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Camarillo, California, Jan 7th, 2009. Red Rocket, Inc, the leading seller of ultra miniature,
high efficiency power supplies and value added power design services, announced today that it has re-structured its Board of Directors and corporate management team with immediate effect, to support the company’s strategy for growth within the US market and expansion of its global presence in Europe and Asia. 
 
Today’s shareholder meeting appointed Martin Kistner, founder of Red Rocket Inc., to be the CEO of the corporation with immediate effect.  Former CEO James Schultz and COO Sam Dixit have left the company.. After his appointment, Mr. Kistner stated “I feel honored to be appointed into this position. We have excellent, highly motivated people in each of our locations, in the USA, India and Europe, and I am pleased to work with them as a team member serving our customers on a global basis. As one truly worldwide team, we will do our very best to support our customers in enhancing their competitiveness and growth in their markets. By providing them our ideas, capabilities, experience, products and services it is our ultimate goal to support them with leading edge technologies and outstanding services with the total lowest cost of ownership for them in their markets.
 
An additional part of our strategy is to focus on the Global Tier 2 and Tier 3 customer base through our channel partners. Our standard, non-standard and custom product offerings will remain a corner stone of the company’s focus in the future. Combined with our global Supply Chain Management and logistics capabilities, both our customers and suppliers can depend on us to be a solid and stable partner for them, particularly in a tough economic environment.
 

U.S. company unveils India subsidiary production services for partners and customers; offers investment opportunity in rapid growth India market

Camarillo, California, October 28, 2008—Red Rocket, Inc, the leading seller of ultra miniature, high efficiency power supplies and provider of electronic manufacturing and engineering services, announced today it has established a Electronic Manufacturing and Engineering Services Division (EMESD) to support growing customer demand for electrical and electronic production and engineering services at the company’s India based subsidiary.  The privately held company also unveiled plans to secure private placement equity from partners, customers and other selected investors helping to accelerate growth and to capture market share in the rapidly expanding India electronic manufacturing industry.

“Our customers are asking for high quality, valued priced design and manufacturing services in India to help reduce their costs while maintaining high quality standards,” said James B. Schultz, Red Rocket president and CEO. “Our EMESD organization fills that need and also positions our company to partake in the rapid growth from $5 billion today to estimated over $18 billion by 2012 in India electronic and electrical product manufacturing for export to primarily the US and Europe,” he said.  “We offer a cost effective and low risk solution for companies now building their products in high cost or inefficient locations and a gateway for their products into the rapid growth India market,” he said.

Red Rocket, Inc. wholly owned subsidiary called CPIPL in Mumbai, India, includes a nearly 100,000 square foot design and state of the art manufacturing facility in a government controlled special economic zone near the Mumbai airport and seaport. 

To support the opportunities available to the company, Red Rocket, Inc. is pursuing additional equity.  In lieu of taking on traditional venture capital investment or bank debt funding, the company is approaching customers and strategic investors.   “Our strategy is to share our success and strength with our valued partners and customers,” said Schultz. 

The company’s EMESD offers design and manufacturing opportunities for product companies desiring printed circuit boards and product subassemblies to complete box builds as well as design engineering services. Red Rocket/ CPIPL was recently awarded
the prestigious Elcina-Dun & Bradstreet Quality Excellence award tying for second place with the renown Tata Consultancy Group. CPIPL is a full service manufacturing and design facility holding ISO9001 and ISO14001 certifications and is also self certified to conduct UL testing.

Red Rocket, Inc., established in early 2007 with the acquisition of CPIPL from Jabil Circuits, Inc., designs, manufactures and markets its EOS AC/DC power solutions for applications in industrial, medical, multimedia and data-networking products and systems worldwide.   Ranging in power from 25 watts to 200 watts, EOS power supplies are known worldwide for their small size and high output power making them ideal for low profile electronic product designs.   EOS power supplies offer designers a slim-line package, high reliability and low thermal signature. These features and benefits produce carefree use, low heat generation and reduced total cost of ownership.  

Over 30 million EOS power supplies are in use today in top brand computers, point of sale and touch screen terminals, broadcasting and multimedia equipment, IT hubs, switches and routers, medical pumps, drips, defibrillators, endoscopes and instrumentation as well as industrial printers,  automation equipment and safety and security equipment.   The company sells and supports its products and services direct and via premier distributors including Arrow Electronics, Allied Electronics, RS Components, MEV Electronics, Codico and Appletec. 
 

Engineers and purchasers may buy Red Rocket’s EOS brand of high density
and high efficiency power supplies via Allied catalogue and on-line database. 
 
Camarillo, California, October 7, 2008—Red Rocket, Inc, the leading seller of ultra
miniature, high efficiency power supplies and provider of electronic manufacturing and
engineering services, announced today it has signed a contract with Allied Electronics,
of Fort Worth, Texas, to promote EOS brand power conversion products through Allied’s
new 2009 catalog released this month, as well as among its 55 US and Canadian sales
branches.  Red Rocket’s EOS power supplies are also now available to design
engineers and purchasing managers via the Allied web site at www.alliedelec.com.
 
Red Rocket, Inc designs, manufactures and markets its EOS AC/DC power solutions for
applications in industrial, medical, multimedia and data-networking products and
systems worldwide.   Ranging in power from 25 watts to 200 watts, EOS power supplies
are known worldwide for their small size and high output power making them ideal for
low profile electronic product designs.   EOS power supplies offer designers a slim-line
package, high reliability and low thermal signature. These features and benefits produce
carefree use, low heat generation and reduced total cost of ownership.   
 
Over 30 million EOS power supplies are in use today in top brand computers, point of
sale and touch screen terminals, broadcasting and multimedia equipment, IT hubs,
switches and routers, medical pumps, drips, defibrillators, endoscopes and
instrumentation as well as industrial printers,  automation equipment and safety and
security equipment. 
 
“Allied Electronics is a strong complement to our business making the EOS brand easily
accessible to design engineers and purchasers across North America,” said James B.
Schultz, Red Rocket’s president and chief executive officer. “We are investing our
resources in Allied’s ability to reach and serve hundreds of thousands of customers wanting a high density and high efficiency power supply from a proven US company and
a seamless supply chain and fulfillment solution,” he said. 
 
"Allied is pleased to add the Red Rocket, Inc. EOS brand power supplies to our line card
and offer customers access to their innovative solutions for high density and high
efficiency power conversion products," said Scott McLendon, Vice President of Product
Management and Marketing at Allied. "The EOS product line is well known and
respected by product designers in the medical, industrial, multimedia and data networking markets.”

Red Rocket  CPIPL subsidiary in Mumbai Receives 2nd Place Honors with Tata Consultancy Services Ltd for top quality operations in year 2007-2008

Camarillo, California, September 11, 2008—Red Rocket, Inc, the leading seller of ultra miniature, high efficiency power supplies and contract manufacturing and engineering services, announced today it’s wholly owned subsidiary Celetronix Power India Private Limited (CPIPL) has received the prestigious Excellence in Quality Award from Elcina Electronics Industries Association—Dun & Bradstreet.  

Mr. Vijay Gujarathi, Red Rocket/CPIPL, vice president operations and company director, accepted the highly coveted annual award from Dr. V. Krishnamurthy, chairman, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council of India during the Elcina—Dun & Bradstreet award ceremony September 10 in New Delhi. The 2nd place award for quality excellence in the years 2007-2008 was shared by both Red Rocket/CPIPL and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, Goa, India.

“We are excited for our CPIPL company to receive this prestigious quality award from Elcina-D&B. It recognizes and underscores our commitment to designing and producing world-class electronic products and systems for our valued customers around the world,” said James B. Schultz, president & CEO of parent company Red Rocket, Inc. “We thank the Elcina-D&B organization for selecting us among our India electronic company peers and humbly accept this award with appreciation and a strong commitment to continued excellence in manufacturing and engineering quality processes and metrics,” he said. 

Elcina—Dun & Bradstreet annually recognizes top India firms for excellence in exports, quality, environmental management, research and development and business excellence.  “Our goal is to earn top honors in all these areas in the year’s ahead as we focus on continued design, process and quality improvements across the company building on our position as a leading electronics company in the fast growing India marketplace,” said Sam Dixit, chief operating officer, Red Rocket/CPIPL

Red Rocket/CPIPL employs over 650 manufacturing, engineering and support employees in the SEEPZ special economic zone of Mumbai, India.  The company has nearly 100,000 square feet of design and production space where it engineers and  produces the award winning EOS brand of high density and high efficiency AC/DC power supplies used in thousands of data-networking, industrial, multimedia and medical products worldwide.  The company is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified and also provides valued added manufacturing and design services to global product companies seeking high quality and cost effective solutions.   Manufacturing expertise includes both surface mount, through hole, test and burn-in equipment and high mix production lines and the company has a turn-key design center and self-certified Underwriter’s Lab (UL) safety agency laboratory.

Camarillo, California, June 5, 2008— Red Rocket, Inc, the leading seller of ultra miniature, high efficiency power supplies, announced today that it has released its new MWLT100 Series of Open Frame, AC/DC power supplies for use in the global medical industry.  The MWLT100 Series of single output convection cooled products are one of the smallest and most efficient 100-watt power supply packages available in the industry today typically 1/3rd the size and 20% more efficient than leading competitors.

Packing nearly 12 watts per cubic inch the MWLT100 Series features Universal AC inputs from 90v to 264v, measures a mere 2 inches x 4 inches x 1.07 inches, and has a rated efficiency of greater than 86%. It is configured in all popular single output voltages and its flexible design allows for simple modification to alternate voltages as required. The MWLT1000 Series meets all medical EMC and safety specifications, and has a reliability rating of over 200,000 hours mean time between failure.  The MWLT100 Series is produced with the traditional EOS red color heat sink signifying its medical market application.  EOS branded power supplies are easily recognized because of the variety of heat-sink colors highlighting power ratings, sizes and uses. 

“The pent up demand we are seeing for this product is terrific,” said James Schultz, CEO of Red Rocket, Inc. “The MWLT100 Series is a strong addition to the EOS brand of high density, high efficiency power supplies required by our customers in the high growth medical market segment. Our existing and new medical customer base now has a power progression from 40 to 100 watts in the same footprint, which saves them costs in time to market and re-tooling of existing mechanicals” he said.

Medical product applications for the MWLT100 family include: medical, dental and lab equipment and systems such as endoscopes, instruments, pumps, drips, blood and fluid analyzers, video systems, defibrillators, sleep apnea, nurse call stations and many other uses.  Red Rocket/EOS brand medical power supplies are currently used by most of the world’s leading medical companies and top product brands.

The MWLT100 Series are available for order today and samples are available for registered business opportunities.   The EOS Series of internal power supplies and external adapters are available through a network of manufacturing sales representatives and distributors worldwide

Red Rocket gains Arrow lead supplier status accelerating EOS AC/DC power supply marketing & sales to industrial, medical, IT and multimedia products

Camarillo, California, April 28, 2008—Red Rocket, Inc, the leading seller of ultra miniature, high efficiency power supplies, announced today it has signed a contract extension with Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW), Melville, New York making Red Rocket a lead supplier at Arrow’s North America and Latin America sales branches and accelerating the sales and marketing efforts of the company’s EOS brand power supplies. 

Red Rocket, Inc designs, manufactures and markets its EOS AC/DC power solutions for applications in industrial, medical, multimedia and data-networking products and systems worldwide.   Ranging in power from 25 watts to 200 watts, EOS power supplies are known worldwide for their small size and high output power making them ideal for low profile electronic product designs.   As the heartbeat driving microprocessors, memory modules and drives, flat panel displays, cooling fans and more, EOS power supplies offer designers a slim-line package, high reliability and low thermal signature. These features and benefits produce carefree use, low heat generation and reduced total cost of ownership.  

Arrow Electronics, which has been selling the EOS brand since late 1997, has hundreds of customers in North America using the EOS power supplies, which are typically 10-15% more efficient and smaller than competing models.  Over 30 million EOS power supplies are in use today in top brand computers, point of sale and touch screen terminals, broadcasting and multimedia equipment, IT hubs, switches and routers, medical pumps, drips, defibrillators, endoscopes and instrumentation as well as industrial printers,  automation equipment and safety and security equipment.

“Arrow is our top global channel partner and this agreement solidifies that alliance.   Arrow knows how to sell power solutions and especially our EOS brand,” said James B. Schultz, Red Rocket’s president and chief executive officer. “We are investing our resources in Arrow’s ability to reach and serve hundreds of thousands of customers
wanting a high density and high efficiency power supply from a proven US company and a seamless supply chain and fulfillment solution. As one of Arrow’s lead suppliers we look forward to increasing our brand awareness and overall value to both Arrow and product designers,” he said. 

Camarillo, California, Feb 21, 2008— Red Rocket, Inc, the leading seller of ultra miniature, high efficiency power supplies, announced today that it has released its new VLT200 / MVLT200 Series of open frame, AC/DC power supplies for use in the Medical, Industrial, Networking, and Data-Communications industries globally.  The VLT200 & MVLT200 Series of single output products are one of the smallest and most efficient 200-watt power supply packages available in the industry today. 

The VLT200/MVLT200 Series features universal AC inputs from 90v to 264v, measures a mere 3 inches x 6.3 inches x 1.3 inches, and has a rated efficiency of greater than 87%.  It is configured in all popular single output voltages and comes with a 5v standby.  Additionally, the M/VLT200 Series meets all major industry and medical EMC and safety specifications, and has a reliability rating of over 150,000 hours mean time between failures.  The M/VLT200 Series operates from 0 to 50 degrees Celsius, features low conducted and radiated noise and incorporates remote sense and on/off features.

“The pent up demand we are seeing for this product is staggering.” said David Carley, VP Sales & Marketing of Red Rocket. “The M/VLT200 Series is a strong addition to the EOS brand of high density, high efficiency power supplies required by our customers in the medical, data networking, telecommunications, computing, multimedia, consumer electronics and other high tech industries competing to make their products smaller and better performing,” he said.

The M/VLT200 Series are available to order today and samples are available free of charge for registered business opportunities.   The M/VLT200 series is a further evolution of the EOS brand of high end power supplies.  The EOS Series of internal power supplies and external adapters are available through a network of manufacturing sales representatives and distributors worldwide.  For product availability and quotes, you may find the nearest representative at www.redrocketpower.com. 
 

CAMARILLO, CA. January 8, 2007:   Red Rocket, Inc., the leading seller of ultra-miniature, high efficiency power supplies, announced today David Carley has been promoted to the position of Vice President, Sales and Marketing.  Mr. Carley was most recently the company’s Director of Sales and Marketing for Europe, Middle East and Asia.  

In his new post Mr. Carley will report to Mr. James B. Schultz, president and CEO of Red Rocket, Inc., and will be based at the company’s office in Wexford, Ireland.  He will oversee all global sales and marketing to include building upon the strong EOS brand of AC/DC power supply products. This includes leading and supporting a global sales force, direct customer accounts, global sales channels and a North American sales representative network.

“David is a proven sales executive with a track record in sales and marketing leadership and in building customer loyalty,” said Schultz. “He knows the EOS brand of products, the customer base and markets we serve and how to profitably grow a business.  Red Rocket is positioned for accelerated sales growth and we are delighted to promote David from inside the organization to   help take the company to the next level of success,” he said.

Mr. Carley has been with Red Rocket, Inc and its predecessor companies since 2000 except for a one year stint at Astrodyne USA as EMEA sales and marketing manager from late 2006 to late 2007.  He rejoined Red Rocket, Inc. in December last year.  Mr. Carley was instrumental in building the European, Middle East and Asia customer base and sales channels over the past seven years and in developing successful marketing and brand development programs.  Prior to joining Red Rocket, Inc., Mr. Carley was from 1993 to 2000 a sales and support manager for Europe at Artesyn Technologies and from 1988 to 1993 held field service engineer, quality, process and production management posts at both Brandner Micro Electronics, ABS Technology and Sorbus UK Ltd.

“Red Rocket has a superb customer base, great brand with the EOS products, excellent sales channels and world-class manufacturing in India.  All the ingredients are here for continued success,” Carley said. “Red Rocket offers customers high density, high efficiency power solutions and quick turn solutions for customized applications,” he said.
 

CAMARILLO, CA. August 23, 2007:   Red Rocket, Inc., the leading seller of ultra-miniature, high efficiency power supplies, announced today the introduction of its EOS branded MVC-Series of single-output voltage desktop power supplies for medical applications.  The MVC-Series of desktop adapters are the latest in a wide range of EOS branded medical power supplies that serve as the “heartbeat” for many of the world’s top medical products and devices.

The new EOS MVC-Series of medical adapters are highly efficient converting AC power to DC power at greater than 80% and are available in popular output voltages ranging from 12 to 48 volts.  The MVC-Series meets strict medical design and safety standards for switching frequency noise and features universal voltages inputs from 90VAC to 264VAC as well as overload, thermal and short circuit protection...

CAMARILLO, CA. July 31, 2007:   Red Rocket, Inc., a privately held company
headquartered here, announced today the purchase of the switching power supply business of Celetronix Power India Private Limited (CPIPL), a registered company in Mumbai, India, and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Jabil Circuit, Inc. The acquisition by Red Rocket, Inc. includes all of the capital stock of CPIPL, the product design and manufacturing operations in Mumbai, India, and also includes the global customer base, products, patents, brands and approximately 105 employees and approximately 550 contract personnel related to the business...