A-Metrics Opens US Research Office

CHARLOTTE, NC (January 15, 2007) — A-Metrics, LLC has opened a US-based research office at the Charlotte Research Institute (CRI) in Charlotte, NC. As the portal for university-business technology partnerships at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, CRI helps to facilitate the development of applied technology. The location will provide A-Metrics researchers the opportunity to engage the university’s faculty and make use of facilities available only at this campus.

“We have found the environment here at CRI and UNC-Charlotte to be very beneficial in developing far-reaching applications for the A-Metrics technology,” noted Dr. Robert A. Hudgins, Vice President Research and Development for A-Metrics. “There is a high degree of interest here in partnering with emerging technology companies to find solutions to industry challenges. That enables us to more rapidly develop uses for our platform technology.”

“The key benefit to the A-Metrics transducer lies in its ability to digitally record discrete, incremental motion steps, each movement being in the sub-angstrom range,” explained Ludwik F. Zon, general manager and president of A-Metrics, LLC. An angstrom measures one tenth of a nanometer, or 10-10 meter. “Plus, the movement range of the conductor is very wide – in the order of millimeters. This is a huge advantage for sensors because the transducer remains accurate throughout that range, unlike today’s analog devices,” Zon continued.