New Distributor Announcement

AFC Joins the Sticklers™ Network from Australia

(New Britain, CT)   MicroCare Corp. announced today that AFC Group, based in Melbourne, Australia, has agreed to market the Sticklers™ fiber optic cleaning products to customers in Australia and across the Pacific region. 

AFC Group started in 1992 and has, since day one, concentrated all their efforts on to the fibre optic industry. AFC has earned an extensive customer base throughout Australia with clients including telecommunication carriers, distributors, defence, power utilities, corporate customers, installers and systems integrators. With large warehouses in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Dubai, AFC has the resources customers need to keep their networks running brilliantly.

AFC offers a wide selection of products including cable, pre-terminated cable assemblies, connectors, couplers, consumables, and a variety of enclosures. In addition, they carry industry-leading test and termination equipment. AFC also is a manufacturer, producing a range of specialty cable assemblies including angle polish, expanded beam, and small form factor connectors.

You can contact AFC at:

                                            93-97 Merrindale Drive, Croydon, Victoria, Australia  3136

                                            Tel: +61 (3) 973 742 00

                                            On the web at: www.afcgroup.com.au

From the Sticklers™ perspective, we think AFC deserves their strong reputation throughout the industry for providing high levels of service, training, technical knowledge and fibre expertise. Welcome to the team!

MicroCare Welcomes FiberShow As a Sticklers™ Distributor

(New Britain, CT) Micro Care Corp. announced today that Tente FiberShow, the largest fiber optic distributor in the People's Republic of China, has agreed to market the Sticklers fiber optic cleaning products to customers in China and across the Pacific region. 

Tente is both a distributor, with a broad line of tools, equipment and test systems, as well as one of the largest manufacturers of passive components (patch cords and attenuators) in the world. Tente is famous as the first OEM to specify lint-free paper for the packaging of fiber patch cord. They offer super large-scale production ability featuring many kinds of innovative designs.They serve customers in telcom, mobile, netcom, broadcasting, unicom and rail.
 
For more details, contact Mrs. Judy Liu, T: 86-0755-33953696, fax: 86-0755-26609129. FiberShow is located in modern offices in Nanshan Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Sticklers™ products are made by privately-held MicroCare Corp. of New Britain, CT. Founded in 1983, MicroCare is the world-leader in precision benchtop cleaning, providing modern, environmentally-safe answers to critical cleaning applications in electronics, medical devices, photonics, aerospace and mass transportation.

For more information please contact MicroCare.

updated 3/25/2010

Press Release 1/15/2010

MicroCare Will Feature Sticklers™ Fiber Optic Cleaners at OFC/NFOEC

(New Britain, CT) Micro Care Corp. announced today that it will showcase the new Sticklers™ fiber optic cleaners at the OFC/NFOEC Exposition in San Diego. The Sticklers™ products are the industry's most innovative line of fiber optic cleaning tools. Uniquely, the four components to the Sticklers™ family work together as a system, so only Sticklers™ can clean any connector, any configuration, any size, in any environment. Since more than 50% of all fiber network failures are due to dirt on a splice or connector, the introduction of Sticklers™ products means field technicians finally will be able to perfectly clean components in seconds , for just pennies per cleaning.

"The industry's number one problem with fiber has been dirt, dust and moisture on connectors and splices," explained MicroCare president, Christopher A. Jones. "The number one rule in fiber optics today is that techs must clean and inspect every connector, every time. Twenty-year old cleaning techniques do not work on today's FTTx projects and tomorrow's gigahertz networks."

Sticklers™ products are designed to provide fast, simple and convenient cleaning for field installers. There are four main Sticklers™ products:

• The Sticklers™ Fiber Optic Splice and Connector Cleaner is a nonflammable pump spray that out-performs any cleaner on the market today. Because the cleaning fluid is nonhazardous - and unlike any competing product - it can be shipped even by air without hazmat fees, or carried in a tool kit on commercial aircraft. The Sticklers™ cleaning fluid replaces alcohol, acetone, swabs, and other old technologies that leave residue on the end-face.
• For cleaning inside connector alignment sleeves, the new Sticklers™ CleanStixx™ are the only fiber cleaning swab that cleans the entire end-face, not just the contact area, eliminating an important source of contamination.
• Sticklers™ Benchtop CleanWipes™ are packaged for indoor applications, while Sticklers™ Outdoor CleanWipes™ are engineered for harsh environments. Importantly, Sticklers™ products feature a sleek design and clever packaging, so the products can fit into any tool kit.

Sticklers™ products are made by privately-held MicroCare Corp. of New Britain, CT. Founded in 1983, MicroCare is the world-leader in precision benchtop cleaning, providing modern, environmentally-safe answers to critical cleaning applications in electronics, medical devices, photonics, aerospace and mass transportation.

For more information please contact MicroCare.

updated 1/15/2010