ATLANTA and SAN DIMAS, Calif., Sept. 4, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wavestream Corporation (www.wavestream.com), a manufacturer of compact, highly efficient solid-state power amplifiers, today announced that the company has opened its East Coast headquarters in the Atlanta area. Located in the Norcross Technology Park, the new facility strategically places Wavestream in proximity to key customers, strengthening the company's customer support and business development efforts.
"Opening an Atlanta-area office places us closer to many of our key customers and allows us to deliver on our commitments to best serving them through the entire design and sales cycle," said Chris Branscum, CEO of Wavestream. "Exciting prospects in the region also provide us with an opportunity to further grow the business."
The new office operations will be headed by Howard Jetmundsen, Senior Systems Engineer for Wavestream. Jetmundsen, who brings more than 20 years of experience to Wavestream, is responsible for both business development efforts and technical support.
The new office is located at: 5425 Peachtree Parkway, Norcross, GA 30092.
About Wavestream Corporation
Wavestream develops and produces high-power solid-state amplifiers that meet the needs of today's communications and sensing systems. Wavestream's Spatial Power Advantage(tm), revolutionary spatial power combining technologies, enables higher amplifier output powers in smaller packages with greater efficiency and lower cost than previously possible. Wavestream currently offers industry-leading Ka-band and Ku-band SSPAs and BUCs for satellite communications. At Wavestream, we are bringing solid-state solutions to commercial, defense and homeland security systems requiring power, efficiency, and value with the Spatial Power Advantage(tm).
For more information, please visit the company's web site at www.wavestream.com.