[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 86 (Thursday, June 30, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                  POLYPHASER WINS NEVADA EXPORT AWARD

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                       HON. BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 29, 1994

  Mrs. VUCANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, a high technology manufacturing firm in 
my congressional district in Nevada, has recently won the 1994 Export 
Award from our Governor. The PolyPhaser Corp. of Minden, NV, designs, 
tests, and manufactures hundreds of electronic surge suppression 
products that protect much of our growing technology society from the 
effects of lightning, electromagnetic pulse, and other forms of 
electronic surges. The PolyPhaser Corp. produces an array of surge 
suppression devices ranging from simple coaxial line protectors for 
video equipment and local area computer networks to complex milspec 
surge protection devices for advanced U.S. military equipment. Their 
new range of lightning strike counters and sophisticated grounding 
components for radio towers, power lines, and telephone lines have 
provided the communications industry with a new appreciation for the 
expanding needs of our Nation's power generation and communications 
systems.
  The PolyPhaser Corp. came to Nevada in 1984 from Florida. The company 
has grown steadily over the years and now employs over 100 Nevadans. 
The company recently expanded its manufacturing facility in Minden's 
Meridian Business Park from 18,000 square feet to over 53,000 square 
feet. It is now the largest manufacturing facility under one roof in 
all of Douglas County.
  We are certainly proud of Gayle and Roger Block's entrepreneurial 
spirit in Nevada. I would like to acknowledge their outstanding success 
in marketing Nevada-based exports to the rest of the world and also 
Gayle Block's dedicated service on the board of directors of the Nevada 
Manufacturers Association. At this time I wish to include in the 
Congressional Record the recognition letter from the Nevada District 
Export Council. It is signed by executive secretary James K. Hellwig, 
who is the U.S. Department of Commerce/International Trade 
Administration's office director in Reno. My congratulations go to all 
of the hardworking folks at the PolyPhaser Corp.
                                                   Nevada District


                                               Export Council,

                                           Reno, NV, May 20, 1994.
     Roger R. Block,
     President, PolyPhaser Corp., Minden, NV.
       Greetings Mr. Block: It is my pleasure to officially notify 
     you that the PolyPhaser Corporation is the northern Nevada 
     recipient of the 1994 Governor's Export Award.
       Through your firm's dedicated efforts in expanding export 
     sales, PolyPhaser is making significant and lasting 
     contributions to the state's, and the nation's, economic 
     development. it is precisely for the purpose of exemplifying 
     firms such as yours, as models for other companies to 
     emulate, that the Export Awards were created.
       The award will be presented during the ``Governor's Export 
     Award Luncheon'' on May 26. There will be headtable seating 
     for the award recipients, key-note speaker, trade promotion 
     officials, and the Governor.
       By now, you have received the flier on the lunch that I 
     faxed to J.J. Johnson. I would recommend coming early to the 
     lunch so that we may finalize any remaining matters, and so 
     that you may orient yourselves to the facilities.
       Enclosed you will find a rough draft of the luncheon 
     agenda. We hope that whomever receives the award on behalf of 
     PolyPhaser will make a few remarks on the importance of 
     exporting to the company.
       I will call next week to gather additional information for 
     my part of the agenda--providing the background information 
     on the recipient companies, and to see if there is anything 
     left to be said or done before the award luncheon. In the 
     meantime, should you need anything, don't hesitate to call me 
     at 702-784-5203.
       Again, my warmest congratulations on receiving the award.
           Sincerely,
                                                 James K. Hellwig,
     Executive Secretary.

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