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Dixon Tan to Join the Sticklers™ Team; Will Bring Structured Cabling Expertise to the Fibre Industry Across Asia

Mar 01, 2018

Mr. Dixon Tan of Singapore has been appointed as Sticklers™ Business Manager for the Southeast Asia Region.

Mr. Dixon Tan of Singapore has been appointed as Sticklers™ Business Manager for the Southeast Asia Region.

[Singapore] MicroCare Asia Ltd. Pte. is pleased to announce that Mr. Dixon Tan of Singapore has been appointed as Sticklers™ Business Manager for the Southeast Asia Region. Mr. Tan comes to MicroCare with more than twenty years of experience in the fiber optics industry and industrial sales.

“Fibre optics is the hottest of our many hot markets, so we are very pleased that Dixon has joined the Sticklers™ team,” reported Mr. Jerald Chan, Asia Regional Manager at MicroCare Asia. “He’s going to help us reach more customers more quickly, expand our partner network and prove to end-users that the Sticklers™ answers will save money and boost network performance.”

Mr. Tan has spent his entire career immersed in the telecommunication industry. Prior to MicroCare, he worked at a global infrastructure company that provided datacom infrastructure solutions which enhanced network performance, avoiding the headaches and failure modes of traditional networking products. He held a variety of positions in his past working experiences, from Project Development to Business Development Manager. He attained the coveted RCDD certification in 2000 and is the current Southeast Asia Secretary of BICSI (Building Industry Consulting Services International).

“Globally speaking, MicroCare already has a very impressive collection of technical experts, but Dixon brings us to a new level,” said Tom Tattersall, MicroCare Chief Operating Officer. “This is further proof that we’re the winning team, we’re the innovators, we’re the thought-leaders. All of our customers around the globe will benefit from having experts like Dixon available to help them.”

“I’m very pleased to be moving up to the MicroCare team,” Mr. Tan said. “The Sticklers™ fiber optic cleaners already have made a real impact in the market. I know the customers here in Singapore and all across Asia are going to jump at a chance to improve their network reliability with better tools and better cleaning of their fiber networks. It’s an exciting opportunity to be joining a winning team!”


Sticklers™ fiber optic cleaners are manufactured by MicroCare Corp. They deliver perfectly clean ports, jumpers and splices. Sticklers™ products deliver a cleaner network which eliminates expensive repair calls, boosts customer satisfaction and avoids costly warranty claims, all at the lowest possible cost.

On a broader level, fast-growing MicroCare Corporation is a global company based in New Britain, Connecticut, USA. Since 1983 it has been the leading manufacturer of environmentally-progressive fluids and processes used for critical cleaning. These products are supplied to industries as diverse as fiber optics, electronics, metal finishing, transportation, photonics, medical devices and aerospace. The products all share the same goal: helping companies improve the products they make and lower their costs. MicroCare also features the industry’s leading product stewardship program, which helps companies to use these fluids properly, safely and more economically. MicroCare Corporation has an ISO 9001-2008 registered quality system.

In terms of locations, MicroCare has two manufacturing facilities in New Britain and a global logistics center in Rocky Hill, CT., plus additional manufacturing facilities in the UK and logistics facilities in the UK, Belgium and Singapore. There are two complete QC and R&D labs located in New Britain. MicroCare counts the MicroCare™ fluids, Sticklers™ fiber optic cleaners and MicroCare Medical™ among its brands.

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