[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING TELAMON ELECTRONICS

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                              HON. JAY KIM

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 24, 1996

  Mr. KIM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate a dynamic small 
business in my district. Telamon Electronics will celebrate the opening 
of its expanded facility in Chino, CA, on October 1. Located 35 miles 
of Los Angeles, the growth of Telamon Electronics--a subsidiary of 
Telamon Corp. in Indianapolis--is having a significant impact on the 
economy of California's 41st District.
  Telamon Corp.--working with suppliers and customers, including Nortel 
and Pacific Bell--has been providing high-technology telecommunications 
products and services to the telecommunications industry since 1984. 
Telamon was founded by Albert Chen, who built the company with the 
vision that a highly creative company poised to support one of the 
world's fastest growing industries could gracefully combine financial 
success, corporate growth, employee satisfaction, the highest quality 
products, and services in the industry, as well as customer 
satisfaction.
  Over the years Telamon's range of capabilities has increased, as its 
reputation for creative solutions with uncompromising quality has 
become widely recognized. This has resulted in enormous growth--from 
sales of $400,000 in 1985 to sales of $108 million in 1995.
  In 1989, Telamon Electronics was established as a value-added 
supplier of material management, preinstallation assembly, and other 
support services to Regional Bell Operating Cos., independent telephone 
companies, and government agencies located in the Western United 
States. Under the leadership of Michael Shen, president and Allen Vick, 
vice president, Telamon Electronics has achieved great success, which 
it has passed along to the city of Chino, the county of San Bernardino, 
and the State of California. As the highest sales tax generator out of 
2,100 businesses in the city of Chino, Telamon Electronics added almost 
$1 million in tax revenue to the economy of California's 41st District.
  Tax revenue is only one part of Telamon Electronics' impact on the 
local economy. Telamon provides employment for many people in the 
inland Empire. The number of employees has grown to over 35 in 1996. To 
foster employee growth, Telamon Electronics offers profit sharing, 
suggestion rewards, scholarships for employees' children, and education 
grants for professional growth.
  It gives me great pleasure to ask my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Albert Chen, Michael Shen, Allen Vick, and all the 
employees of Telamon Electronics for making a real difference in our 
local community.

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