EL MONTE, Calif.— Miller Dial, LLC, a pioneering figure in product identification solutions and user interface component manufacturing, today announced it has acquired Innovative Components Company (INCO). The Simi Valley, Calif., elastomeric keypad manufacturer has specialized in providing exemplary service and quality to its nationwide customer base since 1982. Miller Dial’s acquisition ofINCO bolsters its position as the industry leader in high quality, low-cost production.

Miller Dial President Jim Kaldem felt increasing demand for smaller, service-oriented manufacturers, such as INCO, to offer more competitive pricing made the acquisition a natural fit for both companies.

“This is not our first acquisition of a company dealing with the competitive pricing demands of this market,” said Kaldem. “We have acquired other companies that have a long history of phenomenal customer support, but struggled to meet increased pressure to reduce prices.”

Miller Dial, through a strong combination of excellent engineering and economies of scale can offer substantial cost advantages to the customers of smaller companies like INCO.

“Equal or superior service levels coupled with significant longer-term price advantages are the goals that we drive for with each of these acquisitions,” commented Bob Montano, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Miller Dial.

Homer Bastug, INCO’s Founder and General Manager, believes INCO’s customers will be excited about the acquisition.

“The majority of our customers have been with INCO for over 25 years,” said Bastug. “I’m happy they will continue to receive the high-level of customer support and quality INCO has provided over the years. Now they will have the best of both worlds with Miller Dial’s ability to offer low-cost production options.”

About Miller Dial

Based in El Monte, Calif., Miller Dial is an internationally-recognized manufacturer of graphic product identification solutions and user interface components, including metal and plastic nameplates, domed labels, decals, graphic overlays, membrane switches, rubber keypads, touch screens and LCDs. In cooperation with these products, Miller Dial is duly recognized as a leader in cost-effective subassemblies. The company’s 70-plus years of experience in product identification and user interface manufacturing, combined with its strategic partnerships with PCB manufacturers, plastic injection molders and other highly qualified manufacturers, allows Miller Dial to take your product from concept to completion without cost complexity and the hassle of dealing with multiple suppliers. To learn more about Miller Dial visit www.millerdial.com or call 800.989.3645. Miller Dial is a Quantum Ventures of Michigan company. For more information about Quantum and its companies visit www.qvmllc.com.

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California Manufacturer Making Product Concepts a Reality in Record Time with New Prototyping Program

EL MONTE, Calif.— Miller Dial, LLC, a pioneering figure in product identification solutions and user interface component manufacturing, today announced it has furthered its commitment to delivering the industry’s fastest turnaround time on prototypes with the introduction of Two-day Graphic Overlays. The quick-turn prototype program combines Miller Dial’s signature quality and design innovation with low-cost production to offer customers up to 10 plastic overlays, nameplates or labels just two days after the final lay-out is approved.

“Beating competitors to market with new products or conveying visual concepts in product design is vital to our customers,” said Miller Dial General Manager Jim Kaldem. “Creating a well defined quick-turn prototype program like Two-day Graphic Overlays illustrates Miller Dial’s dedication to helping customers reduce product development cycles.”

Designed as a solution for time critical projects such as tradeshows and new product introductions, Two-day Graphic Overlays can also play an integral role in concept model presentations and industrial design evaluation. The prototype program can be used to create non-functional models of membrane keypads, front panels and displays. When customers are ready to move beyond the prototype stage, the same Miller Dial engineers and technicians that created the prototype will be responsible for the design and fabrication of the product at the company’s manufacturing facility in El Monte, Calif., or one of its close offshore partner factories.

Miller Dial is proud to be a strong leader in offering the best in rubber keypads. Miller Dial rubber keypads can be described as being both top of the line as well as truly amazing when it comes to quality, durability, and more. Miller Dial also excels at getting all of our customers needs met. This is especially true with Miller Dial’s rubber keypads.

Miller Dial’s rubber keypads are created with high quality in mind. Let’s face it, when you need your application to work, you don’t want to have to be fooling with rubber keypads that aren’t going to meet your exact needs and specifications. You need rubber keypads that are going to be above and beyond in real quality, usability, dependability, and more. That’s why you should get the difference with Miller Dial and our real quality rubber keypads. Miller Dial rubber keypads will never let you down, and never fail in providing you the best in real quality for exactly what you need.

Get the best today with Miller Dial, and our rubber keypads. Let Miller Dial show you why we’re the real difference makers in getting rubber keypads that go to work for you, and more. Miller Dial rubber keypads are simply amazing and simply the best in quality, because that’s the Miller Dial difference.

Miller Dial is proud to be a true leader in creating the best with our real quality membrane switches. Miller Dial membrane switches are extensive and they are created with the highest of quality in mind. Miller Dial is proud to offer custom membrane switches that are truly tope of the line.

The real difference with Miller Dial membrane switches is that we can create them with your specific needs in mind, so that your project is a huge success. Miller Dial truly cares about the success of your project and your vision, and that’s why we want you to get the absolute best membrane switches with an amazing turn around time. Furthermore, Miller Dial’s membrane switches are competitive in pricing, so you won’t have to worry about going over budget to get the best possible membrane switches.

You can get the best possible membrane switches for the needs of your project. Let Miller Dial membrane switches provide you with the top of the line products that you need for your application and more. Miller Dial membrane switches; the real difference, the real quality, the satisfied customer, that’s business with Miller Dial.

The Apollo 11 space flight landed the first humans on Earth’s Moon on July 20, 1969. The mission, carried out by the United States, is considered a major accomplishment in human exploration and represented a victory by the U.S. in the Cold War Space Race with the Soviet Union.

Many of the leading manufacturers of the time were contracted to fabricate components for the mission. Miller Dial was contracted to manufacture around 100 lunar plaques. These plaques were made out of stainless steel and were 9″ x 7 5/8″.

The plaque was attached to the ladder on the descent stages of the lunar module. The remainder went to pivotal people who contributed to the Apollo mission and were given out as mementos to foreign governments through various United States Embassies immediately after the flight.

All of the plaques bear facsimiles of the participating astronauts’ signatures. The Apollo 11 plaque bears a facsimile of the signature of President Richard Nixon.

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