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Newtown company highlighted as Sen. Murphy's 'Monday Manufacturer'

A Newtown business is being highlighted as Senator Chris Murphy's "Monday Manufacturer."  Family-owned Sonics & Materials specializes in the manufacturing of ultrasonic liquid processing and ultrasonic plastics assembly equipment, which includes welding, cutting and sealing systems, and ultrasonic metal welding systems for bonding conductive materials.  Robert Soloff, the founder and CEO of Sonics, was awarded a patent by the U.S. government for the groundbreaking technique that is now used universally across many sectors, in 1965. Sonics employs 85 people and work out of a 55,000 square foot headquarters with full machine shop capabilities and state-of-the-art equipment in Newtown. The company provides work study programs to students at Henry Abbott Technical High School and Emmett O'Brien Technical High School, and recruiting students from Naugatuck Valley Community College and the UConn School of Engineering.  Today, Connecticut’s 4,600 manufacturers account for 10% of the state’s jobs and 87% of the state’s total exports.

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