Doug Kapsa

"The VariQuik System came about in response to a customer's request," says Doug Kapsa, Vice President of FasTest, Inc."One of our customers was using both the FastTest MediMate 870 and the MediMate 540 medical connectors for filling medical oxygen cylinders."The customer's request: "Could FasTest offer a fitting or connection that would allow him to quickly change over his medical O2 filling connectors from 870 to 540 products-one to the next, with total flexibility, including specific portable O2-dispensing products?""Since we were providing a solution, to one customer, we realized we were onto something special," explained Kapsa.

After record sales increases in 2008, Doug Kapsa, vice president/general manager, FasTest (Roseville, MN), expects still more growth in 2009. New products to be introduced in the 1st and 3rd Quarters are designed to increase his customers' productivity and profitability. Additional square footage acquired during the 4th Quarter 2008 will allow for increased production capacity and the ability to provide customers with refurbishment and maintenance services. Kapsa says, “We will expand our market opportunities in the compressed gas side, but we still have the complete propane side of the business to develop next year.”

"The VariQuik System came about in response to a customer's request," says Doug Kapsa, Vice President of FasTest, Inc. "One of our customers was using both the FastTest MediMate 870 and the MediMate 540 medical connectors for filling medical oxygen cylinders."

The customer's request: "Could FasTest offer a fitting or connection that would allow him to quickly change over his medical O2 filling connectors from 870 to 540 products-one to the next, with total flexibility, including specific portable O2-dispensing products?"

"Since we were providing a solution, to one customer, we realized we were onto something special," explained Kapsa.

Doug Kapsa, a frequent business traveler who works for FasTest Inc. of St. Paul, doubts the changes won't add up to delays."I'm not buying that," he said."It'll slow things down."

Like some 2,400 other fellow travelers, Kapsa was enrolled in a "registered traveler" program that sped him through security checks at Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport.The program ended about a month ago."I could arrive at the airport and be through security in two minutes," said Kapsa.

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Contact: Doug KapsaE-mail: dkapsa@fastestinc.com