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Industry Expert and Visionary to Lead the Company’s Innovation in Manufacturing, Quality, and Intelligence
Charlotte, NC — March 24, 2008 — Camstar Systems, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Manufacturing, Quality and Intelligence solutions, announced today that Karim Lokas has been named Vice President of Marketing and Product Strategy. Lokas, a noted industry expert and visionary in manufacturing execution and quality systems, will expand the product management and marketing function to support the company’s rapid global expansion and continued innovation in delivering their state-of-the-art manufacturing, quality, and intelligence platform.
Lokas has been instrumental in developing and positioning Camstar’s industry-tailored solutions and new product portfolio, which integrates manufacturing and quality processes to drive greater efficiency, visibility, collaboration, and compliance for manufacturers across multiple industries.
The move was precipitated by the company’s rapid growth and global expansion. Camstar has more than doubled over the last two years and the company will continue to build and enhance the organization in order to meet and exceed the expectations of its rapidly expanding base of global customers.
Camstar’s fully configurable applications, industry-specific solutions, rapid implementation methodology, and strong customer focus have led its customers to realize benefits such as improved yields, faster time to volume, shorter cycle times and increased control and visibility for better decision making. Proven customer business value coupled with increasing demand to replace legacy manufacturing systems that are no longer viable in the current global business environment account for Camstar’s recent explosive growth.
“The increasing demand for Camstar’s world class Enterprise Manufacturing, Quality and Intelligence solutions and the company’s continued commitment to innovation have driven this investment in our marketing function,” said Scott Toney, President and CEO of Camstar Systems. “The move provides better alignment between Marketing and Product Strategy. Lokas combines a strong understanding of both the sales and marketing process with deep product knowledge. He has a proven track record at building process, delivering market-driven solutions, and encouraging innovative thought.”
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is the provider of the first Enterprise Manufacturing, Quality and Intelligence platform with industry-specific solutions for Medical Devices, Semiconductor, Biotech, Electronics, Solar and Metals. For over 20 years, Camstar has been providing innovative solutions to help businesses rapidly boost the performance of their distributed manufacturing operations by delivering complete visibility, process enforcement and continuous improvement. Using Camstar solutions, customers have achieved rapid growth and efficiency with the highest quality.
More than 100 leading companies, including Johnson & Johnson, BIOTRONIK, Zeiss, KCI, CIBA Vision ZOLL, Roche Diagnostics, Abbott, Favrille, Applied Biosystems, Finisar, AMD, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Amkor, Corning, Renesas, SCHOTT, Aleris and Sony Ericsson, rely on Camstar as a trusted software partner. For more information, please visit www.camstar.com .
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