Jeeps and Land Cruisers - CalRamic at play

At the end of March, Jeff Day, his son Ryan, and  Dan Johnson(QA Manager, CalRamic Technologies) did a 4x4 outing east of Reno.  They ventured into the Nevada desert to view the 10,000 year old Petroglyphs with some other folks from Dan's Land Cruiser club.

Some 2200 petroglyphs are present in this one area, along with wild horses.  We love Nevada, and the vast high mountain desert just outside our back door.  It's a nice work-life balance and take a load off on a Saturday.

 

The story ended with Jeff's jeep being towed out due to a transmission issue.  The Toyota Land Cruiser guys had a great time harassing the jeep guys over this.

Fun with the CalRamic Team

CalRamic Technologies LLC is off to a fantastic start for 2016! With the year well under way, we thought it would be fun to share some of our favorite moments from 2015, as well as, some of our exciting plans for 2016, to get psyched up for what is going to be another fun-filled and productive year.

This year, CalRamic Technologies LLC has many exciting plans to expand our business and applications through trade shows and market outreach. We made a strong showing at the Space Tech Expo in Germany in November, showcasing our Space Level Ultra High Reliability products and interacting with industry leaders in the Aerospace market--while having a bit of fun as well. Company President Jeff Day even had a chance to try his hand at a high-tech flight simulator!

During November, the CalRamic employees were busy squaring off in the annual CalRamic Chili Cook-off. Defending Champion and Production Manager, Dave Munoz, had some fierce competition, but managed to pull off another victory for Best Overall Chili with his world famous "El Mexicano" chili. Members of the Technical Team also had a strong showing with ties for Spiciest Chili and Second Place, with surprisingly strong showing from Application Engineer Anthony Bass' vegan chili.

Just a few short weeks after the Space Tech Expo and Chili Cook-off, it was time for yet another wonderful CalRamic Holiday Party. The party was a particularly fun one due to the arrangement of a Casino Night where everyone had a chance to put on their poker face and win as much "funny money" as possible. The craps and roulette tables drew big crowds, where members of the production team tried to win big while learning some valuable strategy. There were also smaller, intense card games like blackjack where the CalRamic team used its brainpower with a bit of luck to count cards and beat out the dealers.

CalRamic Technologies LLC had a wonderful 2015 on all fronts. It was fun and productive year where the team used all opportunities to become more productive, strengthen relationships, and grow the company while building and bringing a lot of positive momentum into 2016.

CalRamic Technologies LLC has been looking forward to presenting our products to the Military, Space, Extreme Environment, and Commercial Sectors in upcoming trade shows through March. First off, March 8-9, we were at the Components for Military & Space Electronics Training & Exhibition (CMSE) show in Los Angeles, CA, where we met with industry leaders.We are now attending the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) in Long Beach, CA, where we hope to expand our client base and become more widely recognized as a world leader in manufacturing ultra high reliability capacitors for a variety of markets and applications. As we continue to keep and build our momentum early on, CalRamic Technologies LLC looks forward to another exciting and productive year where we will make more fond memories and bonds while continuing to grow and become more recognized as a world leader in capacitor technology.

Jeff Day visiting the Solar Orbiter Display At Max Planck Institute in Germany

CalRamic Technologies LLC is proud to participate on the ESA Solar Orbiter Project.  Our High Voltage Ceramic Capacitors will be used in will be the PHI-Polarmetric and Helio-seismic Imager developed by the Max Plank Institute in Germany.  The mission is set to launch in 2017 from Cape Canaveral and expected to operate for 3.5 years while gaining valuable knowledge about our local star, the Sun.   

This fall Jeff Day, President/Chief Technical Officer of CalRamic Technologies visited The Max Plank Institute in Germany during the same period parts were delivered.  Jeff is shown standing in front of the Rosetta-Philae Lander that was due to land a week later on the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko .  "We at CalRamic Technologies are very excited about another Analytical Space program that we are involved in here, and look forward to the data that is accumulated about our Sun."  

Over his 30+ year career, Jeff has participated on dozens of Deep Space, Earth Analytical Environmental, and Telecommunications programs with world renown companies in the Space Industry.

CalRamic President, Jeff Day, Coaches at Big Brother/Big Sister Event

Early in June, Jeff Day, CalRamic's founder, participated in a community event to teach tennis to adults and juniors that are part of the Big Brother/ Big Sister.  The event was hosted in conjunction with the Tennis Association of Reno, of which Jeff is a member.  Jeff has been on the court teaching this event for 3 years to over 80 attendees.  Great fun was had by coaches and attendees as they fostered an atmosphere to build a life long passion for tennis.

CalRamic's Jeff Day coaches tennis at Big Brother-Big Sister Event