This is the official home page of MicroCare Corporation, a leader in the world of precision cleaning, coating and lubricating.

MicroCare Corporation is a privately-held corporation based in New Britain, Connecticut, USA, about 100 miles/150 km northeast of New York City. MicroCare was established in 1983 to meet the demands of industry for precision cleaning systems for the benchtop.

The two founders of MicroCare are Christopher A. Jones and Peter E. Clapp (photo, left, with long-time friend and board member John Farris on the far right). In 1982 Mr. Jones operated a chemical distribution company that served southern New England, R. M. Jones & Co., Inc. Similarly, Mr. Clapp operated Creative Products, Inc., a New Haven-based aerosol company that fills private-label aerosols for the food industry. From time to time, Creative Products purchased products from R. M. Jones & Co.

During the normal process of sales and support, Mr. Jones and Mr. Clapp discovered that each firm could help the other develop a new line of aerosols sprays for cleaning electronics. Mr. Clapp would provide the aerosol filling expertise; Mr. Jones would manage the sales, and between the two experts the proposed company, MicroCare, would flourish. The net result was that Micro Care was founded in 1982 and incorporated in Connecticut in 1983. First year sales were a scant $60,000.

MicroCare Products Evolved from Customer Requirements

Not long after MicroCare began selling aerosol cleaners, it became clear that an ordinary aerosol was a wasteful and expensive way to dispense these solvents.

High-pressure aerosols clean fairly effectively, but only by using an extravagant amount of solvent to do the job. In addition, as the world has become less trusting of authority, technicians have become more suspicious of the cleaners and their possible long-term health effects. Therefore, minimizing exposures to these chemicals became an objective of many firms. To satisfy these needs, MicroCare invented and patented the "Trigger Grip™" dispensing system, which is featured throughout this web site. The Trigger Grip system reduces the amount of solvent used during cleaning, and minimizes the labor required to clean, both of which saves money. Subsequently, it was learned that the system also improves the quality of the cleaning which means the electronic assembly will last longer and perform better.

Over the years a variety of other important products were developed at MicroCare, all of which results in a safer worker place, a healthier planet and reduced manufacturing costs. In short, MicroCare offers proprietary products that provide important money-saving benefits to end-users.

Today MicroCare is a dynamic, fast-moving team with hundreds of distributors world-wide, twenty regional sales representatives and a lean but talented headquarters staff. Overall sales have increased steadily for more than a decade, with growth averaging better than 20% annually.

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

If your company or organization is based in New England, one of MicroCare's sister companies might be able to help:

Gilbert & Jones, Inc.

Gilbert & Jones provides products and services to the metal finishing and waste-water treatment industries across New England with a complete line of cleaners, chemicals and semi-precious metals.
Sales: (800) 577-2962
Tel: (860) 832-8550
Fax: (860) 832-8499

Pearse-Bertram Corp.

Founded in 1920, Pearse-Bertram is New England's premier supplier of instrumentation valves, fittings, regulators, filters and lubricators, plus gauges, quick connects, Teflon® flexible hose, digital and analog flow controllers, and all the usual related accessories. When it comes to the precision control of motion, fluids and gasses, nobody does it better than Pearse-Bertram.
Sales: (800) 243-2340
Tel: (860) 678-5151
Fax: (860) 678-5157

Jones Environmental Services

The Jones Environmental Services team specializes in the profiling, packaging, shipping and disposal of hazardous industrial wastes. They use the disposal, treatment and recycling services of some of the finest companies in the business. With nearly thirty years of experience in handling RCRA wastes, the J.E.S. team is the one to have on your side.
Sales: (203) 980-8146
Fax: (203) 407-0448

Updated 2-11-2008