MEMEX Inc. Leadership Recognized Amongst Top 30 Advanced Manufacturing Visionaries

BURLINGTON, ON–(Marketwired – May 12, 2016) – MEMEX Inc. (TSX VENTURE: OEE) is excited and proud to announce that Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), in its inaugural issue of Smart Manufacturing magazine, has recognized David McPhail, CEO of MEMEX Inc., and Dave Edstrom, CTO of MEMEX Inc., amongst the top 30 Advanced Manufacturing Visionaries.

According to Smart Manufacturing Magazine, the top 30 Advanced Manufacturing Visionaries list is a representation of who’s who in the smart manufacturing world. They all have made significant contribution towards developing tools and techniques that have made the Industrial Revolution 4.0 a reality.

Smart Manufacturing magazine recognizes David McPhail, CEO of MEMEX Inc. for his relentless work towards creating solutions that help North American manufacturers solve tangible issues such as efficiency and sustainability of manufacturing operations. Adding further to the delight of MEMEX Inc., Smart Manufacturing magazine also applauds the work of Dave Edstrom, CTO of MEMEX Inc., in the field of developing MTConnect® an open, royalty-free standard to get information from machinery applications to enable increased productivity.

“Both Dave and I are really honored to be a part of this esteemed list, not just as individuals but also as developers of MERLIN, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) communication platform that promises manufacturing excellence,” says David McPhail, CEO of MEMEX Inc. “Visionaries create the window into the future but it is the strength and dedication of their team that turns those ideas in reality. MEMEX Inc. as a team is in the business of taking our visions and turning them into revolutionary IIoT products.”

About MEMEX Inc.

MEMEX Inc., the developer of MERLIN, an award winning IIoT technology platform that delivers tangible increases in manufacturing productivity in Real-Time, is the global leader in machine to machine connectivity solutions. Committed to its mission of “Successfully transforming factories of today into factories of the future” and encouraged by the rapid adoption and success of MERLIN, MEMEX is relentlessly pursuing the development of increasingly innovative solutions suitable in the IIoT era. MEMEX envisions converting every machine into a node on the corporate network, thereby, creating visibility from shop-floor-to-top-floor. MEMEX, with its deep commitment towards machine connectivity, offers solutions that are focused on finding hidden capacity by measuring and managing Real-Time data. This empowers MEMEX’s customers to effectively quantify and manage OEE, reduce costs and incorporate strategies for continuous lean improvement.