Manchester, NH - Jan 4, 2002 - Micro Communications, Inc. (MCI) welcomes Paul Baptiste as its new mechanical designer, replacing Ken Blackford in the engineering department. Baptiste has 28 years of experience in machine design and project engineering. He ran his own designing company, Deerfield Design, before coming to MCI.

Ken Blackford has been promoted to manufacturing manager. His move to the production facility brings solid technical knowledge to the manufacturing floor, and his project management experience will come to bear as he leads future porduction activities. Blackford has also taken on the responsibility of ISO management representative and was the main force behind MCI's recent ISO 9001:2000 certification.