#b#New in Town#/b#
Radius Global Market Research, 141 Wall Street, Princeton 08540; 609-917-3420; fax, 609-921-2468. Glenn Staada, VP. www.radius-global.com.
Radius Global Market Research, a New York-based company, has opened a satellite office in Research Park. Glenn Staada, who is in charge of the new office, says three people work there, with a fourth to be added soon.
Radius is a 60-year-old company with offices in Chicago, San Francisco, London, and China. Staada said Princeton was a good location because of the area’s history as a market research hub, with Gallup having founded the industry in the mid 20th century.
#b#Name Changes#/b#
Aeon Corporation, 186 Princeton-Hightstown Road, 08550; 609-759-1571; fax, 609-275-9138, www.aeoncorporation.com.
Aeon Corporation, a maker of optical components, has just finished its first year as an independent company. Before then, it was a division of Alphion Corporation, which is also based on Princeton-Hightstown Road.
#b#Merger#/b#
Heights USA Inc., 1445 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing 08628; 609-530-1300; fax, 609-530-9430. Tim Philburn, operations manager. www.heights-usa.com.
Heights USA, manufacturer of plate processors and lithographic and flexographic equipment, plans to merge with its parent company, Kelleigh USA, in June. The combined company will operate on Lower Ferry Road in Ewing.
The companies were part of the same firm, Global Graphics, between the late 1990s and 2002, when their original owners re-acquired them.
#b#Deaths#/b#
Toby Goodyear, 80, on April 6. A Princeton resident since 1965, she served as executive director of Princeton Pro Musica, Princeton Symphony, and Princeton Singers. A service will be Saturday, May 3, at 10:30 a.m. at the Princeton University Chapel followed by a reception at the Nassau Club.
Sarah “Sally” Anne Ross, 67, on April 23. She worked as a medical editor for Bristol-Myers Squibb. She also worked for Rosetta and was a freelance contributor to U.S. 1 Newspaper.
Paul Sigmund, 85, on April 27. He was a politics professor at Princeton and husband of Barbara Sigmund, the late former mayor of Princeton Borough. The funeral will be Friday, May 2, at 1:30 p.m. at the Princeton University Chapel.
