WEST WARWICK, RI, Jan 29, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Astro-Med, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOT) today announced that Erik J. Mancyak
was appointed as the Company's Corporate Controller and Principal
Accounting Officer by the Board of Directors, effective January 26,
2009.
Mr. Mancyak's appointment follows a search for a Corporate
Controller.
Mr. Mancyak was made Assistant Corporate Controller in July of 2008
and earlier served as Astro-Med's Accounting Manager. Previously, Mr.
Mancyak was Senior Treasury Analyst at American Power Conversion and
was an auditor at the international accounting firm KPMG LLP.
Mr. Mancyak holds a B.S. in Accounting from Rhode Island College and
retired as a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps. He currently
resides in Richmond, RI with his wife and two children.
About Astro-Med, Inc.
Astro-Med, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOT) is a leading manufacturer of high tech
specialty printing systems, electronic medical instrumentation, and
test and measurement instruments sold under the brand names
Astro-Med(R), Grass(R) Technologies and QuickLabel(R) Systems.
Astro-Med Inc. products are employed around the world in a wide range
of industrial, scientific, test and measurement applications, for
product identification applications in consumer and industrial
markets, and for clinical and research purposes in the field of life
sciences. More information is available at www.astro-medinc.com.
Contact:
Joseph P. O'Connell
CFO
Astro-Med, Inc.
Tel: 800-343-4039
SOURCE: Astro-Med, Inc.