Averna retains staff using breakthrough Sonomax technology
Montreal, QC, October 1, 2008 —Global test engineering company Averna and Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. (TSX Venture: SHH) today announced an innovative human resources initiative tailored to technology companies with high-density workspaces. Averna has subsidized Sonomax SOUNDCAGE™ earphones for its staff, protecting them against noise-induced hearing loss, ensuring non-disruptive music listening in the workplace, and setting an example for staff retention and business productivity.
“SOUNDCAGE™ fits perfectly within our employee-retention program,” said Roger T. Duguay, vice president of marketing at Averna. “This breakthrough technology will enable our hundreds of engineers, programmers, and software specialists to enjoy music in a dynamic working atmosphere, while maintaining the efficiency levels that have made Averna one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Canada. We are proud to pave the way for other software companies around the globe for whom business productivity and employee satisfaction go hand-in-hand.”
With over 50,000 programmers in the Montreal area alone, and with technology graduates worldwide choosing employers with wellness and work-life balance programs, Sonomax expects heavy demand for SOUNDCAGE™.
“This is an important, new step for Sonomax,” said Nick Laperle, president of Sonomax. “While we remain committed to our mission of preventing noise-induced hearing loss, we are now focusing our R&D and sales efforts around more complex, high-margin product offerings such as SOUNDCAGE™ that resolve productivity challenges for our clients. Sonomax’s custom hearing protection, music, and communications products are unmatched in the global marketplace on all fronts—comfort, performance, pricing, and availability. We look forward to helping software firms worldwide, virtue of our global licensing agreements, to maintain a motivated, productive workforce.”
Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. is a leader in the development and manufacturing of intra-ear technologies. The company's patented custom-fit, instant-fit expansion earpieces deliver a perfect fit every time.
