CALSOURCE

Sixteen local organizations honored

May 02, 2002

By Elizabeth Doran
Staff writer
From the Syracuse Herald-American Sunday, May 02, 2002 Business Section

In the two years since CalSource Inc. opened its calibration and metrology lab in Syracuse, the small business has doubled its sales and added eight employees.

CalSource, which specializes in verifying the accuracy of equipment used for measuring, received its own measure of success Wednesday when it received a Small Business Excellence Award.

The company, along with 15 other small businesses across Central New York, was honored at the U.S. Small Business Administration's Excellence Awards luncheon.

The event was held in celebration of National Small Business Week - "Small Business: Where America Works."

"We're very proud of the award because it recognizes that we're doing a good job," said Kyle Laukaitis, president of CalSource, which he runs with Brad Darois and John Sager.

The company - in the Rockwest Center at 1005 W. Fayette St., Syracuse - secured a $134,000 SBA-backed loan two years ago, and $30,000 from the city of Syracuse Urban Business Opportunity Center (UBOC).

CalSource doubled its sales after the first year and expects to do the same in 2002, Laukaitis said. The company services equipment used in electronics, radio frequency, dimension gauging, pressure, torque, temperature and mass measurements. Local customers include Lockheed Martin, TRW, Inficon and New Venture Gear.

Along with the Excellence award winners, seven CNY business people won SBA Advocate awards, which were previously announced. One of the winners, Steven W. Thomas of Oswego, won a Small Business Excellence Award along with being named NYS's Small Business Person of the Year.

Thomas, who was recognized for operating The Days Inn, The Thomas Inn and four Dunkin' Donuts stores in Oswego County, will go onto compete for a national award. He started his first business, a restaurant he called Peppercorns, in 1984 with 50 employees. He employs 130 people. Don Richards donated and presented the Small Business Journalist award this year in memory of his wife, Donna Speziale Richards, who was the SBA's public affairs specialist and a former television reporter at Channel 5. Speziale Richards died in May 2001 after suffering a brain aneurysm. The award was given to David Connelly of the Finger Lakes Business Almanac.

The Excellence luncheon is designed to recognize small business as the foundation of today's economy, said Bernard J. Paprocki, SBA Syracuse district director. While 2001 saw many small companies struggling with the aftermath of Sept. 11 and an economic tumble, most are continuing to grow and prosper.

"One thing that hasn't changed since Sept. 11 is the entrepreneurial spirit of small businesses," Paprocki said.

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July 1, 2001

CalSource Acquires Stanmar Indicator Repair

Gage Repair Expected to Further Fuel Growth Rate

SYRACUSE — July 1, 2001 — Today CalSource, Inc announced the acquisition of Stanmar Indicator Repair. Stanmar Indicator Repair has provided quality, quick, repair service for all types and brands of precision dimensional gauging for over 25 years in Syracuse. The types of gauging CalSource now repairs include: micrometers, calipers, indicators, height gages, bore gages, and most other types of gauging. With a vast inventory of spare parts from popular manufacturers five-business day turnaround is the goal of service. The addition of Stanmar complements CalSource’s existing capabilities to calibrate similar dimensional gauging, plus gage blocks, surface plates, and threaded gauging

“The ability to repair the equipment that we calibrate is an added benefit to CalSource’s customers. This provides the customer with a much quicker, lower cost alternative to sending their gauging out-of-state for repair, or having to buy expensive new equipment. Stanmar’s customers also benefit from the opportunity to have their gauging repaired and calibrated in an environmentally controlled, accredited laboratory,” said Kyle Laukaitis, President.

Pick up and Delivery Available
CalSource also provides free pick-up and delivery in the greater Syracuse metropolitan area, a service previously unavailable with gage repair alone. CalSource will also be adding pick up and delivery routes to Binghamton, Rochester, and Buffalo in the near future. CalSource also ships nation wide using any method preferred by the customer.

Receiving ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation in August of 2000, CalSource is Syracuse’s only accredited calibration laboratory. They provide calibration services to customers across the state from their labs in Syracuse and Binghamton. In addition to dimensional calibration and repair, CalSource is also accredited for electronics, pressure, torque, temperature, mass, and all types of process control equipment. Services are available at their state-of-the art laboratories, or performed at the customer’s facility. More information can be found at www.calsource.com.

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CalSource, Stanmar Indicator Repair are either registered trademarks or trademarks of CalSource. in the United States and/or other countries.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

For more information, press only:

Kyle Laukaitis, 315-374-0300, kyle@calsource.com

For more information on CalSource:

http://www.calsource.com/

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From the Syracuse Herald-American Sunday, January 28, 2001 Business Section