Trexel, Inc. - History

The innovative microcellular foam technology known as the MuCell® Process was invented in the laboratories of Dr. Nam Suh, Head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mechanical Engineering Department.

Commercial application of this breakthrough technology began in earnest during 1995 by Axiomatics Corp., Trexel's predecessor in name. By mid-1995, the level of customer interest in MuCell Technology had increased to the point that Axiomatics needed to expand. Dr Suh approached Alex d'Arbeloff, who at the time was Chairman of the Visiting Committee to the Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT (and later became Chairman of the MIT Corporation), to discuss funding. Mr. d'Arbeloff, the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Teradyne, Inc., took a personal interest in the MuCell technology, assembled a group of prominent business leaders and investors, and subsequently became the Chairman of Trexel.

In November of 1995, Mr. d'Arbeloff recruited David Bernstein, a graduate of Harvard Business School with considerable sales, marketing and new product/technology management experience, as President and CEO of Trexel.

The company's name was officially changed from Axiomatics to Trexel in June, 1996.

Trexel Board of Directors

Alex d'Arbeloff, Chairman
Founder and retired Chairman and CEO, Teradyne, Inc.
Professor of Management Practice at MIT Sloan School of Business and Honorary Chairman of the MIT Corporation.

Timothy Barrows
Partner, Matrix Partners

David Bernstein
President and CEO, Trexel Inc.

Cyril Meduna
Managing Director, Advent-Morro Equity Partners

Dr. B. J. Park
Founder, Merchandise Testing Labs
Sr. Vice President of Bureau Veritas

Dr. Nam Suh
The Ralph E. & Eloise Cross Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Manufacturing Institute Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Yasuhide Sunamura
Chairman and CEO, The Sanpho Group
Chairman, Trexel Japan

Dr. Jan Vanvuchelen
Director, Dumaplast International

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