Mr. Joseph A. Voves will retire as President of Metric & Multistandard Components Corp. at the end of 2005. Mr. Voves founded Metric & Multistandard in 1963 with partners Milan Peske and Alois Hacaj. The company's commitment to outstanding customer service is much attributed to Mr. Voves' belief that hard work and personal attention to details will gain you customers for life. The business remains strong and is owned by the same three families today.



Mr. Voves began his working career in Europe in the hotel business. After escaping from the communist takeover of his homeland (the former nation of Czechoslovakia) at the end of WWII, he studied in France and worked in Germany and Italy -- ultimately earning a job in Ethiopia in 1955 managing the Ethiopian National Hotel Company and reporting directly to the Ministry of Finance and the Emperor Haile Selassie. It was in Ethiopia that Mr. Voves met his future business partners who, ironically, were also originally from Czechoslovakia. Mr. Voves is fluent in nine languages as a result of his many worldly travels. He has been a devout Rotarian for decades -- twice past President and New York District Governor. Still very active at age 84, Mr. Voves enjoys outdoor activities like skiing and gardening and spending time with his 11 grandchildren.