HOME ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SALES / SERVICE PRODUCTS BROCHURES EMPLOYMENT RFQ CONTACT NEWS FROM CURTIS Nicholas Marwell Joins the Senior Management of Curtis Instruments, Inc. Curtis Instruments, Inc., headquartered in Mount Kisco since 1960, is pleased to announce that Nicholas Marwell will join the corporation as Vice President, New Business Development, effective September 1. He represents the third generation of the family to be actively involved in the management of the company, which was founded by his grandfather Edward M. Marwell and Curtis Beusman. Like his father, Stuart Marwell, the president and CEO of Curtis, Nicholas had first established a successful career outside of Curtis prior to joining the company on the senior management level. Nicholas holds a master’s degree in International Business and Environmental Policy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts; and, a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. He joins the company after more than five years holding successively responsible positions at the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. His most recent assignment focused on ramping up the institution’s state-building support and development assistance to Somalia, which is undergoing a tenuous transition towards greater stability and peace after over two decades of civil war and state collapse. Prior to the foreign policy and economic development fields, Nicholas worked in photojournalism, first as an editor with the Associated Press and then as manager of new media business development for Magnum Photos, a historic photography agency founded by Henri Cartier -Bresson and Robert Capa, among others. At the latter, he developed new business models that focused on innovative partnerships and integrated sponsorships with media organizations and technology companies, including Slate.com, Nokia, and HP. Upon joining the company, Nicholas stated "Curtis Instruments is an industry leader with a worldwide reputation for engineering excellence. It's an exciting time to support new ventures and pursue new business opportunities. Curtis has a great management team and a talented workforce that spans the globe. With a young daughter, my family is fortunate to be joining an extremely supportive company that is consistently ranked one of the best places to work in New York State." Nicholas has been an active member of the Curtis Board of Directors since 2010. Photo: Nick and Stuart Marwell in front of the headquarters dedication sign to Edward M. Marwell, founder of Curtis Instruments. John Stempeck Joins Curtis Instruments Board of Directors Curtis Instruments, Inc. announces that John Stempeck, the founder of Avalon Associates,LLC, a distinguished management advisory company, has been elected to the board of directors of the corporation. Mr. Stempeck received his MBA with Honors from Boston University and he holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from MIT. He is also a Certified Merger and Acquisition Advisor(Loyola University) and has taken marketing courses at Harvard Graduate School. For the past twenty years, he has provided a broad range of professional services, including strategy, business development, and merger & acquisition advisory services for mid-cap private and public companies. Prior to founding Avalon Associates, Mr. Stempeck spent 10 years as Director at Braxton Associates (now Deloitte Consulting), as Partner at EDS Management Consulting, and as Vice President at Xerox Corporation. Mr. Stempeck presently also sits on the board of directors of Simplifile, Inc., a company of which he was a founder, and Bemis Associates, Inc. At the beginning of his career he was an electrical engineer at the Polaroid Corporation where he was issued seven patents on integrated circuits used on millions of camera systems. In addition to his management advisory experience, he also managed a team that created a revolutionary on-demand book manufacturing system that created a 300-page color-cover book in one minute, coupled with internet-based order entry and library. This project won the Smithsonian Manufacturing Award and a major U.K. Ecology award. Harvard Business School wrote a case study on this Book-In-Time System. He and his wife Sheila live in Reading and Gloucester, MA. Their four sons live in New York City and Needham, MA. He is an avid tennis player and golfer, and belongs to Bass Rocks Golf Club. He is also a Commissioner and former Chairman of the Reading Municipal Light Board, the largest in Massachusetts with $80 million in revenue. In Memoriam – Curtis Beusman It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Curtis Beusman, known to all as “Curt”, one of the founders of Curtis Instruments, Inc. Along with the former Curtis president and CEO, Edward Marwell, he was instrumental in establishing the company in 1960. Both were experienced engineers who joined forces to lay the groundwork for Curtis Instruments, now a global company with 15 locations and 1,000 employees. Along with engineer Eugene Finger, who is still active as board member of Curtis, the team developed and marketed the company’s first product: a mercury coulometer. In the late 1950s, Dr. Curtis Beusman was a chemist working at United Nuclear, where he had studied the feasibility of the mercury coulometer, an electrochemical-timing product. The coulometer consists of a sealed capillary tube filled with mercury, separated by a small aqueous electrolyte gap. When DC current passes through the tube, mercury is transferred from one side of the gap to the other, causing the gap to move along the tube. The device can be used to accurately measure elapsed time, or the amount of current used over time. Curt Beusman, an entrepreneur at heart, believed the coulometer had tremendous commercial potential, so he attained a licensing agreement from his company to market the technology. At the same time, Edward Marwell, an engineer and program manager working for General Precision Laboratory, wanted a new challenge and shared that interest with his friend Sidney Liebowitz, an attorney. Liebowitz mentioned Marwell’s quest to his friend Eugene Sands, the owner of an electronics company. Sands introduced Marwell to Beusman, as both were interested in starting something new. The two men hit it off and decided to team up to develop the coulometer for commercial use. On December 1, 1960, they started Curtis Instruments, Inc. in the storefront of L.B. Richards, a lumberyard on Kisco Avenue in Mount Kisco. Liebowitz joined the Curtis Board of Directors. Marwell and Beusman had different and lighthearted recollections of how Curtis got its name. Beusman claims they put their own names to the test and both decided that Curtis Instruments had a better ring to it than Edward Instruments. Since Beusman’s name was used for the company, Marwell was made president. Marwell remembers them flipping a coin, and while Beusman chose his own name for the company, Marwell chose the role of president. Curt Beusman left the company in the early 1970s to pursue other business interests. Among other ventures, he established a thriving tennis and health club in Mount Kisco, a highly successful business with multiple locations. Curt remained a friend of Curtis Instruments for all these years, and just last year joined the company in dedicating a bench outside of the company headquarters in Mount Kisco to both late his wife, Jane Beusman, and Edward & Grace Marwell. The employees, management, shareholders and board of director’s of Curtis Instruments share with the family and community the profound loss of a co-founder and lifelong friend. Curtis Instruments Named One of the Best Companies to Work for in New York State Mount Kisco, NY (April 23, 2015) – Curtis Instruments, Inc. – a privately-held international instruments and controllers manufacturer headquartered in Mount Kisco – has been recognized as the fourth Best Company to Work for in New York in the “large employer” category. Curtis, currently celebrating its 55th anniversary, received the nod from The New York State Society for Human Resource Management (NYSSHRM) at the eighth annual awards ceremony held Tuesday, April 21. With more than 1,000 employees worldwide, Curtis is a world leader in instrumentation, battery monitoring and motor speed controllers for electric vehicles of all types, including forklifts, wheelchairs, neighborhood electric vehicles, golf cars, aerial lifts, and industrial and utility vehicles. The company currently operates 15 sales, engineering, and manufacturing locations across the globe. As one of the best businesses in the state, Curtis was recognized for workplace excellence, demonstrated through multiple facets including its distinctive approach to cultivating and supporting its staff. The company maintains a unique set of corporate principles that drive ethical behavior, global citizenship, and community involvement. “One of our guiding principles at Curtis is that our people are our number one resource,” said Anne Papaelias, Vice President of Human Resources of Curtis Instruments. “Each person in this diverse network of employees is responsible for Curtis’ progress and each person equally shares in the company’s success, including this special recognition. Being named a Best Company is a clear reflection of our core values in treating employees fairly and with respect.” Created in 2007, the Best Companies to Work for in New York awards are part of an established program that evaluates and ranks the best places of employment based on two sets of criteria: workplace practices and policies, and employee satisfaction and engagement measured through extensive surveys. The 2015 list of Best Companies to Work for in New York is comprised of the top 65 companies with in-state operations, divided into two size categories: small/medium-sized employers with 15 to 249 U.S.-based employees and large employers with more than 250 associates. Curtis Vice President of Human Resources Elected as One of Westchester New York’s Most Influential Female Leaders The regional business magazine, 914 Inc., has named Curtis Vice President of Human Resources as one of the county’s most influential female business leaders. The magazine takes its name from the telephone area code prefix 914 specific to Westchester. Each year this publication selects a small group of highly accomplished women business leaders in their respective fields, from within the local business community. The magazine explained the feature, “For Westchester’s most successful women in business, we’ve selected a powerful group of the county’s female executives, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit and government leaders. From banking to baked goods, tourism to tumbling, health care to human resources – and everything in between– the women on these pages play a huge role in helping Westchester’s economy thrive. They are the faces behind some of our county’s most powerful brands…” With those brands, they include Curtis’ own Anne Papaelias. For 42 years she has served two company presidents and she has in some way affected every Curtis employee worldwide. In addition to her Curtis work, she is a longtime volunteer work as a board member with the Mount Kisco Child Care Center and other local charities, a loving mother and grandmother – and so much more. Everyone at Curtis will attest that this is a well-deserved honor. Curtis introduces new 3.5 inch Color CAN programmable vehicle instrument Mount Kisco, NY. Curtis Instruments, Inc., a global technology leader in vehicle instrumentation and controls, has introduced a new product in the enGage® series of microprocessor based, programmable, CAN compatible instruments with powerful I/O capability for easy system integration. The Curtis enGage® VI is compact with a 3.5 inch display ideal for a wide variety of on- and off-road electric vehicle applications, including material handling, industrial, utility, and recreational. The new enGage VI provides true versatility to vehicle OEMs, who can select between cased units and modules. Instrument designers benefit from a beautiful and effective array of graphic capabilities, colors, shapes and lines, as well as voltage options from 12–48VDC or 60–144VDC. Screen customization flexibility is virtually limitless. The enGage® VI & VII is a blank palette that allows the vehicle OEM to design a unique, special and fully customized panel fully suited to the application, with complete flexibility to match the instrument to the vehicle’s display requirements, displaying many functions and instrument readings based on OEM defined functional and operational system parameters and thresholds. The enGage® VI & VII can be controlled and configured with the proprietary Curtis Vehicle Control Language (VCL) from a Curtis AC controller. Like its predecessor, the enGage VII with 5.7 inch display, the more compact enGage VI features an exceptionally sharp, easy-to-read, high-resolution LCD screen for optimum viewing. Rich, vivid colors, sharp imagery, strong contrast and high-color vibrancy allow the perfect palette for designing virtually any custom screen. The unit has two color video inputs, both of which accept NTSC or PAL format. enGage VI seamlessly integrates with Curtis AC vehicle speed controllers and input devices without requiring additional code and is fully CAN compatible—CANopen, SAE J1939; and interacts with any CAN node on the vehicle network. Curtis President Stuart Marwell Honored as “Humanitarian of the Year” by the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester Gala celebrates Club’s 75th anniversary; raises nearly $500,000, fifth highest amount in gala history Nearly 450 members of the Mount Kisco and Westchester County of New York community, staff, and board members gathered in support of the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester (BGCNW) for its 20th annual Humanitarian Award Dinner Saturday, June 7. The event – which coincided with the Club’s 75th anniversary – honored Stuart Marwell, president and CEO of Curtis Instruments, as Humanitarian of the Year. This year’s dinner raised nearly $500,000, which will benefit the Club’s scholarship initiative, educational programs, and provide services to more than 1,700 youth members. “I have been a member of the Club since 1958,” Stuart Marwell said. “I’ve been a part of it for more than two-thirds of its 75 years. I am immensely proud of this organization on its 75th anniversary. The Club is a tremendous source of pride, joy and satisfaction to me. It is a place that will always have an important place in my heart.” He described the Club as “family affair” – with ties dating back to his grandmother, who sat on the board of directors. Stuart and his siblings attended the Club regularly throughout their teenage years, and his mother pitched in as a parent volunteer. And now – decades later – his connection with the Club is growing deeper still. He said, “The Club was always there for me growing up. I’m passionate about this place, these people, and returning the love and support it showed me. I want every child that walks through those doors to have the same meaningful experience as I did. It was life-changing.” Stuart Marwell joined the BGCNW board of directors in 1987. Since then, he has acted as an unflagging supporter and advocate for the Club and the children it serves. This volunteer work puts into action and is directly in the spirit of our Curtis Ten Points, the corporate principles of our company. Number 10 of these tenets states: Curtis companies are citizens of the larger community and we have a responsibility to contribute to its well-being and progress. “This is special evening to celebrate kids, and our 75th year in the business of saving kids: giving them a platform to be themselves, to be real, to excel, and to be productive responsible citizens,” said BGCNW President R. Todd Rockefeller. “We average 600 kids visiting daily; we serve 250 hot meals per day, and serve some who may not get enough to eat at home; we also send food home weekends to families in need. None of this happens without great financial and intellectual support from you and countless others over the years.” Indeed, the BGCNW has helped 100,000 children and teens since 1939 and its vision of inspiring all young people to reach their full potential. “Stuart is a true humanitarian and an outstanding advocate of the Club, and it is our privilege to honor him this year,” said R. Todd Rockefeller, President of the BGCNW board of directors. The evening will also recognize past honorees, board leadership and Youth of the Year, Rockefeller added. “It’s humbling to be recognized by an organization like the Boys & Girls Club,” Stuart Marwell said. “They have had such a tremendous impact on so many children’s lives – including my own. Some of my best childhood moments were spent at the Club, and I will forever be invested in it and the people it serves.” “The dinner will be a giant reunion for club members past and present,” said Brian Skanes, Executive Director of the BGCNW. “And it won’t just be a look back at the past 75 years, but also a look ahead to the next 75.” The Curtis teams worldwide personally congratulated Stuart in salutation advertisements in the event journal, a printed booklet. These ads not only cheered Stuart, but significantly contributed to the organization’s fundraising. David Miller Appointed as Special Engineering Projects Manager – Motor Speed Controllers MT. KISCO, New York, May 2014 — Curtis Instruments, Inc. announces that Mr. David Miller, a recognized electronics specialist in motor speed controller technology for electric vehicles, has been appointed to the newly created position of Special Engineering Projects Manager – Motor Speed Controllers. His career has spanned more than three decades and has encompassed senior engineering and project manager positions with key responsibilities for new product development. He went on to help found a new startup Motor Speed Controller company based in Europe, becoming Managing Director and helped run the company profitably and successfully for a number of years. In his new position, Mr. Miller will be a key contributor to the design engineering and worldwide product development for the Curtis motor speed controller product lines. Mr. Miller will report to the Curtis California controller R&D center, home of the famous Curtis PMC controller brand, but will be headquartered in his home office in Newcastle Upon Tyne in North East England. From this locality he will also support major Curtis OEM customers in Europe. As a multi-disciplined Electronics Engineer with specialist knowledge of battery powered electric vehicle’s and control systems, Mr. Miller joins Curtis with a proven track record of technical innovation coupled with project managerial ability. Equally competent in both hardware and software design, with in-depth experience of motor speed controllers and most types of popular brushed and brushless motors, he is a specialist in industrial trucks, including airport support vehicles, golf carts, personnel carriers and other market segments. Mr. Miller studied at St. Bedes Grammar School, Lanchester, County Durham, and studied Electronics Engineering at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to joining Curtis Instruments, he has had two decades of progressively responsible experience with leading global companies including NEI Electronics; Sevcon Ltd; Digital Motor Control GmbH; and Integral Power Train Ltd. Mr. Miller is married and resides in Whickham, North East England with his wife Jane and has two teenage daughters, Emily and Harriet. In his personal life, David is a keen tennis player but also enjoys playing golf, mountain climbing and is a follower of Formula 1 Racing. Stuart Marwell and President Obama At the Nov. 6 meeting in Mumbai, India, President Obama told Curtis CEO Stuart Marwell: "I read about your company (Curtis). You are doing a great job". The conversation was recorded by Mark Halprin and noted in the White House log. The rountable with President Obama Stuart E. Marwell is seated to the right of President Obama, the second to the right of the right side American flag. President and CEO of Curtis invited to roundtable with President Obama in Mumbai, India Mumbai, India, Nov. 6, 2010. Stuart E. Marwell, the President and CEO of Curtis, was invited to a private roundtable discussion with US President Barack Obama to review and analyze US-Indian business relationships and cooperation, as it affects beneficial technologies during the US-India Business and Entrepreneurship Summit. During the meeting, President Obama told Stuart Marwell “I have been reading about your company. You are doing good work”. MSN News reported: “In his brainstorming session with business leaders of India and the US to a group of select entrepreneurs just ahead of his address at the US-India Business Council Summit, President Barack Obama got very excited about the prospects of Mahindra & Mahindra’s electric car, the Reva, and its US-based partner, Curtis. The White House statement was Unequivocal: “Through this partnership, Mahindra-Reva and Curtis are advancing the commercialization around the globe.It’s a partnership based on innovation, market access and creation of new jobs.” The summit was sponsored by the Office of International Affairs of the US Department of the Treasury and was closed to the press; but, announced in the White House Press briefing as a pairing of Indian and US companies who collaborate in innovative cooperative business models. Eight US and Indian CEOs were invited to participate in the roundtable, held at the Trident Nariman Point Hotel in Mumbai, India, on Nov. 6, 2010, with an audience of young Indian entrepreneurs in attendance. Each of the CEOs represented a cooperative technical and business alliance and corporate friendship between Indian and American corporations. The focus of the roundtable was on technologies that have a positive effect on public health and quality of life. Stuart E. Marwell and Anand Mahindra, Vice Chair of Mahindra & Mahindra, LTD, one of India’s largest automotive & farm equipment companies, represented the 15 year relationship between the REVA Electric Car Company, now Mahindra-Reva and Curtis. Reva is the foremost electric car company in India, managed by Indian inventor and entrepreneur, Chetan Maini. REVA markets its products in many countries, including in Europe. Curtis is a global leader in electric vehicle technologies. Headquartered in Mount Kisco, New York, Curtis markets vehicle control systems and instrumentation. Mahindra & Mahindra is a Mumbai headquartered international automotive and industrial vehicle company with $7 billion in annual sales. The other CEOs to speak at the roundtable were: Rashmi Barbhiya - Advinus - medical research w. Corning, a company that focuses on neglected infectious diseases. Ajay Piramal of Piramal Corp. a clean water systems/water purification company and Netha Johnson of Pentair. Vinod Agarwal of Applied Solar Technologies and Hybrid Solar Diesel and Brian Ashley of Suniva Solar Systems. Anand Mahindra, head of the Mahindra group, spoke of the development of electric vehicles and the special relationship between Mahindra-Reva and Curtis. He shared the perspective that the future of collaboration between India and the US, and the advancement of technologies, such as electric cars, will benefit from US expertise and know-how in developing templates and business models, including new transportation models. This collaborative business model should include a convergence of global partners, including university technical centers, municipalities, infrastructure and technology partners. “Anyone who extrapolates solutions from the West to India and China is making a mistake. These countries need solutions for their own situations and all partners need to understand that in order to be successful.” Curtis, a fifty year old privately held corporation, has been active in the EV technology field for decades, and has had 15 years experience in India with the electrification of transportation and industrial vehicles. Indeed, Curtis instruments were used on the most famous EV of all, the Lunar Roving Vehicle driven during the Apollo moon landings. Stuart E. Marwell said, “Curtis played a role in the space race - one of the great moments of technological innovation of the 20th century. Today we are part of the climate change solution, the greatest technological challenge of the 21st century. The race to the moon was competition between nations. The climate change challenge will require cooperation between nations. For our engineers in India, this is a matter of national pride. For our colleagues in the Unites States, it is the pride of exporting green technology - which helps retain and create jobs in America.” Among the small audience of Indian entrepreneurs invited were special personalities involved in making a positive social impact: Chetna Sinha is the founder of Mann Deshi Bank, a microfinance bank that lends funds and teaches entrepreneurial skills to women in rural areas. Anand Shah is CEO of a social enterprise that increases access to pure drinking water through entrepreneurship. Sunita Maheshwari is co-founder of Teleradiology Solutions which provides teleradiology solutions in rural parts of India and across the globe. Kiran Sethi, director of the Riverside School in Ahmedaba,India, which offers programs for pre-schoolers. Plus, sixteen others involved in business and technology which helps India, and the world. Consequent to the meeting with the CEOs, including Stuart E. Marwell and Anand Mahindra, President Obama mentioned the electrification of vehicles in India in two of his keynote speeches to the entire Indian and American audience several times; and, he specifically referred to the EV CEOs who create jobs in both nations. Curtis Instruments, USA 1.914.666.2971