#b#Contracts Awarded#/b#
Orchid Cellmark Inc. (ORCH), 4390 Route 1 North, Princeton 08540; 609-750-2200; fax, 609-750-6405. Thomas A. Bologna, CEO. www.orchid.com
Orchid Cellmark, a provider of identity genetics and DNA testing services, has signed contracts with five police departments in the United Kingdom, totaling $1.2 million, to conduct DNA analysis of crime scene samples for submission to the National DNA Database. The contracts are good for three years and extendable to seven.
Sarnoff Corporation, 201 Washington Road, Box 5300, Princeton 08543-5300; 609-734-2553; fax, 609-734-2040. Mark Clifton, acting president & CEO. www.sarnoff.com
As part of a recent round of Department of Defense contracts, Sarnoff Corporation has received a $6.9 million contract for 50 standard ground station maintenance kits in support of the rapid aerostat initial deployment (RAID) system. RAID refers to lighter-than-air devices that carry sensitive military equipment. The shipment will go to U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
#b#Crosstown Moves#/b#
Bank of America Home Loans (CWD), 301 Carnegie Center, Second Floor, Princeton 08540; 609-683-1165. Richard Zeller, retail sales manager.
Bank of America Home Loans, the mortgage arm of Bank of America, has moved its Mercer County office from Quakerbridge Road to Carnegie Center.
Jantorno Financial Advisors LLC, 13 Roszel Road, Suite A-103, Princeton 08540-; 609-919-0006; fax, 609-919-0220. Lisa H. Jantorno CFA CFP, president.
Jantorno Financial Advisors, a fee-only financial planning and portfolio management firm, has moved out of 29 Emmons Drive. It now operates at 13 Rozsel Road.
#b#New in Town#/b#
Traust Sollus Wealth Management LLC, 103 Carnegie Center, Suite 205, , Princeton 08540-; 609-779-6700; fax, 609-779-6701. Guy McPhail, president. www.tswealth.com
Traust Sollus, a fee-only financial planning and advisory firm that also operates in Manhattan, has opened an office in the Carnegie Center.
The firm is headed by Guy McPhail, a CPA who earned his accounting bachelor’s from Texas Lutheran College in 1978. McPhail has been at the helm of several financial and accounting companies since, including Future University, which trains owners and employers for the franchise industry, and Innovation Technologies Worldwide, which serves the hospitality industry.
#b#Management Moves#/b#
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (IART), 313 Enterprise Drive, Plainsboro 08536; 609-936-3600; fax, 609-275-5363. Stuart M. Essig, CEO. www.integra-ls.com
Integra, which develops medical devices to treat cranial and spinal disorders and soft tissue damage, has named Peter Arduini as its new president and COO, effective November 1. According to CEO Stuart Essig, Arduini will have direct responsibility for all the company’s operations, including orthopedics, neurosurgery, and instruments. He succeeds Gerard Carlozzi, retiring at the end of 2010.
Arduini most recently was a vice president at Baxter Healthcare, where he headed a $4.8 billion global division for medical devices to pharmaceuticals. Prior to Baxter he spent 15 years at GE Healthcare, most recently as general manager of its global functional and computer tomography business.
#b#Leaving Town#/b#
Nations Realtors, 20 Nassau Street, Princeton. Maurice McLaughlin, broker. www.nationsrealtors.com
Nations Realtors, a residential and commercial real estate agency, has moved to Naples, Florida. Phone: 239-682-7000.
Raval Engineering Company LLC, 379 Princeton-Hightstown Road.
Raval Engineering, a structural consulting firm, has moved to Manalapan. The firm can still be reached via the Cranbury number, 609-443-6400.
#b#Out of Business#/b#
Scope Medical, 100 Overlook, Second Floor, Princeton. Jeremy Williams, CEO. www.scopemedical.com
Scope Medical, a medical communications company founded by Jeremy Williams (U.S. 1, August 5, 2009), has been acquired by Huntsworth PLC of England. Williams has moved back to England.
#b#Deaths#/b#
Harold Pergament, 76, on October 15. He was an aeronautical engineer and founder/owner of Propulsion Science and Technology in East Windsor.
Robert Taylor, 61, on October 11. He was a founder of Eastern High Voltage Inc., based on South Gold Drive in Robbinsville.
Christopher Ducko, 49, on October 10. He was formerly employed with American Reliance/Highlands Insurance Company in Lawrenceville and most recently worked as the facilities manager at the Princeton Public Library.
