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Indesign, LLC awarded Business Member of the Year by the Greater Lawrence Chamber. On September 2, 2011, Indesign, LLC was presented with the Business Member of the Year Award from the Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. This award was given in recognition of Indesign's business accomplishments, as well as Indesign's commitment to the local community. Indesign has experienced steady growth, providing high technology engineering jobs for the region while maintaining a strong a commitment to its employees. Indesign has also been an active member of the local community, participating in tutoring activities at area schools, delivering Meals on Wheels to local residents, and providing holiday gifts and food to families in need. The Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted for the business member of the year based on the three categories listed below. Recognized growth directed towards business industry. Growth of employees (new job postings, internal growth and commitment of company to its employees). Commitment to local community. Indesign has been an active business member in the Greater Lawrence area since 1997.

Indesign, LLC, a nationally recognized engineering design firm specializing in electronic product development, supplied electrical, mechanical and embedded software engineering design services to Macmillan New Ventures for the development of its 2nd Generation market leading i>clicker classroom response system - the i>clicker2. i>clicker2 is an enhanced version of Macmillan's market leading student response system remote and will be available for fall 2011 classes. New i>clicker2 features include: Full numeric and alphanumeric functionality in addition to the trademark i>clicker simple multiple-choice experience, i>clicker2 includes additional entry types like: True/False, Yes/No, text entry, fill in the blank, ranking, short answer of up to 15 characters, and multiple correct responses. An LCD screen with vote confirmation that indicates student response, vote confirmation, battery life, remote ID, question mode and operating frequency. A battery indicator, a simpler battery compartment, and fewer batteries. A lanyard clip for easier transport. An enhanced instructor remote with a laser pointer. A new receiver design that retains the unique i>clicker LCD screen that displays student responses by vote count and percentages, but it is now tilted to allow easier viewing in lecture halls. Indesign, dedicated to the continued success of its clients, offers state of the art design and development through innovative concepts and design of comprehensive engineering design services for electronic products and systems. These services include mechanical design, electrical circuit design, RF design, software/firmware design, testing/validation services, project management and a host of other services dedicated to the development of electronic products and solutions. About i>clicker: i>clicker was built by educators for educators with the goal of keeping students focused on content, not technology. i>clicker is one of the most widely used classroom response systems in higher education, adopted at more than 900 educational institutions in North America and Canada and used by more than 2 million students. i>clicker has a growing number of customers in K-12 and also serves customers in corporate environments. Invented in 2003 by four University of Illinois professors, i>clicker's classroom response system continues to be recognized for its superior reliability, intuitive software, and focus on formative assessment and pedagogy. Together with a team of faculty advisors and reviewers, inventors Tim Stelzer and Mats Selen continue to play lead roles in product development. i>clicker2 is a product of Macmillan New Ventures, a division of Macmillan. For more information, visit www.iclicker.com.

Indianapolis-based engineering firm, Indesign, LLC, was recognized and honored at the 2011 Best Places to Work in Indiana Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 5th. The final rankings were announced at the event, and Indesign ranked #5 in the small to medium sized company category. This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Indiana, benefiting the state's economy, its workforce and businesses. The awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, BizVoice®, Inside INdiana Business, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and Best Companies Group. Companies from across the state entered the two-part process to determine the Best Places to Work in Indiana. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, and demographics. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Indiana and also analyzed the data and used their expertise to determine the final rankings. The 2011 Best Places to Work in Indiana list is made up of 34 companies in the small/medium-sized list (15-249 employees in the United States) and 36 companies in the large-sized list (250+ employees in the United States). About Best Places to Work in Indiana For more information on the Best Places to Work in Indiana program, visit www.BestPlacestoWorkIN.com or contact Jackie Miller at 877-455-2159.

Indianapolis-based engineering firm, Indesign, LLC, has been named to the Indianapolis Star's "Top Workplaces" list. The "Top Workplaces" list identifies the leading workplaces in the Indianapolis and surrounding area based upon a company profile questionnaire and an employee survey. Indesign, a first time participant in the "Top Workplaces" survey, was evaluated based on survey responses from its employees and a company profile questionnaire. The results of the employee survey were compared across organizations, with the best 65 out of 105 companies that participated appearing on the list. Indesign ranked #6 in the small-sized companies' category. Special awards are given to the highest scoring company in several workplace categories. Indesign received the Communication Award after employees ranked the following communication category statement highest overall: I feel well informed about important decisions at this organization. "We are very happy to be recognized and ranked #6 among the Top Places to Work in the small company category. We feel especially honored to receive the Communication Award," says Jerry Gotway, CEO. Indesign, LLC takes great pride in its selection of team members, training programs, company culture, open communication, and its desire to offer an incomparable workplace for its employees.

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More than 130 technology companies based in the mid-western region of the United States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin) will showcase their latest consumer electronics (CE) products at the 2011 International CES®. The world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, the 2011 International CES, will run January 6-9, 2011 and is expecting 2,500 exhibitors and more than 120,000 attendees from more than 130 countries. "CES gives thousands of key industry influencers and decision makers the opportunity to see many of our newest products first hand," said John Potts, senior vice president of Aurora, Illinois based Peerless Industries. "This provides our organization with instant feedback that is invaluable to our success in the marketplace. We have direct access to show existing customers, prospects, executives and buyers our entire product offering, which is simply not possible in an office setting or on a sales call." CES will feature 20 market-specific TechZones, including new destinations: 3D@Home, with content creators, service providers and TV manufacturers that make 3D in the home a reality; Access on the Go, with devices changing the way content is accessed, showcasing the most innovative devices in eBooks, netbooks, smartbooks and tablets; Broadband Communications highlighting the role of the underlying infrastructure in expanding broadband capacity; and Connected Home Appliances which will bring white goods to the show floor for the first time in CES history, including the latest interactive, energy efficient and SmartGrid enabled appliances. "Acousticom Corporation is excited to participate in this year's International CES. We hold fond memories of CES as the launch pad for our very first consumer electronics product," said Doug Cochran, vice president of Acousticom Corporation, based in Elkhart, Indiana. "CES has been an integral part of our growth and success, and is the perfect place to showcase the Sound Egg, a fully functional multimedia chair with LED video technology." Other new TechZones include: Mobile DTV, featuring consumer devices that bring the digital living room to the car and portable devices; the Electric Vehicle TechZone highlighting a full range of high and low speed vehicles, energy storage devices and charging equipment; and Sports and Fitness Tech, focused on tools for the sports enthusiast and key trends impacting the multi-billion dollar sports, fitness and outdoors markets. The 2011 CES is also bringing back highly trafficked EHX@CES, the Gaming Showcase, HDMI, Home Plug, the iLounge Pavilion, CES' fastest growing TechZone, Location Based Services, Robotics, Safe Driver, Sustainable Planet, USB, Wireless Mobility and ZigBee™. Plus lifestyle TechZones: Digital Health, HigherEd Tech, Kids@Play, Mommy Tech and Silvers Summit. "Indesign's attendance at the 2011 International CES will mark the 12th consecutive year that we have exhibited," said Jerry Gotway, president and CEO of Indesign, LLC, an Indianapolis, Indiana company. "Our participation offers us an excellent opportunity to meet potential customers as well as meet many of our existing clients all in one place. We will have on display some of our leading-edge technologies, along with other recent products." Entertainment Matters is a new International CES program for entertainment professionals attending CES, including special exhibits, conference programs and events for the Hollywood community. In addition, the CES Conference Program will feature more than 300 conference sessions with 900 high-level speakers. "dB Logic is extremely excited to participate in the 2011 International CES as it offers an incredible platform to showcase our headphones and earphones with SPL2 technology for healthier listening," said Med Dyer, co-founder and chief technology officer of Indianapolis, Indiana based dB Logic. "dB Logic products are designed to help protect ears without sacrificing audio quality or style." For a complete listing of CES exhibitors, please visit the 2011 CES Exhibitor Directory at CESweb.org. Note to Journalists: Press and blogger information is available in the "For the Press" section of CESweb.org. Media are encouraged to arrive in Las Vegas by Tuesday, January 4, 2011 to take advantage of all the pre-show press events, including State of the Consumer Tech Industry & 2011 CES Trends to Watch, State of the Global CE Industry and CES Unveiled: The Official Press Event of the 2011 International CES all on January 4, 2011 at the Venetian. CES Press Day will follow on Wednesday, January 5. UPCOMING EVENTS 2011 International CES January 6-9, 2011, Las Vegas, NV CEA Economic Retreat March 1-4, 2011, Snowmass Village, CO CES on the Hill/Digital Patriots Dinner May 10-11, 2011, Washington, DC CEA Line Shows June 2011, New York, NY CEO Summit and Board Retreat CEA Industry Forum October 2011 CES New York Press Preview featuring CES Unveiled @ NY November 2011, New York, NY

Indesign, LLC, a nationally recognized engineering design firm specializing in electronic product development, announced the recent incorporation of the ANSYS Finite Element Analysis software program for product development. ANSYS stress analysis software program allows Indesign engineers to model the mechanical stress levels in a part. The ANSYS program uses a finite element analysis process, where the part is divided into thousands of small elements and then the stress level is derived for each element. All of these stress levels can be modeled from CAD geometry so no physical part is needed for the testing. These advanced analysis capabilities allow Indesign engineers to more accurately predict how parts will react when the design loads are applied. Indesign engineers use ANSYS' industry leading software in the early stages of a project to uncover potential issues with the parts. Finding these potential issues early in the process allows them to be corrected before any physical models are produced. This allows Indesign to produce better prototypes in addition to decreasing the schedule and cost of a design. The addition of the ANSYS software package allows Indesign to continue providing the highest quality designs to their customers. ANSYS also works well for investigating issues with existing parts. Indesign engineers may work with a client's in-house engineers to analyze and plot the stresses in the sensitive areas of an existing part. The visual identification of the stresses on a 3D part can highlight regions of high stress that may not be immediately intuitive. Indesign engineers will also work with a client's in-house engineers to determine a design solution for the problems. This joint collaboration allows a client's engineering team to make use of the ANSYS software without incurring the cost of bringing it in house. Indesign, dedicated to and the continued success of its clients, offers state of the art design and development through innovative concepts and design of comprehensive engineering design services for electronic products and systems. These services include mechanical design, electrical circuit design, RF, software/firmware design, testing/validation services, project management and a host of other services dedicated to the development of electronic products and solutions.

Indianapolis-based engineering firm, Indesign, LLC, was named as one of the 2010 Best Places to Work in Indiana at an awards ceremony coordinated by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group. Indesign was ranked #2 in the small to medium sized company category. This statewide awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Indiana, benefiting the state's economy, its workforce and businesses. Companies with strong workplace practices - rooted in respect, teamwork and good communication - were recognized with this program. The awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, BizVoice, Inside INdiana Business, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and Best Companies Group. Companies from across the state entered the two-part process to determine the Best Places to Work in Indiana. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, and demographics. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. Results from the two part process determined the top companies and the final ranking. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Indiana and also analyzed the data and used their expertise to determine the final rankings. The 2010 Best Places to Work in Indiana list is made up of 28 companies in the small/medium-sized list (25-249 employees in the United States) and 42 companies in the large-sized list (250+ employees in the United States). About Best Places to Work in Indiana For more information on the Best Places to Work in Indiana program, visit www.BestPlacestoWorkIN.com or contact Jackie Miller at 877-455-2159.

Indesign, LLC, a nationally recognized engineering design firm specializing in electronic product development, has announced the addition of the Cadence Allegro PCB design tool. Indesign recently added Cadence Allegro to its existing PCB design tools. In the world of electronics, designs are being driven by increasingly complex physical and electrical constraints, densely packed components and faster high-speed circuits. The Allegro tools allow the printed circuit board (PCB) ECAD designer at Indesign to easily define, manage and validate physical/spacing constraints especially for critical high-speed signals. This helps ensure the final PCB design meets performance, manufacturing and test specifications goals. The need for multiple PCB spins is reduced or eliminated altogether because the original design meets all the constraints imposed by the utilized technologies. With Indesign's addition of the Cadence Allegro tool, the design of high-speed and highly constrained PCB layouts is accelerated. Cadence Allegro's Constraint Manager enables the designer to enter the physical, electrical and timing constraints, a must for high-speed designs that utilize technologies such as DDR2/3, gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, PCI Express, LVDS, HDMI 2.0, SATA 2/3 and others. When controlled impedances, differential pairs and matched trace lengths (Delay Tuning trombones and Accordions) are needed, the Allegro Constraint Manager can be easily invoked and managed to ensure the design meets those requirements reliably, consistently and in the very first spin of the layout. The New Capabilities in Printed Circuit Board design: Length, parallelism, and differential pair rule support Real-time DRC and routing of differential pair and length rules Interactive delay tuning Design for Assembly rule checking Automatic Test prep Automatic line width adjustment for impedance rules Via array/shielding Regional design constraint rules Width and clearance rules by layer Blind and buried vias The addition of Cadence Allegro tools enables Indesign's PCB designers to take full advantage of new capabilities. Allegro provides enhanced benefits in PCB design, from the simplest boards through cutting-edge board designs requiring high component densities, multiple layers, very high-speed routing, differential traces, controlled impedances, and blind and buried vias. Allegro's performance combined with Indesign's highly experienced EE and ECAD staff dramatically increases your design success rate. Indesign, dedicated to the continued success of its clients, offers state-of-the-art design and development through innovative concepts and design of comprehensive engineering design services for embedded electronic products and systems. These services include electrical circuit design, RF, software/firmware design, mechanical design, testing/validation services, project management and a host of other services dedicated to the development of electronic products and solutions.

Indesign, LLC, a nationally recognized engineering design firm specializing in electronic product development was featured in the October 2009 issue of R&D magazine. The content below was taken from the article: "Understanding Contract Labs", By Lindsay Hock, Managing Editor Inside Electronic/Software Development Labs Like materials testing labs, Indesign LLC, Indianapolis, IN, an electronics development and engineering services lab, is no stranger to following strict standards and requirements. Indesign LLC is an "ISO 9001 certified development house. We have detailed design and development processes for each of our design disciplines," says Jerry Gotway, president and CEO of Indesign LLC. The services Indesign offers range from full product development design, product design engineering, creating prototypes, test engineering services, and more. Indesign can help any company with any of their electronic and software development needs. Gotway says, "Where we come into the development process varies. We prefer to be involved in the very front end of product development. Many clients that we serve have already done all the product concept work and have developed a detailed set of requirements or specs." With the requirements and specs already laid out, Indesign will do the detailed design work following the specs. From medical devices, to mechanical products, to electrical products, all testing gets back to the set of requirements the company provides. With the typical development process starting at requirements, then heading into architecture, then schematics, the PCB layout stage, procuring parts and building PCB assemblies, testing the design, and then releasing their prototype to the factory, Indesign has the proper equipment to aid in the development. Indesign has equipment that ranges from digital scopes and spectrum analyzers to environmental chambers for temperature and humidity testing. Gotway says, "As we go through the design process, and we start building prototypes, we perform validation testing to verify that the prototypes have met all the requirements the company has stipulated." The testing equipment allows Indesign to meet those requirements and verify the methods used are within the standards. Because Indesign's focus is helping companies design and develop electrical, mechanical, and software products, a challenge they sometimes face, according to Gotway, is "that Indesign is designing or developing something that does not exist previously." And, since they are creating a new product, there is always uncertainty of how each component will come together. "One of the challenges is being able to deal with the unexpected when creating something new," says Gotway. Despite any unexpected event, the lab must stick to a tight schedule and stay on it. According to Gotway, "we must be able to quickly address any issue that comes up." Gotway has observed many trends within the electronics development. "Over the past several years a larger percentage of our new product designs have evolved from wired to wireless designs," he says. Because users no longer want to be "tethered with a wire" when using their electronic products, Indesign has used many standard wireless protocols in their product designs. Within software, Gotway has seen a lot of Linux being used for embedded software designs. Also within electronics, he has seen new developments in battery technology and a trend to go low power. "Most portable products are often limited based on the available battery life. This has created new developments in battery technology, as well as low power circuit components and circuit design," says Gotway. To read the entire article click on this link: Understanding Contract Labs