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Future Electronics and President Robert Miller Celebrates 20th Anniversary of APDC

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) January 8, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, recently observed the 20th anniversary of its Asia Pacific Distribution Center (APDC), opened in 1995.

Future Electronics was founded in Montreal in November of 1968 by Robert Miller, President. Today the company is recognized as one of the most respected and innovative companies in the industry. Robert Miller named the company based on his vision of always looking toward the future.

Strategically positioned in Singapore, Asia’s established logistics hub, Future Electronics’ Asia Pacific Distribution Center (APDC) is located right at Changi Airport, enabling same day shipments to be processed quickly and efficiently and extending order cut-off times. In addition, a newly designed automated material handling process, along with an upgraded warehouse management system, significantly reduces order processing times even further, with the ability to fulfill priority customer orders from receipt to shipment in a mere 15 minutes.

A highly sophisticated Warehouse Management System (WMS) controls the movement of the product and tracks it every step of the way. Every transaction is recorded and stored in our archives, from receipt to shipment. The company’s state-of-the-art Transportation Management System (TMS) calculates precise transit time to each customer location, assuring that orders ship on the right day in order to meet customer delivery requirements. In addition, the organization’s advanced Export Management System validates each Export order to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations.

For more information about the company, 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, the company 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 Celebrate Anniversary of Memphis Distribution Center

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) January 7, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, recently celebrated the 11th anniversary of the company’s Memphis Area Distribution Center in the US.

Future Electronics was founded in Montreal in November of 1968 by Robert Miller, President. Today the company is recognized as one of the most respected and innovative companies in the industry. The Memphis Areas Distribution Center, known as the MADC, is a world class facility that was officially opened and became fully operational in October 2004, after Robert Miller invested $52 million to build the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art distribution system in the world.

The decision to establish its main distribution facility in Southaven, Mississippi, located within close proximity to all major carrier hubs, has proven to be a tremendous success for Future Electronics, enabling an impressive 99.5% on-time delivery rate throughout the Americas and beyond – an unprecedented and unrivalled achievement anywhere else in the industry.

For more information about the company, 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, the company 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 Observes 5th Anniversary of EMEA DC

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) January 6, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, recently observed the 5th anniversary of its Europe/Middle East/Africa Distribution Center (EMEA DC), which opened in 2010.

Future Electronics was founded in Montreal in November of 1968 by Robert Miller, President. Today the company is recognized as one of the most respected and innovative companies in the industry.

Future’s EMEA Distribution Center is strategically located in Leipzig, Germany, a focal logistics point in Central Europe. Its proximity to the carrier hubs enables same day shipments to be processed quickly and efficiently and allows the company to offer the latest order cut-off times in the industry for next day delivery.

Product is stored in a “dark warehouse”: a secure, fenced in, fully automated environment, with automated temperature and humidity controls meeting all the latest industry standards. Components are stored in specifically designed protective totes, one part number per tote. This storage concept dramatically reduces the possibility of mistakes.

Customers benefit from consolidation methods the company has put in place to help reduce transportation costs. Consolidating shipments also has a positive impact on the environment, reducing consumption of packaging materials as well as fuel. This practice goes hand in hand with President Robert Miller’s commitment to making the company as environmentally friendly as possible.

A highly sophisticated Warehouse Management System (WMS) controls the movement of the product and tracks it every step of the way. Every transaction is recorded and stored in our archives, from receipt to shipment. The company’s state-of-the-art Transportation Management System (TMS) calculates precise transit time to each customer location, assuring that orders ship on the right day in order to meet customer delivery requirements. In addition, the organization’s advanced Export Management System validates each Export order to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations.

For more information about the company, 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, the company 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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Robert Miller, President of Future Electronics, Supports Eco-Friendly Clean Team Program

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) December 17, 2015 – Robert Miller, President of Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, has always been a big believer in eco-friendly measures to help make the earth a better, healthier, and more sustainable place to live.

The company, under the leadership of Robert Miller, President, has long championed various reduce/reuse/recycle efforts within its corporate office in Montreal and throughout the organization’s branches worldwide.

Future Electronics recently announced the launch of a “Clean Team” program at the company’s corporate headquarters in Montreal, as part of its larger Green Team initiative with goals including less paper waste, elimination of Styrofoam usage, and the reallocation of office supplies in order to significantly reduce the amount of garbage being produced on a regular basis.

The mission statement of the Clean Team is simple: “To encourage and promote a pleasant and clean working environment for employees.” The ultimate role of the Clean Team is to identify and implement viable solutions which complement the company’s ongoing eco-friendly efforts while at the same time ensuring a clean, professional, and organized working environment for everyone.

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 President Robert Miller, the company 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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President Robert Miller Forms Rep Council at Future Electronics

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) December 17, 2015 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components founded by Robert Miller in 1968, formed a Rep Council three years ago, to identify, discuss, and tackle industry challenges as a team.

The organization, created under the direction of Robert Miller, President, comprises some of the largest, most respected rep companies’ presidents and owners in the Americas, with a goal of providing a forum for open and candid constructive dialogue that will result in increased effectiveness and sales for everyone involved.

The council is an effective method through which these premier reps and Future Electronics work together to analyze industry challenges and implement solutions that benefit the entire industry. Participants discuss investment strategies and determine differentiated behaviors to implement jointly. They identify focus markets and applications, and come up with the most effective ways to address these with the customer base.

Karim Yasmine, Corporate Vice President at Future Electronics, explained, “Our Rep Council initiative has been a tremendous success as we continue to share market intelligence and strategies with some of the most reputable rep firms in our industry. The work we have done together over the years has enabled us all to win and outpace the market in our focus areas.”

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 President Robert Miller, the company 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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Robert Miller, President of Future Electronics, Saves Customers Money with Supply Chain Solutions

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) November 24, 2015 – Robert Miller, President of Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, is focused on helping customers set new trends and save money with strategic supply chain solutions.

Moving manufacturing off-shore has been a trend for many years in the electronics industry. Production has moved to low cost manufacturing areas around the world, including Mexico, Eastern Europe, China and Southeast Asia to name a few.

But there is a new trend of keeping or returning manufacturing to the Americas. Known as re-shoring, the trend has begun as companies look at their total costs of production, including the cost of managing the program, the challenges of communication, the risks to supply chain and product integrity, and the risk of stolen intellectual property. However in order to manufacture in the Americas and be competitive, customers must find ways to save money and make local production more affordable than using overseas options.

This is where the Future Electronics Strategic Supply Chain Solutions team can help. Often the savings from improving a customer’s supply chain can be enough to make the total cost of manufacturing less than an overseas solution. These savings include having less money tied up in inventory, speeding up time to market, reducing obsolete and excess inventory and guaranteeing supply and therefore improving the efficiency of their manufacturing facility.

Future Electronics can bring value to a customer beyond delivering parts, by fundamentally improving a customer’s business.

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 President Robert Miller, the company 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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Robert Miller, President of Future Electronics, Supports “Hiring Our Heroes” Program

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) November 20, 2015 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, with corporate headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, has one of its distribution facilities in the United States, located near Memphis, Tennessee.

Future Electronics’ Memphis Area Distribution Center boasts the most advanced state-of-the-art technology in the industry, and is a source of pride for the company and its president, Robert Miller.

Another reason for the Future Electronics team to be proud is its partnership with Hiring Our Heroes, a program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation that assists veteran job seekers, active duty military members, guard and reserve members and military spouses.

The Hiring Our Heroes program is a nationwide initiative to help veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses find meaningful employment opportunities. Life after military service presents challenges for men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting their country.

Future Electronics has contributed to restoring hope to these heroes. One example is the hiring of Brandon Jackson to the company’s IT team in May 2014. Brandon joined the military when he was 17 and started basic training in July 2009, immediately after high school graduation. In 2010, Brandon was deployed to Kuwait for 9 months. When Brandon returned home from Kuwait, he was transferred to the 168th MP Battalion in Dyersburg, TN.

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 President Robert Miller, the company 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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Robert Miller, President of Future Electronics, Delivers Speech at Advanced Engineering University

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) November 16, 2015 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, recently held its Advanced Engineering University (AEU) training program at its corporate headquarters in Montreal. The seven day intensive course is designed for Future’s Advanced Engineers, with the entire Advanced Engineering Group (AEG organization) in attendance along with 19 of the company’s supplier partners.

Robert Miller, President of Future Electronics, has always been a big believer in the power of education, and the AEU is one of the many ways in which the company demonstrates its commitment to training its team and educating employees on how to achieve success.

Supplier partners provided a total of 76 hours of valuable training to the team. Five keynote speakers shared insightful information on how to position their respective companies to win the customer. In addition, the suppliers explained how to clearly differentiate each company.

The President of Future Electronics, Robert Miller, also addressed the team. They key takeaway from President Miller’s speech was that demand creation was the number one priority for the company, and that Future’s ultimate goal is to be recognized as the best demand creator in the business.

One of the most popular events during AEU is the Supplier Fair. This year there were 37 suppliers in attendance, with a total of 119 supplier representatives. Over 300 people attended the fair, which allowed for the Advanced Engineering team along with Sales and Marketing to network with supplier partners and learn more about their latest technology offerings.

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 President Robert Miller, the company 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 the HMI Products from Tianma NLT USA

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) November 13, 2015 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, recently announced immediate shipping availability of Human Machine Interface products from Tianma NLT USA.

HMI is the interface where people and machines connect. HMI can be found from the steering wheel of a car to touch displays for self-drive cars. Currently, one of the most common methods for HMI is using a PCAP touch sensor with an LCD display. This gives immediate intuitive feedback to the user.

PCAP touch displays are in great demand today for applications such as industrial automation, point-of-sale, shopping mall displays, transportation and restaurants. Future Electronics, in partnership with Tianma NLT USA, offers industry leading Projective Capacitive (PCAP) LCD touch solutions for the industrial market.

Offering a one-stop-shop for integrated solutions, the best in class advantages of this partnership include industry leading PCAP LCD solutions, the best “Total Cost of Ownership” proposition in the industry, wet and/or gloved environment PCAP, and industry leading Atmel controllers.

In addition, many off-the-shelf standard products are also available with no minimum buy, enabling customers to save on engineering resources and capitalize on critical time-to-market. Future Electronics also offers a wide variety of PCAP options, memory LCDs, OLEDs, multiple diagonal sizes, air gap, optical bond, different types of cover glass and various surface treatments such as anti-reflective and anti-finger print, so that every requirement can be addressed.

For more information about Tianma, touch sensors, PCAP, or LCD solutions, 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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Robert Miller, President of Future Electronics, Reinforces Strong Focus on Microcontrollers

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) November 13, 2015 – Robert Miller, President of Fture Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, continues to place strong emphasis on the company’s focus on microcontrollers.

Future Electronics prides itself on its expertise in the field of microcontrollers. Todd Baker, Corporate Vice President, who works closely with Robert Miller, President of Future Electronics, recently wrote an article explaining what microcontrollers are and what they do, which was recently featured in the company’s magazine. An abridged version of the article follows herein.

For decades, 8-bit MCU architectures were the embedded system architecture of choice and absolutely dominated the worldwide market share. They were the simplest to design with, lowest power consuming, and cheapest to manufacture, which made them perfect for the high volume industrial and commercial applications of the past. Over the last few years that has drastically changed, and new processor core designs, along with smaller silicon manufacturing capabilities, have led to a great shift towards 32-bit MCU architectures. These more advanced architectures are now capable of the same higher performance they’ve always had, with much lower power consumption and price points than were formerly possible.

Approximately 80% of an embedded project’s design time is spent on writing firmware for the MCU. The MCU is almost always the first part selected on a design and it will set the course for every capacitor, voltage regulator, PHY and connector that the design will need.

Future Electronics’ Advanced Engineers help educate and support customers during this long MCU selection process. While the customer is focused on code and is calling the AE to ask for assistance with MCU bugs, the AE is able to monitor the design and recommend regulators, connectors, and other components that the engineer hasn’t even considered yet.

The Advanced Engineering Group has the know-how and the passion to be the point people in the market for our sales team and our suppliers. Our network of leading supplier partners gives us a wide product offering and the expertise to support customers.

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 President Robert Miller, the company 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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