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Indesign, LLC, a nationally recognized engineering design firm specializing in electronic product development, has announced an increased focus on and experience with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), a feature of Bluetooth 4.0 wireless radio technology that is also being rebranded Bluetooth SMART by the Bluetooth SIG. The increased market demand for battery powered embedded electronic devices to have wireless connectivity has motivated technology providers to come out with BLE solutions. The healthcare, fitness, consumer and security markets have an increased demand for the capability. Indesign answers this demand by adding engineers and capabilities that enable and support clients to embed BLE into their product solutions. Indesign specialists design and implement BLE hardware and software solutions. Indesign's RF engineers are experienced in developing chip-level and module level solutions that enable end-products to incorporate BLE into their solutions while running on batteries as small as a coin-cell. Indesign's RF software experts can implement BLE stacks as well as develop BLE custom firmware. Implementations include dual-mode Bluetooth SIG branded Bluetooth Smart Ready solutions for a hub like a PC or tablet, as well as BLE (Bluetooth Smart) stand-alone products. In addition to the stack layer, Indesign engineers develop custom system level software and firmware solutions. Indesign's RF hardware experts design BLE solutions that require long battery life, improved range and higher sensitivity. Indesign's RF antenna design experience improves clients' designs by better utilizing entire system and creative antenna designs. Indesign maintains relationships with many major semiconductor suppliers that bring single-radio and multi-radio solutions to the market. Due to these associations and relationships, Indesign accesses the latest advancements and solutions in the BLE market space. In addition to BLE H/W and S/W capabilities, Indesign differentiates itself by providing mechanical, test/validation, and systems engineering capabilities utilized in a BLE design. 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, an electronic product design engineering services company located in Indianapolis, recently received re-certification for compliance of its Quality Management System with the updated ISO 9001:2008 standard. Compliance was established through a successful re-certification audit carried out by SGS. Indesign has been re-certified to earlier versions of the ISO 9001 standard since 1999. Indesign's Quality Management System was established to focus on client requirements for design documentation and product prototypes, as well as to support clients' internal quality management processes for product design and development. "Indesign is very pleased to obtain re-certification to the latest ISO 9001 standard", says Indesign CEO and President Jerry Gotway. "This ISO re-certification is a reflection of our company's strong commitment to quality, process improvement, and client satisfaction."

Indesign today announced it joins more than 1,000 exhibitors at International CTIA WIRELESS 2012 taking place on May 8-10, 2012 in New Orleans. International CTIA WIRELESS is the most comprehensive marketplace for mobile innovation and technology in North America. With more than 150 first time exhibitors alongside industry titans, the International CTIA WIRELESS exhibit floor represents the next generation of mobile technology at the industry's largest International marketplace. Representing one of the fastest-growing segments in wireless, Indesign will exhibit examples of its product development capabilities in Booth #3865 on the International CTIA WIRELESS 2012 M2M Zone show floor. Indesign has developed a wide variety of M2M wireless products for its clients, including devices with standard wireless protocols as well as devices with custom wireless protocols. These products were developed for various markets, including medical, consumer electronics, industrial, transportation, communications, and military markets. Indesign CEO, Jerry Gotway commented "We look forward to exhibiting at the CTIA trade show this year. The number of exhibitors and attendees continues to grow, and CTIA Wireless allows Indesign to share our new wireless technology design capabilities with many people over a 3 day period. CTIA is also a great opportunity for us to meet with many of our existing clients from throughout the US who attend CTIA Wireless." "International CTIA WIRELESS is the premier show to see the remarkable innovation and technology in wireless, telecom and broadband from the best brands around the world," said Robert Mesirow, vice president and show director for CTIA. "Our exhibitors represent some of the best innovators in the future of mobile technology in the U.S. and around the world. We are proud to have companies, such as Indesign, LLC showcase at the show." For a full exhibitor list and show floor highlights, visit: www.ctiashows.com/exhibits. To learn more and register for International CTIA WIRELESS 2012 visit: www.ctiawireless.com.   About CTIA CTIA-The Wireless Association® is an international organization representing the wireless communications industry. Membership in the association includes wireless carriers and their suppliers, as well as providers and manufacturers of wireless data services and products. CTIA advocates on behalf of its members at all levels of government. The association also coordinates the industry's voluntary best practices and initiatives, and sponsors the industry's leading wireless tradeshows. CTIA was founded in 1984 and is based in Washington, DC. Visit www.ctia.org.

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. Indesign was evaluated based on survey responses from its employees and a company profile questionnaire. The results of the employee survey were compared across organizationsof the best 65 companies that participated. Indesign ranked #10 in the small-sized companies' category. Special awards are given to the highest scoring company in several workplace categories. Indesign received the Ethics Award after employees ranked the following statement highest: "This company operates by strong values and ethics". "We are very happy to be recognized and ranked #10 among the Top Places to Work in the small company category. We feel especially honored to receive the Ethics Award," says Jerry Gotway, CEO. "Indesign takes great pride in its key values of teamwork, integrity, respect, excellence, and its desire to offer an incomparable workplace for its employees."

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.