Poly-Scientific Company Information

	1951	Electro-Tec opens facility in Blacksburg, Virginia, to manufacture miniature slip ring assemblies. It is the first manufacturing plant in Blacksburg and is owned by George and James Pandapas. It is a division of the Electro-Tec Corporation located in New Jersey.

	1953	Poly-Scientific founded in Blacksburg, Virginia, by Mr. James Pandapas.

	1955	First Poly-Scientific slip ring products are introduced to the military/aerospace market.

Litton	1962	Poly-Scientific and Clifton Precision are purchased by Litton Industries.

	1965	Slip rings are supplied for space exploration.

	1967	Motor manufacturing plant in Murphy, North Carolina opened.

	1969	Man's first moon landing with vehicle utilizing Poly-Scientific slip rings, synchros and resolvers.

	1975	World's largest slip ring, weighing 8.5 tons and 11 feet tall, was designed and built by Poly-Scientific.

	1977	Poly-Scientific issued first of 28 patents, including fiber brush contact technology.

	1977	First Trident IMU shipped and first high voltage CAT scan slip ring shipped.

	1978	First fiber optic rotary joint (FORJ) designed and developed.

	1983	Electronic facility opened in Blacksburg Virginia to manufacture commercial slip rings and security products.

	1985	High volume manufacturing of brushless motors for computer disk drives.

	1986	Slip rings for commercial CCTV applications with 360 degree rotation introduced.

	1987	Electronic Locator Transmitter (ELT) product line introduced.

	1988	Hybrid fiber optic transceiver produced for Eurofigher program.

IBM	1989	1,000,000th computer disk drive motor shipped to IBM Corporation.

	1989	TQM program and Quality Education System launched.

	1991	Products served in Desert Storm operations aboard the Patriot missile.

	1992	Consolidation of Clifton Precision and Special Devices into the Litton Poly-Scientific Division. Added brush and brushless motors, resolvers, actuators and avionic instruments.

MEMS	1994	Poly-Scientific implemented silicon micro machining (MEMS) facility and introduced militarized fiber optic switch.

NASA	1995	Slip rings passed the 13 year life test mark for NASA.

	1997	Poly-Scientific finalized division-wide upgrade to state-of-the-art Enterprise Information System (EIS).

	1998	Built first IMT space solar array drive.

	1999	First CAT Scan slip ring/FORJ shipped.

	2000	Introduced fiber optic switch to commercial markets.

	2000	Introduced controllers for brushless DC motor product line.

	2000	Poly-Scientific introduced multi-channel on-axis FORJ.

	2000	Addition of Fiber Optic Modem (FOM) product line.

Northrop Grumman	2001	Poly-Scientific acquired by Northrop Grumman.

	2002	Introduced motors with integral drives.

	2002	Poly-Scientific manufacturing facility was opened in Brno, Czech Republic.

	2003	Poly-Scientific celebrated 50th anniversary.

	2003	Poly-Scientific is saddened by the loss of its founder. Mr. James Pandapas, 1915 - 2003

	2003	Northrop Grumman's Poly-Scientific Division is acquired by Moog, and becomes Moog Components Group.

	2004	Silencer Series BN line expanded with high speed versions (BN12HS, BN23HS, BN34HS).

	2004	Moog Components Group introduces Digital Drives.

	2004	Expanded international customer support in South America, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Russia, Singapore, South America.

	2004	Implemented Six Sigma, a process improvement system.

	2005	Moog acquires Electro-Tec, Focal Technologies and IDM Electronics expanding the product offering. New technologies added: • FRU (Fluid Rotary Unit) • Improved slip ring bandwidth capability • Alternate slip ring manufacturing process using electro- deposited rings

	2007	Moog acquires TCP (Thermal Control Products Inc.), specializing in the design, prototype and manufacture of electronic cooling and air moving systems.

	2007	Moog acquires Techtron Corporation, a Florida based company that designs and manufactures slip ring for a variety of commercial applications.

PRIZM	2007	Moog acquires PRIZM Advanced Communications Electronics, Inc. PRIZM specializes in the design and manufacture of fiber optic and wireless video and data multiplexers used in commercial and military subsea markets.