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July 17, 2008

Mark Gorder, CEO of IntriCon Corporation, Rings the NASDAQ Closing Bell

July 15, 2008

IntriCon Tibbetts Exhibits at NATIA in San Jose

May 20, 2008

IntriCon Tibbetts Exhibits at 2008 SOFIC
Special Operations Forces Industry Conference.

May 23, 2007

IntriCon Completes Acquisition,
Camden Facility operating as IntriCon Tibbetts Corp.

April 20, 2007

IntriCon Announces Agreement to Acquire Tibbetts Industries.

January 10, 2007

Tibbetts Combines Technical Resources for Improved Customer Support.

June 26, 2006

Tibbetts Celebrates 60 Years in Camden, Maine

October 15, 2003

Tibbetts Industries Announces Audiocoil Joint Venture

March 31, 2003

Global Cooperation Benefits Hearing Health
 

July 17, 2008
 

Mark Gorder, CEO of IntriCon Corporation, Rings the NASDAQ Closing Bell

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - New York, NY.

Mark Gorder, CEO of IntriCon Corporation, today presided over the closing bell at NASDAQ, accompanied by the IntriCon management team. IntriCon is a designer, developer, manufacturer and distributor of miniature and micro-miniature medical and electronics products.


For full details, please see the NASDAQ web page.



This link provides a PDF version of the NASDAQ announcement. Also available is a video of the event .

IntriCon is the parent company of IntriCon Tibbetts Corp, and was recently named to FORTUNE Small Business magazine’s 2008 list of the 100 fastest-growing small companies in America. The “FSB 100” list appears in the July/August issue of FORTUNE Small Business magazine and is available at this link. IntriCon is #22 on the FSB 100 list.

In addition, IntriCon is the focus of a FSB 100 feature titled, “A Champion of Reinvention.” The article may be viewed at this link or at this PDF version .

Further information about IntriCon can be found on the IntriCon Website.


 

July 15, 2008
 

IntriCon Tibbetts Exhibits at NATIA in San Jose

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - San Jose, CA

IntriCon Tibbetts Corp makes its annual appearance at the 3-day NATIA Technology Exhibition this week. NATIA (National Technical Investigators’ Association) is a non-profit law enforcement educational association whose purpose is to further knowledge and skills for law enforcement and intelligence professionals supporting technical surveillance, tactical operations, and forensic activities. IntriCon Tibbetts will be available to discuss audio and video surveillance kits, cabled microphones and pre-amplifiers, as well as our expertise with related areas.

 

May 20, 2008
 

IntriCon Tibbetts Exhibits at 2008 SOFIC
Special Operations Forces Industry Conference.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Tampa, FL

IntriCon Tibbetts Corp is this week exhibiting at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference at Tampa Convention Center. This event part of Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week, a series of events bringing various SOF and SOF-related entities together for a week of interaction and exchange. IntriCon Tibbetts will showcase the expertise it brings to development of miniature acoustic sensors, digital signal processing, and miniaturization of low-power assemblies utilizing these technologies.

 

May 23, 2007
 

IntriCon Completes Acquisition,
Camden Facility operating as IntriCon Tibbetts Corp.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - ST. PAUL, Minn.

IntriCon Corporation (AMEX: IIN), a designer, developer, manufacturer and distributor of miniature and micro-miniature medical and electronics products, today announced it has completed its $4.5 million acquisition of privately held Tibbetts Industries, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of microphone and receiver components used in hearing aids and medical devices.
In the transaction, previously announced in April 2007, IntriCon acquired substantially all of Tibbetts’ assets. Tibbetts’ management is remaining with IntriCon and serving in their current roles. The Camden facility is proudly operating as "IntriCon Tibbetts Corporation"


For full details, please see the Press Release

IntriCon was formerly known as Resistance Technology Inc. (RTI), and has been a business partner for Tibbetts for many years. Further information about IntriCon can be found on the IntriCon Website.

 

April 20, 2007
 

IntriCon Announces Agreement to Acquire Tibbetts Industries.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - ST. PAUL, Minn.

IntriCon Corporation (AMEX: IIN), a designer, developer, manufacturer and distributor of miniature and micro-miniature medical and electronics products, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Tibbetts Industries, a designer and manufacturer of microphone and receiver components used in hearing aids and medical devices. Tibbetts’ management will remain with IntriCon, serving in their current roles.

For full details, please see the Press Release

IntriCon was formerly known as Resistance Technology Inc. (RTI), and has been a business partner for Tibbetts for many years. Further information about IntriCon can be found on the IntriCon Website.

 

January 10, 2007
 

Tibbetts Combines Technical Resources for Improved Customer Support.

Tibbetts Industries, a recognized leader in acoustic transducer development and manufacturing, has reorganized its technical resources to provide enhanced support for its customers in the various markets served.

This reorganization combines the technical staff supporting transducer development and manufacturing with the technical talent supporting its Security Products division. With the breadth and depth of the products and services we provide, this will improve our capabilities by pooling these engineering and technical resources for better alignment to meet our customers' needs.

In combination with our recent expansion into our new "Building 600" in Camden Maine, all customers benefit as we now have ready access to a larger pool of talent as needed for customer programs, quick-reaction needs, and product development.

For more information, feel free to Contact Us
 

June 26, 2006
 

Tibbetts Celebrates 60 Years in Camden, Maine
Tibbetts Industries celebrated 60 years of business in Camden Maine this week. The celebration included an outdoor luncheon for all employees, as well as numerous guests and dignitaries.

For further information, see the Camden Herald news article in PDF Text, or view the original article with photos by clicking the image below





 

October 15, 2003

 

Tibbetts Industries Announces Audiocoil Joint Venture

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Nuernberg, Germany

At the 2003 UHA Congress, Tibbetts Industries publicly announced an agreement to create Global Coils SAGL, a 50/50 joint venture with R. Audemars SA. This new company will exclusively serve the specialized and evolving needs of the Hearing Health market. Since 1994 the two parent companies have worked together in the field of implantable medical devices. Building on this relationship, the long-time partners combined industry know-how, engineering expertise, and the latest micro-manufacturing processes to form the first international coil supplier exclusively serving the Hearing Health market. Global Coils offers the audiocoil technology and components needed by today's world-class hearing instrument manufacturers.

The mission of this joint venture is to be the most reliable and effective partner serving the Hearing Health industry in the research, development, and manufacture of audiocoil (telecoil) components. The goal of Global Coils SAGL is to deliver products that provide the best value to hearing instrument manufacturers and the best experience to hearing instrument consumers when using telephones, assistive listening devices and other wireless communication devices.

Beginning December 1, 2003 all Hearing Health audiocoil products previously available from Tibbetts Industries and R. Audemars SA will be available exclusively through Global Coils SAGL. Full details about the joint venture and its full line of passive, active, surface mount and RF audiocoils are available at www.globalcoils.com.

About the partner companies:

Tibbetts Industries, Inc. was founded in 1945 as a developer and manufacturer of miniature electro-acoustic transducers for the Hearing Health industry. Tibbetts is recognized as a pioneer in the development of miniature transducer and telecoil technology and the company's components can be found in hearing instruments of nearly all major manufacturers. Today the company also produces transducer and coil products that serve the implantable medical device, communications, law enforcement, and security industries worldwide.

R. Audemars was founded as an independent company in 1945 but has a history dating back to 1898 when the family enterprise started producing components for the Swiss watch industry. Today the company produces telecoils for international hearing instrument manufacturers and produces a variety of micro-technology products used in a range of industries including timepiece, automotive, medical, photonics, communications, and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).
R. Audemars SA is certified ISO 9001:2000.

 

March 31, 2003
 

Global Cooperation Benefits Hearing Health

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Shizuoka, JAPAN & Camden, ME USA

Star Micronics and Tibbetts Industries publicly announced an agreement to market microphones and balanced armature receivers to serve the Hearing Health and Commercial markets.

"Tibbetts developed a successful relationship with Star Micronics while consulting on the design of Star's electret microphones and balanced armature receivers. Expanding our relationship through this agreement greatly benefits the customers of both companies," said Donald Sweet, President of Tibbetts Industries. "Products designed by Tibbetts Industries have served the Hearing Health industry for over 50 years. Our technological contributions combined with Star's expertise in automated manufacturing have resulted in high-quality components at production volumes previously unavailable to this industry."

Mr. Masahiro Kato, Group President of Star Micronics, added "Our relationship with Tibbetts, along with Star's automated production can manufacture large quantities, of a better product, with outstanding quality and price performance. We feel this will help to serve our customers, and ultimately the world, with a more cost effective solution to hearing impairment, as well as opening new applications for communications and high-fidelity headsets."

Through a global sales agreement between the companies, Tibbetts Industries has been authorized to act as a value-added distributor of Star microphones and balanced armature receivers world-wide with exclusive Hearing Health Market VAR rights in the United States.

About Star Micronics
Star Micronics Company, Ltd., began manufacturing precision parts in 1947. Since then, it has grown to become an internationally respected manufacturer of precision electronic components, printers and machine tools. Extensive technical expertise, amassed from years of experience in precision technology, led to the creation of a wide array of high quality products ranging from receipt printers and computer printers, high precision machine tools, to audio products including transducers, speakers, receivers and , microphones. Star's components are currently consumed by many major manufacturers in the Cellular Handset, Computer-PDA, Instrumentation, Medical and Automotive markets.

About Tibbetts Industries
Founded in 1945, Tibbetts Industries designs and manufactures miniature electro-magnetic and electro-acoustic transducers. Products include balanced armature receivers (high-output speakers), microphones, electro-magnetic telemetry coils and hearing aid telecoils. Tibbetts' products are used in hearing aids, implantable medical devices and communications equipment world-wide. Expertise in the design of miniature acoustic components has led the company to recently expand into law enforcement and security equipment.
 
 
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