Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISSYS) announced that it has completed its 2010 manufacturing expansion project, adding 5,400 square feet to its existing facility. The expansion is dedicated to manufacturing of system-level products based on ISSYS MEMS chips that are fabricated in its current cleanroom facility. The expansion includes assembly lines, production laboratories, clean assembly and packaging rooms as well as calibration areas for both medical and industrial products. The new floor space also includes a combination cleanroom and Faraday cage for final assembly and calibration area with capacity for over 10,000 units per year of ISSYS' wireless, batteryless medical implants. The company’s fabrication facilities are located near Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Dr. Nader Najafi, ISSYS President and CEO, stated that, "ISSYS' MEMS cleanroom facility has the capacity to produce several thousand MEMS chips. The expansion area allows ISSYS to manufacture system-level products based on these enabling MEMS chips. These products include wireless, batteryless, sensing implants (applications include congestive heart failure and traumatic brain injuries), and industrial fluidic devices such as density and flow meters."
According to Doug Sparks, Executive VP of ISSYS, this new manufacturing site will allow ISSYS to ramp up the production of its MEMS based microdensity sensors and eventually the micro mass flow meters based on the Coriolis effect. The company's latest product, a MEMS based density meter, is gaining traction in the monitoring of fuel and petrochemical quality, fuel custody transfer, fuel type and fuel blending markets. Its small size and added features gives it an advantage over current density meters based on steel resonating tubes. Phase I expansion accommodates production of over 10,000 industrial units per year.
ISSYS is a developer and provider of MEMS technologies for industrial, medical devices, microfluidic and scientific analytical sensing applications. Founded in 1995, the company is one of the oldest independent MEMS companies in the US.
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