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The Hardware Store™ by Bi-Link

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The Hardware Store™ by Bi-Link Comes to San Diego

Bloomingdale, Illinois (July 1st, 2015): Bi-Link is preparing to launch its second location of The Hardware Store™ in San Diego, California on July 21, 2015, from 4:00-6:00 pm. The Hardware Store™ by Bi-Link is an open atmosphere developed outside Bi-Link’s headquarters. It’s a technology-driven space for engineers made by engineers, with all the tools and resources necessary to push the boundaries on design projects. The first Hardware Store™ premiered last November at the Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, North Carolina and received a positive response from the community. Following the premiere, Jacob Newbauer, Community Manager of the Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, N.C., stated, “They [Bi-Link] recognize the plethora of R&D companies we have here and how they need a third space to be more than a coffee shop — they need tools and gadgets and a place specifically designed for the engineering mind.” A unique feature of The Hardware Store™ is the Midnight Lunch™ Lab. In collaboration with Sarah Miller Caldicott, great-grandniece of Thomas Edison and author of the book Midnight Lunch, the Midnight Lunch™ Lab is designed to ignite innovation like Edison. Caldicott is involved with the San Diego launch and will be present opening day. Also making an appearance is MakingChips, a manufacturing podcast that recently hit over 10,000 downloads. Hosts Jim Carr of CARR Machine & Tool and Jason Zenger of ZENGER Industrial Supply will be recording live and interviewing attendees. Bi-Link chose San Diego as a second location due to its high demand for engineer support and its development as a hub for technology companies, in a wide range of industries. Tim Higby, Bi-Link’s California Technical Liaison, states, “San Diego, one of America’s finest cities with all its diversity and rich history, provides the perfect backdrop for engineers and entrepreneurs to collaborate freely.” About Bi-Link Bi-Link is a global manufacturing company founded in 1961 offering a full-range of capabilities including open innovation, prototyping, injection molding, metal stamping, and assembly services. Bi-link collaborates with engineering teams to solve complex design challenges from the early “what if” stage through full-scale manufacturing. Learn more at http://www.bi-link.com/ The Hardware Store™ by Bi-Link 200 Trans Air Drive Suite 800 Morrisville, NC 27560 10211 Pacific Mesa Boulevard Suite 408 San Diego, CA 92121

PRESS RELEASE

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CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS – JUNE 22, 2015 Micah Maidenberg, Why Silicon Valley’s giants buy parts from this suburban job shop The headquarters of Bi-Link is a white box in a quiet section of suburban Bloomingdale. It's not the type of place that attracts attention from drivers passing by on Glen Ellyn Road. From its industrial-park home, though, the contract manufacturer has won work from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley and helms a global operation with 1,500 employees. Read the full article > DAILY HERALD BUSINESS LEDGER – JUNE 19, 2015 Richard R. Klicki, DuPage’s Rev3 growing with help from Bloomingdale firm That buzz you may have been hearing around Naperville isn’t coming from low-flying drones. It’s the energy being generated by DuPage County’s growing technology/manufacturing business incubator Rev3. Read the full article > BOOTSTRAPPING IN AMERICA – MAY 29, 2015 Video Chicago-based Bi-Link, is a 53-year-old global mechanical component supplier offering a unique synthesis of leading-edge technologies and manufacturing solutions to support engineers. View the video > 3D SYSTEMS – MARCH 11, 2015 3D Systems Helps Bi-Link Slash Product Development Time and Costs With 3D Printed Injection Molds Using several ProJet® 3500 HDMax printers, Bi-Link provides its customers with 3D print injection mold tooling and real-time production-grade test parts in mere hours—all at a fraction of the cost of traditional tooling. Read the full article > DAILY HERALD BUSINESS LEDGER – FEBRUARY 27, 2015 Richard R. Klicki, Key to robot revolution is keeping manufacturing focused, workers engaged Ray Ziganto can speak to that with experience. As president of Bi-Link in Bloomingdale, his family-owned business has grown over the past 50 years from a stamping company serving local customers to a global supplier of components and services to a number of industries. The company’s footprint extends from the suburbs to Mexico, Europe and China. Read the full article >

MEDIA COVERAGE

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SOLIDSMACK – MAY 8, 2014 Josh Mings, Bi-Link Tells You How to Get Your Product Manufactured (and Reduce the Pain of the Process) We’re living in a world of daily product launches. If you’re reading this, you’re likely considering your own or, at the very least, dream of making riches by bringing the ultimate, life-altering product to market. Whether that is done through crowd sourcing, investor sourcing or mother-in-law sourcing, there will always be a point when that brilliant idea needs to become a brilliant reality. Manufacturing. It’s the gray area; the “part they don’t tell you about in school.” Read the full article >

SUPPLY & DEMAND CHAIN EXECUTIVE – APRIL 29, 2014 Ray Ziganto, American Hustle: U.S. Manufacturers Need to Lose their Maintain Mentality A U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance is far from a given. If ever there was a time for manufacturing companies to be out in front, now is it. So why are many mid-market manufacturers still operating like it’s the Dark Ages—in silos reminiscent of medieval craft guilds? Read the full article >

FORBES REINVENTING AMERICA SUMMIT – APRIL 10, 2014 Video Bi-Link President, Ray Ziganto, expresses his takeaways from the Forbes Reinventing America Summit held recently in Chicago, IL. View the video > ILLINOIS BUSINESS THIS WEEK – MARCH 28, 2014 Video Interview with Bi-Link President Ray Ziganto Illinois Business this Week interviews Ray Ziganto regarding Bi-Link’s history, high-tech capabilities, and collaborative, customer-centric culture. View the video > RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK BLOG – DECEMBER 4, 2014 Jacob Newbauer, Tinker away at the Bi-Link Hardware Store I had the chance to visit the launch of Bi-Link’s The Hardware Store – a workspace where local entrepreneurs and engineers can collaborate with peers to put ideas into action. Bi-Link is a family owned company that has not strayed from its original goal of having employees come to work each day and say, “What if?!” They want to give engineers and entrepreneurs access to tools in order to lower barriers of entry to prototyping in order to allow them to keep asking ”What if?!” Read the full article >

MEDIA COVERAGE (CONTINUED)

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RAY ZIGANTO – President 630-858-5900 ext. 107, r_ziganto@bi-link.com Ray Ziganto has more than 25 years in international operations and business development experience for U.S. and multinational mechanical component contract manufacturers. He is president of Chicago-based Bi-Link, a 53-year-old global mechanical component supplier offering a unique synthesis of leading-edge technologies and manufacturing solutions to support engineers. A results-driven innovator, Ray has positioned Bi-Link to

be competitive and relevant in the changing U.S. manufacturing landscape. Previously, Ray held a variety of roles at Bi-Link: Senior Vice President, Global Operations; Vice President, Asian Operations; and Corporate Sales Manager. He has lived and worked in China, Singapore, and Mexico, affording him a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing U.S. manufacturers.

KRIS KENT – Vice President of Sales & Marketing

630-398-0621, k_kent@bi-link.com Kris Kent has over 25 years of international selling & market development experience of industrial products for American companies. He currently is VP Sales for Chicago-based Bi-Link, a 53-year-old, family-owned, global manufacturing company. In 2013, Kris returned to the U.S. after 17 years in Singapore and China, where he positioned Bi-Link as a premier supplier to multinational companies in the region. Now, Kris will focus on the

burgeoning development opportunities in the U.S., conveying Bi-Link’s unique synthesis of leading-edge technologies and manufacturing solutions to support engineers.

FRANK ZIBERNA – Research and Development Director 630-545-8133, frank@bi-link.com Frank Ziberna started at Bi-Link in 1976 as a first year tool and diemaker, and an apprentice. He’s been in Research and Development for the past 15 years.

TIM HIGBY – Technical Laison 951-316-9273, t_higby@bi-linkil.com Tim Higby holds more than 25 years of product development experience that began back with Motorola back in the 80s with a new technology called “cell” phones. Since then, he has worked as a consultant for many southern California companies developing products ranging from medical devices such as insulin pumps, drug injectors, and blood diagnostic devices and heart valves to light pumps and 3D printers. Tim also has a keen sense of how products are made and what will take to them to the finish line. His educational background is in Mechanical Engineering Technology.

BIOS

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WHO WE ARE We collaborate with engineering teams to solve complex design challenges from the early, “what if” stage through full-scale manufacturing. With Bi-Link you get components and sub-assemblies in plastic and metal delivered on your schedule — across the globe, from our factories, where you need them.

WHAT WE DO Our full range of capabilities includes Open Innovation, prototyping, injection molding, metal stamping, and assembly services.

Open Innovation You can talk to us. Bi-Link redefines the role a manufacturer plays in the early stages of product development. Engineering teams get critical feedback at the early “pre-prototype” stage — getting you from the first idea to the next level. Our advanced digital manufacturing technologies allow you to have a few 3-D printed parts in hours and molded parts in days (not weeks).

Prototyping Bi-Link has a full range of in-house prototyping capabilities in North America and Asia. Unlike “proto-only” shops, we apply what we learn through the Open Innovation stage to supply the first quantity of real parts. You get the right parts, extremely fast, with no upcharges and no asterisks.

Injection Molding Bi-Link is a multi-capable molder. Beyond conventional molding, we leverage our metal stamping expertise to provide insert- and over-molded components. That single-source advantage means reduced total component costs and no potential supplier conflict.

Metal Stamping A good part starts with a great tool. Bi-Link’s tools are all designed and built in-house. We’re in total control of quality as well as delivery; in fact, we set the bar for tool lead-time. We also set the bar for creating unconventional solutions where others hit a roadblock. From mobile phones and medical devices to countless automotive applications, we’ve seen — and done — it all.

Assembly Services Here too, Bi-Link is highly vertically integrated. Our secondary services encompass everything from laser welding, packaging and pad printing to automation, assembly and more. Complementing our in-house assembly capability, we use Bi-Link’s global footprint to source the best, the world over.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

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The Hardware Store™ is an authentic workspace, outside Bi-Link's headquarters, to create a technology-driven "home away from work" for product engineers — an open atmosphere with all the tools and resources necessary to push the boundaries on design projects.

Built by engineers for engineers, The Hardware Store™ is a place to:

Interface with industry top minds

Access latest technologies

Test proof of concept

Get a few parts fast!

A unique feature of The Hardware Store is the Midnight Lunch™ Lab – designed in partnership with Sarah Miller Caldicott, great grandniece of Thomas Edison and author of Midnight Lunch. This space inspires collaboration to innovate like Edison.

MIDNIGHT LUNCH™ LAB

Collaborate the way Thomas Edison did.

A first of its kind - we're rethinking American innovation in the 21st century. The Midnight Lunch™ Lab is the heart of the Hardware Store that drives innovation, breakthrough ways of thinking and discovery through collaboration.

Bi-Link is proud to collaborate with Sarah Miller Caldicott, great grandniece of Thomas Edison, who has translated Edison’s revolutionary thinking and innovation processes through her book Midnight Lunch.

THE HARDWARE STORE™ BY BI-LINK

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TRULY GLOBAL

USA

Illinois 391 South Glen Ellyn Road

Bloomingdale, IL 60108 USA Phone: (630) 858-5900

North Carolina

The Hardware Store™ by Bi-Link 200 Trans Air Drive, Suite 800

Morrisville, NC 27560 Phone: (919) 246-9100

California

The Hardware Store™ by Bi-Link 10211 Pacific Mesa Boulevard, Suite 408

San Diego, CA 92121

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EUROPE

Germany Dachauer Str. 342

80993 Munich Germany

Phone: +49-89-143836 620

Scotland

Phone: +44 (0) 1294 464790

MEXICO

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No. 2251 Parque Industrial Aztecas

32310 C. Juarez, Chih, Mexico Phone: +52-656-620-0103

CHINA

Shanghai 869 Shuangbai Road

Shanghai 201108 China Phone: +96 21 6434 1111

Shanghai Phone: +86 21 6434 1111