Ragosta named to new COO position.

Warwick RI, USA, November 1, 2002- RITEC is pleased to announce executve changes effective immediately. Michael A. Ragosta who has served as Vice President of RITEC, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer.

National Science Foundation awards additional SBIR Grant to RITEC

Warwick RI, USA, June 16, 2002- RITEC proudly acknowledges receipt of an additional award from the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program from the National Science Foundation. The grant will be used for a project entitled, "SBIR Phase IIB: Acoustic Microcavitation Assisted Fine Cleaning of Post-Chemical Mechanical Planarizing (CMP) Wafers" under the direction of Mark J. McKenna. The grant is for continuing research on semiconductor cleaning and extends the Phase II SBIR grant awarded in May 1, 2000. This award expires April 30, 2003.

RITEC's award was the only SBIR grant for the state of Rhode Island, and represents one of only 196 Phase II grants awarded nationally by the NSF. The acceptance rate for SBIR proposals is approximately 10%. RITEC will be collaborating with the Kansas State University in performing the research under this grant, designed to prototype a small, efficient ultrasonic cleaner for the semiconductor industry.

SNAP application seminar scheduled for June in Korea

Warwick RI, USA, April 17, 2002- RITEC. and its Korean representative, MKC Korea, are pleased to an application seminar to be presented at the Korean Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) on June 17, 2002. The seminar will be presented by Mark McKenna, Ph.D., Vice President of RITEC and will be hosted by Seung Seok Lee, Ph. D., Group Leader and Principal Researcher of the Nondestructive Measurement Group at KRISS. The seminar will discuss the applications and use of the RITEC System for the Study of Nonlinear Acoustic Properties (SNAP) for making novel measurements of nonlinear acoustic properties.

The RITEC SNAP System is the first commercially available state-of-the-art ultrasonic instrument designed specifically to make possible the study of nonlinear properties for the nondestructive evaluation of materials. The instrument embodies all of the features of the RITEC RAM-5000, which also makes it an outstanding tool for conventional measurements of attenuation and ultrasonic velocity, especially where electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATS) and air-coupled transducers are used.

Learn more about upcoming seminars in the NEWS link of the www.RitecInc.com and www.MKCKorea.com websites. Further information on the studies at KRISS can be found at www.kriss.re.kr/kriss2000/english/industrial/in2/index.html.