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Teledyne chooses New Bedford for nuclear users
conference…AGAIN
 For
the second year, the City of New Bedford was the first
choice for the annual Quiklook Users Group Meeting
hosted by Teledyne Instruments Test Services, a Marion
company with New Bedford roots.
According to general manager Roger Masson, the event was
a great success. “When last year’s participants were so
impressed by the city’s hospitality and the quality
dinner we enjoyed at the Whaling Museum, we looked for
yet another way to treat them to a New Bedford
experience. We came up with a clambake served inside
Fort Taber. What better way to give our visitors from
all over the country an introduction to New England.”
After their conference sessions in Marion on August 15,
32 participants and several Teledyne staff visited the
Military Museum and then boarded the Union Street
Trolley for a one hour guided tour of the city.
Participants remarked the tour gave them a good sense of
the history and diversity of New Bedford.
Under a tent inside the granite walls of the fort, NBEDC
President Anthony Sapienza welcomed the group, thanking
them for their interest in New Bedford, and explained
the basic role of the Council is to help create and
retain jobs, and that a renewed mission is driving a
specific strategic economic development agenda. “We feel
the responsibility for the future of this city rests
with its citizens, especially those in business,
education and in community leadership roles,” Mr.
Sapienza told the company’s test services business unit,
a group of engineers and managers.
Having invited the group back for their second annual
gathering, Mayor Lang greeted the group and said he was
pleased to see they decided to return. The Mayor
extolled the virtues of the city and doing business in
the city.
“Interest in the city by companies like Teledyne
Instruments shows an appreciation for what this city has
to offer, not only this beautiful and historic setting
here at the end of the peninsula jutting into Buzzards
Bay, but to our legacy as a leader in technology.” The
mayor outlined areas of progress he sees as indicators
for economic development within the strategic goals he
and his administration have set. The mayor told the
group he hopes to see them next year.
With a lineage dating back to the 1930s, this unit of
Teledyne Instruments has a reputation for high-quality,
cost-effective products and technical support services.
With almost 50 years of experience, the company has
provided equipment and analytical services for use in
hostile environments, including temperatures greater
than 550oC and ocean depths of 7 kilometers. In addition
to products, Test Services provides engineering services
for field testing and on-site installation as well as
consultation on stress/strain-related projects.
Matthew Morrissey, Executive Director of the NBEDC said,
“In Teledyne’s case, they have made hundreds of millions
of dollars in acquisitions in Marine Science companies,
and events like these provide us opportunities to share
with them our substantial Marine Science infrastructure
and about locating their Marine Science units here, or
investing in some of our smaller Marine Science
startups. It all begins with a conversation.”
“The 32 participants represent a wide range of US
geography from New Hampshire to Iowa to Georgia to New
Jersey,” said NBEDC executive director Matthew A.
Morrissey. “Once a part of Rodney Metals in New Bedford,
Teledyne’s history links them to the city and their
continued connection has brought an ever-widening
population who have come to know more about the
excellent quality of life we have to offer.”
September 24, 2007 |
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