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OGDENSBURG - The word ansen mean safe and steady in Cantonese - making it the ideal name for Ogdensburg-based Ansen Corporation.
Todd Lovejoy, CEO of the international design and manufacturing company, says he plans to boost annual revenue 25 percent this year from $120 million to $150 million. Lovejoy's strategy: safe and steady.
Ansen operates a 72,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at 100 Chimney Point Drive in Ogdensburg and a 350,000square-foot manufacturing facility in China. Both manufacture high-end consumer products - home-security alarm systems, remotecontrol lighting systems, and infraredsecurity lighting- for companies in various sectors including aerospace, medical, industrial, consumer, and communications.
Lovejoy's plan to grow Ansen is two-fold.
Organic growth
The Ogdensburg facility received medical certification to manufacture level-three lifesaving devices, such as defibrillators, pacemakers, and cardiac-arrest units, in June. The certification allows Ansen to enter the medical arena, says Rodney Bush, Ansen vice president and general manager.
Ansen's...