NAME: Applied Test Systems

ADDRESS: 348 New Castle Road

OWNER/MANAGER: Michael A. Asti, president

EMPLOYEES: 67

ITEMS MADE: Furnaces; ovens; electro heat systems; environmental chambers and accessories, and testing systems to gauge load stress, pressure, sealant, asphalt and calibration.

QUOTE: "It's not an assembly line kind of thing. It's all handcrafted. If there's not a need for it, why build it?"— David Fair, vice president of operations and general manager