Comtech Research has been in business since 1989. We are a family-owned company, and we endeavor to treat all of our customers like family as well.

Helping people is central to our business. Our motto has always been "Take care of the customer and the business will take care of itself", and our experience has consistently proven the soundness of this customer-oriented approach (rather than a profit-centered mindset).

We firmly believe in the negative ion generator products that we offer for sale here; in fact, our IG- model negative ion generators were originally developed by us for our own personal use. (please read our story below.) We manufacture most of them right here in our own facilities in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, USA.

We are a member in good standing of the Better Business Bureau and participate in the BBB OnLine program.

How we got started in the ionizer business

Comtech Research first became involved in building negative ion generators as a result of health problems experienced by the owner's wife. Her allergies and asthma were so severe that her husband was seriously concerned for her life. All the medicine she regularly took only helped to a very limited extent. She then tried using a $600 'ionizer' that was really just an ozone generator, a 'thunderstorm in a box' with hardly any actual negative ion output. Her resulting breathing improvement was slight, but the results were nevertheless encouraging.

We use what we sell...

...everything that is for sale here on our site. The IG-133 series ionizers were originally developed for our own use, with no thought of offering them for sale to help others.

The owner had first heard about negative ion generators way back when he was in junior high school. So, he started researching the Internet for additional information about negative ions. With his background in electronics (when the other kids were out playing sports, he was in his workshop in his parents' basement building various electronic circuits), he then decided that he could construct a superior negative ion generator himself.

He then draped the bare electronic circuit of his first negative ionizer over an old wooden wall clock in the living room, where his sick wife was. Two hours after turning it on, his wife was breathing noticeably easier. Was it a coincidence? They had to find out, so the new ionizer was turned off and on (for various time periods). Yes, there was no doubt that his wife was definitely breathing much easier now! So he built a second ionizer, this time assembling both it and his original unit inside of protective cases.

After several weeks of continued easier breathing, they wondered if other people with breathing problems might be interested in their negative ion generators. Also being in the web page design business, they decided to begin offering them for sale on a web site. The idea was to help other people and make a small profit, not to get rich.

An unexpected benefit from the negative ions...

Three ionizers were finally placed in the living area, bedroom, and office of the old farm house that they then lived in. One of the ionizers had been put on a shelf near the owner's computer desk, for a life test. For months, he had not been able to work at the computer for more than a few minutes at a time. (Why?) He had tried a new chair, a better computer monitor, a wrist support, even an expensive ergonomic mouse and keyboard, and yet nothing seemed to help. Yet, shortly after he put this ionizer near where he was working, he realized that he had spent eight hours at the computer with hardly a break. This was completely unexpected! The negative ions were apparently helping to overcome the bad effect of positive ions being emitted by the computer monitor. (Scientific research dating back to the 1930s has provided evidence that positive ions can make people tired, irritable, and experience difficulty thinking clearly.) He had heard that negative ions could improve a person's mood, but had not personally experienced anything like it until then. Now this was something: not only might negative ion generators help people physically, but they might even help improve the mood in the work environment too.

Note that we are not making any medical claims regarding our ionizers (please see the disclaimer). We are merely sharing our own personal experiences with them.

The Ten Commandments of Good Business (which we strive to meet every single day):

1. A Customer is the most important person in any business.
2. A Customer is not dependent on us - we are dependent on him.
3. A Customer is not an interruption of our work - he is the purpose of it.
4. A Customer does us a favor when he calls - we are not doing him a favor by serving him.
5. A Customer is a part of our business - not an outsider.
6. A Customer is not a cold statistic - he is a flesh-and-blood human being with feelings and emotions like our own.
7. A Customer is not someone to argue or match wits with.
8. A Customer is a person who brings us his wants - it is our job to fill those wants.
9. A Customer is deserving of the most courteous and attentive treatment we can give him.
10. A Customer is the life-blood of this and every other business.

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Comtech Research is located in the Ozark Mountains in south central Missouri.