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Indesign was recently named as one of the 2012 Best Places to Work in Indiana. The awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, BizVoice®, Inside INdiana Business, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - IN State Council, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and Best Companies Group. 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 2012 Best Places to Work in Indiana list is made up of 39 companies in the small/medium-sized list (15-249 employees in the United States) and 31 companies in the large-sized list (250+ employees in the United States). Indesign has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana for 2012. To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill the following eligibility requirements: Have at least 15 employees working in Indiana; Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business or government entity; Be a publicly or privately held business; Have a facility in the state of Indiana; and Must be in business a minimum of 1 year. 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. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. 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. Indesign will be recognized and honored at the 2012 Best Places to Work in Indiana Awards Dinner coordinated by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, May 3rd. The final rankings will be announced at the event. In addition, all ranked companies will be recognized via a special section of the Indiana Chamber's bimonthly BizVoice® magazine and through Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick. 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, an Indianapolis-based engineering design firm, celebrated its15th year in business today. Indesign has been developing high-tech products and systems for its clients in the electronics industry since 1997. After the formation of the company in November 1996, Indesign officially opened its doors to serve the electronics product industry on February 10, 1997. The company was originally established by a group of former AT&T/Bell Labs engineers who were experienced in the design of communication products. During the past 15 years Indesign has worked for more than 200 clients ranging from start-up companies to Fortune 100 companies. These companies represented a cross section of consumer, commercial, military, medical, and industrial products and applications. Indesign, LLC has consistently brought quality design and development engineering services to its long list of clients. Indesign is dedicated to its continued success by offering state of the art design and development to their clients 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. To learn more about the history and accomplishments of Indesign, visit their website at www.indesign-llc.com.

Indesign, LLC, an Indianapolis based engineering design firm, was an exhibitor at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show. This was Indesign's 15th year to exhibit at the International Consumer Electronics Show. The International Consumer Electronics Show is the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, featuring more than 2,700 exhibitors across 1.7 million net square feet of exhibit space in Las Vegas, Nevada. The CES showcases manufacturers, developers, and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and related products and services. At CES Indesign showcased their electronic product development services as well as some of their recently designed high-tech products. Indesign exhibited a variety of wireless and wired products, including products with Graphical User Interface (GUI) displays. Many of these products were designed for the consumer electronics market; some of the products were designed for industrial, medical, military or transportation markets. Indesign CEO, Jerry Gotway commented "We look forward to exhibiting at CES each year. The number of exhibitors and attendees continues to grow, and CES allows Indesign to share our new technology design capabilities with many people over a four day period. CES is also a great opportunity for us to meet with many of our existing clients from throughout the US who attend CES." About CES 2012 - Las Vegas, NV January 10-13, 2012. With more than four decades of success, the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) reaches across global markets, connects the industry and enables CE innovations to grow and thrive. The International CES is owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $186 billion U.S. consumer technology industry. CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy.

Indesign, LLC, a nationally recognized engineering design firm specializing in new product development, has provided the mechanical engineering design services to develop a prototype of Caroline's Cart. Caroline's Cart is a specially designed shopping cart for children and adults with disabilities, to accommodate a variety of levels and types of disability. It allows the disabled person to be able to shop with a caregiver, eliminating the dangers of having to fit a child into the seat or basket of a standard shopping cart, or pushing and pulling a wheelchair and a shopping cart, or leaving the disabled person out of the shopping experience all together. This unique project, somewhat different from Indesign's normal electronic product development projects, was motivated by a desire to support Drew Ann Long, a stay-at-home Mom from Alabaster, Alabama. When Drew Ann could no longer fit her special needs daughter Caroline into the traditional grocery cart provided by stores where she shopped, she embarked on a journey to invent a shopping cart for special needs children. She utilized Indesign's services to bring the cart from an idea to reality. She has worked closely with the Easter Seals organization, obtaining their support for her product. Challenges of limited mobility, a lifelong disability, a temporary sprained ankle, stamina issues or behavioral problems can greatly limit a caregiver's ability to fully engage in the shopping experience and may even keep a disabled person from being able to participate altogether. Caroline's Cart provides a solution for comfortably including a disabled child or adult while shopping. The specially designed shopping cart includes these features and benefits: The handles of Caroline's Cart swing back to provide convenient access to the seat The seat back has a five degree tilt for increased comfort for persons with low muscle tone The seat faces the caregiver, so eye contact is easy to maintain, persons with anxiety issues can watch the caregiver during the shopping trip, and persons prone to seizures can be monitored The platform below the seat provides a footrest for the rider An abductor in the seat helps keep the rider upright A harness helps to secure the rider so caregivers have hands free to steer the cart and shop An ample cargo basket provides space for purchased items, including hooks on the side for hanging bags When asked about Indesign's product development experience with the Caroline's Cart project, Indesign CEO, Jerry Gotway said: "Our design team was very excited about the opportunity to design a product that would really help children and adults with disabilities. Although this project was not one of our normal electronic product designs, it was an immensely satisfying project. We were impressed by Drew Ann's strong commitment to this project, and that commitment became contagious for everyone on our design team."

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