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Future Electronics Promotes FM4 Portfolio from Cypress

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) June 9, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, recently announced immediate shipping availability of the FM4 Portfolio of ARM-based MCUs, delivering a best-in-class 675 CoreMark® score at 200MHz for safety-critical, real-time industrial systems.

Industry 4.0 is the fourth industrial revolution, using network-computing technologies to advance design and manufacturing. Designing systems for Industry 4.0 requires high performance ARM-based MCUs that enable support for international safety standards and deliver fast, secure, reliable communication interfaces.

The FM4 Portfolio from Cypress delivers a scalable, high performance ARM Cortex-M4 platform with up to 200MHz CPU, 2MB flash and 256KB SRAM. This platform simplifies functional safety compliance with integrated hardware-based features like Error Correcting Code (ECC) support and standards compliant firmware libraries.

Cypress’s FM4 Portfolio delivers high speed communication interfaces like CAN-FD and IEEE 1588 Ethernet with hardware-based encryption accelerators.

To order product or find out more information about Cypress, the FM4 Portfolio, the S6E2C Series, and ARM-based MCUs, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, President, Future Electronics has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics Promotes LSP05 and LSP10 Surge Protection Modules from Littelfuse

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) June 8, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, has announced immediate shipping availability of LSP05 and LSP10 surge protections modules from Littelfuse.

The LSP05 and LSP10 surge protection modules from Littelfuse provide transient over-voltage protection for outdoor and commercial LED lighting fixtures. They provide robust surge current handling capability. The close proximity of the integrated thermal element to the varistor body ensures quick response to lightning-induced surges or nearby load switching.

Typical applications for the LSP05 and LSP10 surge protection modules include outdoor and commercial LED lighting, such as roadway lighting, traffic lighting, digital signage, service entrance lighting, parking garage/lot lighting, flood lighting, tunnel lighting, and street lighting.

For more information about Littelfuse and the LSP10 and LPS05 surge protection modules, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, President, Future Electronics has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Output Factory for InDesign Adds New Variable File Name Options

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Zevrix Solutions announces Output Factory 1.5.54, a feature update to its output automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Output Factory automates printing, exporting and preflighting from InDesign. The software offers batch processing, export as single pages, layer versioning and much more. The new version adds an option to ignore hidden layers when using the script label feature which lets users insert contents of selected text frames in InDesign document into variable output file names.

Toronto (ON), Canada — Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of Output Factory 1.5.54, a feature update to its solution to automate printing, exporting, preflighting and file delivery from Adobe InDesign. Output Factory lets printers, ad agencies and publishing houses worldwide automate and simplify their output workflow and easily repurpose InDesign files for the web and mobile devices.

“When every second counts Output Factory is a life saver!” says Glen Saville of eponymous design studio in Hornchurch, UK. “It’s a sublime beast that saves a lot of time. I just drag my files into the job list, set them up as I want and then sit back and watch the computer do its stuff.”

The new version improves the script label feature which gives users an easy way to insert text from specific frames in InDesign document directly into variable output file names. The new update adds an option to ignore script labels on hidden layers thus allowing users to assign identical labels across multiple layers in InDesign. This feature is especially useful for automated output of multi-lingual documents as well as the projects that contain separate versions for different distribution zones.

With Output Factory users only need to select InDesign files, adjust workflow settings, and the software will do the rest automatically. Built-in preflighting ensures that no output errors will be left unnoticed. The program supports all popular output formats and offers the following key features:

–Batch output of InDesign files
-Supports print, PDF, PostScript, EPS, TIFF, HTML and other formats
-Export as single pages
-Layer versioning
-Output to several formats at once
-Variable output file names
-Automatic preflight

Pricing and Availability:
Output Factory can be purchased from Zevrix website for US$169.95 (Light version $120, Server $700), as well as from authorized resellers and Adobe Exchange. Trial is also available for download. BatchOutput users can upgrade to Output Factory for $85. Output Factory requires Mac OS X 10.6-10.11 and Adobe InDesign CS3-CC 2015.

About Zevrix Solutions
Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF workflows, graphic file diagnostics, file delivery and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

Solutions for Adobe InDesign & the Graphics Industry

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MARWIS Product Film recognized with international prizes

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Fellbach, Baden-Wurttemberg (realtimepressrelease) May 27, 2016 – For all those who haven’t watched the film about the advantages of the mobile road sensor MARWIS yet, it’s now time the latest: A few days ago, two international awards went to the creators of the MARWIS film. They originate from the two most important festivals of the independent and short film industry. Thus, the filmmakers from NCP Film, whom Lufft again gave its trust, have continued with their success of the last two years, in which their productions for the sensor manufacturer were awarded with seven international film prizes in total.

With the MARWIS product film published in March 2015, NCP Film once again convinced international film juries. It became known on May 11, 2016 the latest, when the World Media Festival in Hamburg took place and the winner trophies changed hands. For the third time in a row, a Lufft production from NCP Film was amongst the winners there. The jury honored “MARWIS” with the highest prize level: the intermedia-globe Gold Award.

Almost in parallel, a WorldFest Houston Platinum Remi award in the category “Advertising/ Promotional” went to NCP for the same project. This represents the most valuable prize as well.

Lufft has collaborated with the filmmakers of NCP Film for two years now. The first joint project was about a new handheld instrument series. It was rewarded with an intermedia-globe Gold in Hamburg and a Platinum Remi Award in Houston. The second production has dealt with the Lufft I-BOX, a device allowing different climate sensors to be integrated into a measuring network and taking over different functions.

It’s always exciting to assist NCP Film in the planning, shooting and the editing of footage. It’s amazing, how much attention to detail and appropriated product know-how they put into a film production. With this studio, we found the right partner in terms of films and look forward to the next common project. It’s time to say thank you for the commitment to all those who were involved in the MARWIS film,” sums up Lufft Marketing Manager Tobias Weil.

About G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH :

Since it’s founding by Gotthilf Lufft in 1881, G. Lufft GmbH has been the leader in the production of climatological measuring equipment – always with the motto “tradition meets innovation”. Lufft’s capacity for innovation and precision has helped its products to establish the solid reputation they enjoy around the world. The company’s products can be found in use wherever variables such as air pressure, temperature, relative humidity and other environmental factors need to be measured. Together with its subsidiaries in the U.S. and in China, the company has 100 employees. In November 2012, G. Lufft GmbH was awarded the German Standards Brand Prize and was named a “Brand of the Century”. More information at: www.lufft.com.

Company Contact:

G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH
Gutenbergstr. 20
70736 Fellbach, Germany
Contact: Helena Wingert
E-Mail: pr@lufft.de
Phone: 0049 711 518220
Fax: 0049 711 51822 41

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Future Electronics Promotes NCV7428 from ON Semiconductor

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) May 20, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, has announced immediate shipping availability of ON Semiconductor’s NCV7428 System Basis Chip with integrated LIN and voltage regulator.

The NCV7428 from ON Semiconductor is a System Basis Chip (SBC) integrating functions typically found in automotive Electronic Control Units (ECUs). NCV7428 provides and monitors the low voltage power supply for the application microcontroller and other loads and includes an LIN transceiver. Built in control logic ensures safe power-up sequence and the correct reaction to different supply conditions; it also controls mode transitions including the power management and Bus wake-up treatment.

The NCV7428 is LIN2.x and J2602 compliant, offers TxD dominant timeout protection, with transceiver mode controlled by a dedicated input pin. It also offers thermal shutdown protection, is LIN Bus pin protected against transients, and has an under-voltage detector with a reset output.

For more information about ON Semiconductor, the NCV7428, and System Basis Chip (SBC), as well as access to the world’s largest available-to-sell inventory, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, President, Future Electronics has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics Promotes Low Power High Brightness LEDs from Lumex

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) May 20, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, has announced immediate shipping availability of Lumex’s QuasarBrite low power high brightness LEDs.

Recent developments in high brightness LEDs represent one of the most significant innovations in the lighting industry. Low power high brightness LEDs are offering unparalleled benefits in lighting performance, energy efficiency, durability, and cost savings.

The QuasarBrite low power high brightness LEDs from Lumex provide considerable cost savings and are available in many color options.

Typical applications for Lumex’s QuasarBrite low power high brightness LEDs include battery operated handheld devices, outdoor architectural lighting, outdoor indicators, automotive forward lighting, accent lighting, and indicator lights.

For more information about Lumex and low power high brightness LEDs, as well as access to the world’s largest available-to-sell inventory, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, President, Future Electronics has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics and President Robert Miller Host Strategic Supply Chain Solutions Conference

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) May 20, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components founded in 1968 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada by Robert Miller, hosted a Strategic Supply Chain Solutions conference at the company’s worldwide corporate headquarters in Montreal from April 11-15, 2016.

The conference focused on discussing the biggest issues facing customers today and in future, and determining the right solutions to help them. The Future Electronics team, under the leadership of the company’s President, Robert Miller, understands that many customers’ challenges stem from market condition changes. In addition, costs are rising in many regions; China was once considered low cost, but with a strong economy come higher wages. Labor costs are rising, fuel costs have changed, and companies are rethinking their supply chain needs

Another main area of concern for many companies is visibility into their supply chain. For companies who outsource, they want to have assurance that their manufacturing partner has the right supply chain set up, that it’s repeatable. Interruptions are driving the need for greater visibility. Things like earthquakes or fires cannot be anticipated, which makes supply chain security that much more critical.

Tom Galligani, Vice President of FIRST and Supply Chain Solutions for Future Electronics, explains, “Future Electronics’ expert supply chain team is in a great position to mitigate interruptions, by understanding crucial factors such as the location of the semiconductor fabs, and taking into account various considerations including single production or multi production, lead-times, manufacturing capacity, part classification, common vs. non-standard.”

Galligani continued, “Future Electronics places a lot of emphasis on understanding the customer’s manufacturing rhythm, buying patterns, factory locations, and transportation lead times. With proven experience and knowledge on both the supply side and demand side, we are able to consistently achieve an incredible 99.5% on-time delivery rate to our customers – the highest in the industry.”

For more information about Future Electronics, visit: www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, President, Future Electronics has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Output Factory Server for Adobe InDesign Now Supports InCopy Workflow

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Zevrix Solutions announces Output Factory Server 1.2.14, a feature update to its output workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Output Factory Server automates printing and exporting from InDesign by processing files from hot folders. The software offers layer versioning, preflighting, variable file name, export as single pages and other powerful features. The new version now fully supports the editorial InCopy workflow by allowing to auto-update links in imported InCopy documents.

Toronto (ON), Canada — Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of Output Factory Server 1.2.14, a feature update to its solution to automate printing, exporting and post-processing from Adobe InDesign. Developed originally for a major magazine publisher in the United States to free up their operator computers from outputting InDesign files, the software automates InDesign workflow by processing files from watched hot folders.

The new version now fully supports the editorial InCopy workflow that lets writers, editors, and designers work simultaneously on the same InDesign document, without overwriting each other’s work. The update addresses an issue which prevented from processing InDesign documents with modified links in imported InCopy files.

“Output Factory Server is an extremely useful utility for a busy production facility or advertising agency”, writes David Creamer in Layers magazine, “It can save lots of time – which equates to money.”

Under the Output Factory Server workflow, production artists, prepress operators and designers simply copy InDesign jobs to hot folders that reside on a network. Users can create hot folders for different output targets such as hi-res PDF, large format printing, Flash files and so on. The software offers the following key features:

–Print and export InDesign files automatically from hot folders
-Supports print, PDF, PostScript, TIFF, EPUB and other formats
–Automatic email notifications
–Export InDesign files as single pages
-Layer versioning
-Variable output file names
-Preflight files before output
-Serve unlimited users on a network

Pricing and Availability:
Output Factory Server can be purchased from Zevrix web site for US$699.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. BatchOutput Server users can upgrade for $350. Output Factory Server runs on Mac OS X 10.7-10.11 and works with Adobe InDesign CS5-CC 2015.

About Zevrix Solutions
Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, file delivery and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

Solutions for Adobe InDesign & the Graphics Industry

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Future Electronics Promotes TDK’s EPCOS Components for Energy Transient Protection

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) May 20, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, recently announced immediate shipping availability of EPCOS components from TDK, for energy transient protection.

EPCOS components from TDK deliver high energy transient protection, ESD protection, and thermal management. TDK’s EPCOS components offer extended life, enhanced system reliability, and reduced maintenance.

In addition to protection devices such as GDTs (gas discharge tubes), metal oxide varistors, and thermistors, TDK also offers EPCOS capacitors, inductors and chokes for LED lighting systems.

For more information about TDK, energy transient protection, and EPCOS components available through Future Electronics, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, President, Future Electronics has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics and President Robert Miller Support National Denim Day to Fight Breast Cancer

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) May 19, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1968 by Robert Miller, recently participated in National Denim Day on Tuesday, May 10, to help raise funds in the fight against breast cancer.

National Denim Day is an annual event to raise funds and awareness in the battle against breast cancer. National Denim Day is The Cure Foundation’s main fundraising event, whereby employees make a donation in exchange for being able to wear jeans to work that day.

Future Electronics and President Robert Miller encouraged each participating employee to donate a minimum of $5; every employee who made a donation of any amount to benefit this worthwhile cause was invited to wear denim and was also given a pink ribbon to wear as a show of support.

For more information about Future Electronics, visit: www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, President, Future Electronics has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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