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Published Date: Sept. 12, 1997
Company Name: SL Industries Inc.
Address: 520 Fellowship Road, Suite A-114
Mt. Laurel, N.J. 08054
Main Telephone
Number: 609/727-1500
Chief Executive
Officer: Owen Farren
Chief Financial
Officer: James Morris
Investor Relations
Contact: Barbara McBride
Business number: 609/727-1500, ext. 5670
Public Relations
Contact: Neil G. Berkman
Business number: 310/277-5162
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: SL/NYSE and PHLX
Industry: Electronics
Market Makers: Telecommunications, medical, aerospace and
computers
Company description: SL Industries Inc. designs, manufactures and markets proprietary Power and Data Quality (PDQ (Parallel Data Query) A query optimized for massively parallel processors (MPPs). The software breaks down the query into pieces so that several parts of the database can be searched simultaneously. See SMP. ) equipment and systems for a large and growing base of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers in the medical, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , aerospace, defense, industrial and consumer industries. SL's technology portfolio includes AC/DC AC/DC adj. Slang Having a bisexual orientation. [From the likening of a bisexual person to an appliance that works on either alternating or direct current. and DC/DC power supplies; battery chargers; precision electric motors, generators (including flywheel-based generators) and motion control systems; power distribution units; electronic noise filters; surge suppressors A device that provides protection against power surges. See surge suppression. Surge suppressor A device that is designed to offer protection against voltage surges on the power line that supplies electrical energy to the sensitive components in electronic ; and DSP-based microprocessors This is a list of microprocessors. Intel
In the past three years, SL has completed its transformation from a manufacturer of low value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. , relatively low growth specialty products into a supplier of high value added PDQ equipment and systems for growth markets. SL's broad product list, strong balance sheet and rising earnings create a solid platform for sustained growth in the PDQ industry, an industry driven by the increasingly widespread application of electronic and microprocessor-controlled devices in products of all kinds. SL's strategy is to leverage its operating subsidiaries An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. to take advantage of the opportunities for cross selling, reducing costs through manufacturing economies of scale and more efficient absorption of overhead, and integrating its subsidiaries' PDQ technologies through cooperative research and product development. SL plans to supplement these sources of internally-generated growth with acquisitions that contribute additional PDQ products and technologies. CONTACT: SL Industries Inc. |
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