TECOM Industries, Inc., a Smiths Interconnect business, announced the appointment of Arsen Melconian as President. He succeeds Ralph L. Philips who was recently appointed President of Smiths Interconnect. Mr. Melconian has served as TECOM’s Vice-President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) since March 2004. He joined the company in January 2002 as Director of Engineering with responsibility for design, modeling, simulation, testing, and new product development. Under his guidance TECOM’s engineering department has more than doubled in size and several key commercial, military and satellite communications R&D programs advanced from concept to production.

Ralph Phillips comments: "I would like to congratulate Arsen on his new position as president of TECOM and look forward to continuing our strategic vision. TECOM has an outstanding team and we are excited about the future and continued opportunities. In particular we have key initiatives in the UAV, satcom, and Ku-band broadband areas that will provide continued growth at TECOM."

TECOM Industries (www.tecom-ind.com)