MASY SYSTEMS NOW NVLAP ACCREDITED TO PERFORM RH CALIBRATIONS
Expands Calibration Laboratory to Meet Customer Demands

Masy Systems, Inc., a leader in validation, calibration, GMP storage and validation equipment rentals for the biotech, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries has expanded its scope of accreditation by NVLAP (National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program) to include RH Calibrations.

Achieving and maintaining NVLAP Accreditation requires ongoing quality efforts.  Calibrations performed by an accredited laboratory such as Masy's assures the highest accuracy calibrations.

In addition to this change in scope, Masy added new equipment improving its already high-end laboratory.  Masy has purchased two Fixed points - Zinc and Tin (419.527°C and 231.928°C) to help with the demand of IRTD and PRT calibrations.  They have also purchased additional Thunder Scientific Chambers for the new customer humidity calibration demands.  A new primary chilled mirror standard was added to the fleet.  Masy also added additional temperature baths to calibrate the DataTrace datalogger product line and the new Masy STS Temperature Probe.

Masy is the only NVLAP Accredited Lab in Greater New England that handles SPRTs and other precision probes.  Masy is NVLAP accredited to ISO:17025 for calibrations, and ISO 9001:2008 certified.  Masy also provides validation and calibration services, equipment rentals, and GMP storage for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

MASY SYSTEMS INCREASES VALIDATION PERSONNEL IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY

Masy Systems, Inc., a leader in validation services for over twenty-five years is pleased to announce the addition of new personnel operating out of a satellite location in Eastern Pennsylvania.  Sylvan Poeckh joined the team in 2011 focusing on service efforts in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey area.  The continued success in this area required additional staffing.  Matt Groff joined the Validation team to provide a local validation service with highly qualified personnel.

Matt Groff joins Masy Systems from the Collegeville, PA area.  Matt was awarded a full-tuition scholarship at the Webb Institute in Glen Cove, NY where he received his B.S. in Naval Architecture/Marine Engineering.  While attending the Webb Institute Matt worked as a pipefitter on the USS Enterprise, spent two months at sea in the engine room of a Chemical tanker and worked in two design offices doing ship stability calculations and 3D modeling.  Matt spent a summer semester at a Long Island company that manufactures pressure gauges, calibration hand pumps and loop calibrators for the gas industry.  This experience, combined with his previous work and school experience spiked his interest in metrology and validation.

"Sylvan's successful relationships with our customers, Matt's strong technical skills, and Clive Smith as Masy's Validation Product Manager allows us to properly address the needs of current and new customers in the local area.  We have a very strong Validation Team able to service a large footprint with excellent, local representation" said Jason Daoust, Masy's Business Development Manager.

Masy's Validation division provides validation services for sterilizers, chambers and warehouses for numerous clients in North America.  The company is NVLAP accredited to ISO 17025 for calibrations, and ISO 9001 certified.  Masy provides validation and calibration services, equipment rentals, and GMP storage for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

MassDevelopment Financing Package Helps Pepperell's Masy Systems Expand

Pepperell, MA – Tuesday, February 12, 2013 -- MassDevelopment has provided $1.4 million in loans to Masy Systems, Inc. of Pepperell for the purchase and installation of a state-of-the-art, environmentally-controlled storage facility for Masy’s customers in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.  The loan was underwritten through the SBA 504 program with the services of BDC Capital of New England as the conduit lender for the subordinate debenture portion of the loan.  The company used this new financing to expand its biorepository facility space six-fold, the majority of which will be used for -75° Celsius storage so that area companies and research institutions can maintain key biologic compounds used in research and development. In 2009, MassDevelopment provided $700,000 in financing for the first phase of their biorepository; the latest expansion will make the Masy facility one of the largest commercial biorepositories in the Northeast.

“Watching one of our clients grow is always exciting, but investing in its new expansion is even more satisfying,” said MassDevelopment President and CEO Marty Jones. “Masy Systems provides valuable services to the Commonwealth’s vibrant life sciences and biopharmaceutical industry sectors. This project will seek to enhance and complement those services and provide valuable space to their customers and partners.”

Since 1984, Masy Systems has provided an expanding array of services to its clients including validation and calibration services, equipment sales and rentals, datalogging and monitoring and the expanding biopharma storage services. The company, which has grown an average of 30 percent per year for the last five years, plans to add at least seven new jobs with this facility expansion, bringing their total employment level in Pepperell to over 60 people.

"This expansion was driven by customer demand," said Laurie Masiello, Masy Systems, Inc. President.  "Our growth has come from not only new customers, but our existing customers asking us to do more.  It is gratifying that they place their trust in us to safeguard their products in the conditions they require."

MassDevelopment, the state’s finance and development agency, works with businesses, nonprofits, financial institutions, and communities to stimulate economic growth across the Commonwealth. During FY2011, MassDevelopment financed or managed more than 300 projects generating investment of $3.8 billion in the Massachusetts economy. These projects are projected to create more than 10,000 jobs (2,547 permanent and 8,129 construction) and build or rehabilitate more than 1,000 residential units.

Masy Systems Adds Key Personnel Supporting the Local Community and Returning Veterans
Continues to strengthen the Validation, Calibration and Biostorage  Departments

Pepperell, MA – Wednesday, September 26, 2012 -- Masy Systems, Inc., a leader in validation, calibration and GMP storage services is pleased to announce many additions to the Masy team.  These additions bring a variety of expertise to our Calibration, Biorepository and Validation departments, increasing the ability to meet customer requirements and adding to Masy's regulatory compliance.

Christine Scully, a longtime Pepperell resident, joined our Calibration department as a Calibration Technician.  Christine's roots grow deep in Pepperell.  Her grandfather was the prior highway surveyor of Pepperell, her uncle is a deputy chief on the Pepperell Fire Department and her great Aunt owns a local hair salon.  Joining a strong Pepperell-based company like Masy was a natural move.

Christine served on active duty with the US Army for four years and deployed to Iraq for 16 months as a Counterintelligence Agent and Human Intelligence Collector.  After her tour in the military she returned to Pepperell and is currently serving in the US Army reserves.  Christine's experience in the Army gave her a unique set of skills from leadership and discipline to integrity and trainability.  Christine's Pepperell roots, her military experience and the qualities she learned in the Army make a great fit for Masy.

Laurie Masiello, Masy Systems' President, is excited Christine has joined the Masy team.  “Christine’s military background provides a strong foundation to learn the technical intricacies of our calibration processes.  We appreciate her service to our country and welcome her back home to Pepperell.”

Masy will be opening a new -75°C Storage Facility in late 2012.  This expansion in the GMP Storage area has resulted in the hiring of three staff members, all with connections to Pepperell.  Ian Cook, Rachel Casazza and Michelle Mayer joined Masy as Biorepository Assistants.  Ian grew up in Pepperell and recently moved to Townsend.  He graduated from North Middlesex Regional High School (NMRHS) and is now studying Mechanical Engineering at UMass Lowell.  Rachel grew up in and currently lives in Pepperell, and graduated from NMRHS.  She furthered her education and recently graduated  from Saint Anselm College.  Michelle currently lives in Pepperell as well.  She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from UMass Amherst and is on target to receive her Biotechnology Degree from Mount Wachusett Community College in the Fall of 2012.  Since joining Masy, Michelle has also completed DOT Shipper and International Air Shipping training courses and recently was promoted to Biorepository Supervisor.  Ian, Rachel and Michelle strengthen a busy department that has seen an outstanding amount of growth since it opened three years ago.

John Coolidge, Masy's Biorepository Manager added, “The new facility represents a sextupling of -75°C storage space at Masy Systems.  The expansions allows Masy to further capitalize on economy of scale to offer affordable and high quality ultra low temperature storage to our clients in the pharmaceutical and life science industries.”

Clive Smith comes to Masy with over 25 years of broad international and domestic customer interaction as well as sales channel educational development in the controls/automation/instrumentation business.  His extensive Life Sciences industry experience and expertise, comprehensive sales support, business development and marketing capabilities will increase the company's ability to best communicate the true value and quality of what Masy delivers.  Clive is also a published author of several industry white papers and magazine articles.

John Masiello, Masy Systems' Executive Vice President, welcomes Clive to join our growing sales team as the Validation Services Product Manager.  “Clive will provide our customers a wealth of expertise from his extensive technical experience in the regulated industries.  I am looking forward to introducing him to our valued validation customers.”