munity for use in systems such as sub- bottom profling and seafoor map- ping. In addition, it has developed hundreds of different ultrasonic transducers and systems that operate in air for use in the industrial marketplace and has mass produced millions for numerous OEM customers. They are used in a variety of industries, including non- contact level and distance measurement, remote control, intrusion alarms, collision avoidance, and fow meters. Massa is one of the only companies today that designs and manufactures sonar and ultrasonic transducers and systems for both the military and private sectors. The strong in-house collaboration between production engineering and design engineering, originally established by Frank Massa, still exists from concept to fnished goods. An emphasis upon quality, reliability and value are what allow Massa to maintain an edge in the marketplace. MASSA Celebrates 70 Years Of Innovation and Invention The 70,000-sq. ft. Massa plant in Hingham, Massachusetts, contains totally integrated electroacoustic design, manufac- turing and test facilities. ST Company Profle

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