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Seamless Shipping Solutions. Finally.

Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) March 13, 2012

Organizations running SAP Business One have a significant advantage. However, if a business ships orders via Parcel, LTL/TL/FL, and/or Ocean Freight, it usually relies on external 3rd-party systems or black box solutions. Staub Electronics Ltd, a leading distributor of consumer electronics, is one such company that embarked on a mission to streamline their distribution process. The company turned to ProcessWeaver, Inc to embed compliance with business partners, gain full visibility across the enterprise, and completely automate their shipping process.

Headquartered in Richmond, BC., Staub Electronics Ltd. is one of Canadas premiere distributors of consumer electronics, catering to the custom home theatre and mobile electronics markets. Staub has become a trusted business partner to specialty retailers, custom integrators and mass merchants through a dedication to customer service, operational excellence and a broad selection of solution-oriented products.

Staub needed to replace multiple existing software/hardware systems for carriers including UPS Worldship, Purolator ShipIT and TWBS Shiplink with a single-shipping platform. Their goal was to simplify distribution processes, gain control over their shipments, and provide a stable environment to ensuring scalable growth. Their decision to select ProcessWeaver was based on the tight integrated architecture with SAP Business One. ProcessWeaver provided a scalable solution for their current needs, as well as their longer term growth plans.

The project was completed in just 4 weeks, and included the deployment of ProcessWeavers SAP Business One Enterprise Centralized Shipping [ECS] and Enterprise Freight Shopping [EFS].

ProcessWeavers Sales Director, Amit Patel added, ProcessWeavers ECS and EFS solutions for SAP Business One provide Staub Electronics with the infrastructure that makes their supply chain more efficient. Our solutions enable Staub in leveraging their investment in SAP with a quick ROI.

We were looking to improve our shipping efficiency into a simple, intuitive solution and have better visibility to analyze our freight spend; ProcessWeaver was able to deliver this with their tight integration into SAP Business One. I was impressed with the time and dedication that ProcessWeavers support team provided during and post deployment. said William Woo, Client Services Manager, Staub Electronics Ltd.

ABOUT PROCESSWEAVER, INC.

ProcessWeaver, Inc., is a leader in providing Seamless Transportation Management Solutions for customers worldwide. ProcessWeaver solutions work with multiple carriers eg FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS, TNT, Purolator, LTL, TL, FTL, Ocean Freight Carriers, and Freight Forwarders. For more information about ProcessWeaver, please visit: www.processweaver.com or email at info@processweaver.com or call (888) 932-8373.

ABOUT STAUB ELECTRONICS Ltd.

Staub Electronics was established in 1981 with the goal of providing quality products and services to the emerging consumer electronics industry in Canada. The professional team at Staub is dedicated to providing a high level of service and solution focused support to growing group of dealers. For more information, visit: www.staub.ca/

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RALEIGH, N.C., Mar 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Telit
Wireless Solutions, a global leader in the field of
machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, announces that its HE910, the
world’s smallest pentaband HSPA+ M2M module, enables connectivity in the
AirLoom personal tracker from WH Electronics Inc. A tiny, flexible
tracking device equipped with cellular and GPS capabilities, the AirLoom
extends M2M adoption to the masses as a low-cost solution for monitoring
people, pets, personal belongings and commercial assets with a
pay-as-you-go data service model.

Also functioning as an emergency panic button, the ultra-portable AirLoom can
be applied anywhere by anyone. Telit and AirLoom make it easy to track
anyone from Alzheimer’s patients to children walking to school, and
anything from a car to inventory in transit.

“We faced the design challenge of selecting hardware that offered high
functionality and minimal battery drain,” said Waldek Hupa, president of WH
Electronics Inc. “By embedding the Telit HE910 module in our
AirLoom, we are able to deliver a power-efficient, reliable and accurate
tracking device that consumers and commercial adopters can leverage for
a wide range of remote monitoring solutions.”

Measuring just 7cm by 4 cm by 1cm, the AirLoom benefits from the HE910′s
compact form factor and can be quickly and easily attached to any person
or asset. The device’s USB plug enables charging and allows owners to
customize device settings, alerts and parameters, such as the geofencing
radius. Through an online portal, users are able to set transmission
intervals and monitor wireless credit usage, instead of contracted
ongoing service, to minimize data usage and control cost.

“Often, the most expensive element of an M2M application over time is
the data transmission service, which can present an obstacle for
widespread adoption of the technology,” said Mike Ueland, senior vice
president and general manager of Telit Wireless Solutions North America.
“The AirLoom tracker is a prime example of an affordable hardware
solution coupled with an equally cost-effective service model, allowing
anyone to watch over and protect their loved ones and belongings.”

Telit’s HE910 module is part of the
xE910 family, with all regional and network variants featuring a
28.2 x 28.2 x 2.2mm LGA package and providing an ultra-low profile in
the integrated solution. This saves space and weight, reducing costs in
high-volume applications and in portable devices. In 3G mode, the HE910
supports all five existing frequency bands: 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz
and offers ubiquitous 2G coverage with quad band GPRS and EDGE class 33,
facilitating global application deployments.

SOURCE: Telit Wireless Solutions

Bob Gold & Associates (Telit U.S. Media Relations)
Lara Levin, 310-784-1040
lara@bobgoldpr.com

Copyright Business Wire 2012

ThinFilm wins order for more powerful memories

Sara Ver-Bruggen – 13 Mar 2012

Thin Film Electronics (ThinFilm) has won an order for its printable polymer-based passive array memory, with potential to go to 100 bits.

The dense device – which takes up the same area as ThinFilms current 20-bit memory – opens up applications where additional capacity is required for encryption and other data, such as secure documents. The company will supply engineering samples of the devices from Q2 2012.

In the technologys passive array architecture, the non-volatile memory is separated from the read/write electronics and dispenses with the need for active circuitry within the device components.

The toy and gaming industry has been an earlier adopter of ThinFilms initial 20-bit memories, with the company scaling production to meet demand. But it is the pharmaceutical industry that the company has high hopes for concerning its more advanced memory architecture, explains ThinFilm CFO Torgrim Takle.

All-printed tag

In January the firm announced a partnership with PST Sensors to bring to market a temperature sensing tag for monitoring vaccines and temperature-sensitive drugs. The smart labels will incorporate several components, including sensors fabricated from printed silicon inks based on intellectual property from the University of Cape Town, of which PST is a spin-out; ThinFilms printed memories; a printed display, provided by Acreo; and a printed battery, supplied by Imprint Energy. The partners are working on a prototype.

According to Takle, to reduce the cost of the tag all components must be printable and developed for fabrication in one roll-to-roll process, to be cost-competitive with current colour changing labels that cost around $0.30-0.40 (#8364;0.22 – 0.30) apiece, though the all-printed electronic temperature tags will be more advanced.

Takle notes: Commercialising the device will take about two years once the prototype is developed.

The global pharmaceutical industry is a major user of RFID technology in the form of electronic product code (EPC) tagging for traceability, as well as anti-counterfeiting devices. In future ThinFilm aims to provide all these requirements in printable devices, which will utilise its passive memory array for storing protected data to trace and verify the authenticity of products.

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SEOUL (Reuters) – Shareholders of Daewoo Electronics plan to relaunch the stalled sale of the South Korean home appliance maker in April, an official at one of the shareholding companies said on Tuesday.

The move comes after their separate attempts last year to sell the unlisted firm to Irans Entekhab Industrial Group for $513 million and to Swedens Electrolux (ELUXb.ST) fizzled out. Those attempts followed earlier unsuccessful ones in previous years.

We are in the process of due-diligence. We will restart the sale of Daewoo Electronics next month after consultations, the official, who has direct knowledge of the deal, told Reuters on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

State-run Korea Asset Management Corp (KAMCO) currently holds a 57.4 percent stake in Daewoo, while Korea Exchange Bank (004940.KS) owns 6.8 percent, according to Daewoos latest regulatory filing.

Daewoo Electronics has drawn little interest among Korean companies, with its product line-up of refrigerators, washers and televisions not seen as competitive against low-priced Chinese producers and bigger local rivals such as Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and LG Electronics (066570.KS).

Since 2006, a series of talks to sell Daewoo, including with a private equity unit of Morgan Stanley (MS.N), Ripplewood Holdings and a consortium of Indias Videocon Industries (VEDI.NS) and RJH International (RHJI.BR), fell apart.

Daewoo was placed under a debt-restructuring programme after its parent group went bankrupt in 1999. It posted a consolidated net profit of 3.1 billion won ($2.76 million) in the first five months of 2011, versus a net loss of 64.6 billion won in 2010, according to the latest regulatory filing.

(Reporting by Ju-min Park and Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

Two new studies performed at the US Department of Energys Argonne National Laboratory have revealed a new pathway for materials scientists to use previously unexplored properties of nanocrystalline-diamond thin films. While the properties of diamond thin films are relatively well-understood, the new discovery could dramatically improve the performance of certain types of integrated circuits by reducing their thermal budget.

For decades, engineers have sought to build more efficient electronic devices by reducing the size of their components. In the process of doing so, however, researchers have reached a thermal bottleneck, said Argonne nanoscientist Anirudha Sumant.

In a thermal bottleneck, the excess heat generated in the device causes undesirable effects that affect its performance. Unless we come-up with innovative ways to suck the heat off of our electronics, we are pretty much stuck with this bottleneck, Sumant explained.

The unusually attractive thermal properties of diamond thin films have led scientists to suggest using this material as a heat sink that could be integrated with a number of different semiconducting materials. However, the deposition temperatures for the diamond films typically exceed 800 degrees Celsius — roughly 1500 degrees Fahrenheit, which limits the feasibility of this approach.

The name of the game is to produce diamond films at the lowest possible temperature. If I can grow the films at 400 degrees, it makes it possible for me to integrate this material with a whole range of other semiconductor materials, Sumant said.

By using a new technique that altered the deposition process of the diamond films, Sumant and his colleagues at Argonnes Center for Nanoscale Materials were able to both reduce the temperature to close to 400 degrees Celsius and to tune the thermal properties of the diamond films by controlling their grain size. This permitted the eventual combination of the diamond with two other important materials: graphene and gallium nitride.

According to Sumant, diamond has much better heat conduction properties than silicon or silicon oxide, which were traditionally used for fabrication of graphene devices. As a result of better heat removal, graphene devices fabricated on diamond can sustain much higher current densities.

In the other study, Sumant used the same technology to combine diamond thin films with gallium nitride, which is used extensively in high-power light emitting devices (LED). After depositing a 300 nm-thick diamond film on a gallium nitride substrate, Sumant and his colleagues noticed a considerable improvement in the thermal performance. Because a difference within an integrated circuit of just a few degrees can cause a noticeable change in performance, he called this result remarkable.

The common link between these experiments is that were finding new ways of dissipating heat more effectively while using less energy, which is the key, Sumant said. These processes are crucial for industry as they look for ways to overcome conventional limits on semiconducting circuits and pursue the next generation of electronics.

The results of the two studies were reported in Nano Letters and Advanced Functional Materials. Both of these studies were carried out in collaboration with Prof. Alexander Balandin at the University of California-Riverside and his graduate students Jie Yu, Guanxiong Liu and Dr. Vivek Goyal, a recent PhD graduate.

Funding for the research conducted at the Center for Nanoscale Materials was provided by the Basic Energy Sciences program of the US Department of Energys Office of Science.

The widespread popularity of iPhones, iPads, Blackberrys, and laptops is leading to a citywide crime wave, says Deputy Inspector Elvio Capocci of the 77th Precinct.

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Speaking at last nights 77th Precinct Community Council Meeting, he noted that property thefts are driving crime numbers up throughout the city. He emphasized awareness and prevention as the best tools against petty criminals. 

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Dont leave property on your fire escape, dont leave valuables on the dashboard of your car, and keep your car locked, he said. I cant believe this stuff still happens, but all of those [mistakes] happened in the past week.

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Cell phones and electronic devices have been around for decades, but it seems that recently people have been spending more and more money on expensive portable devices that make prime targets for theives.

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A lot of these kids look at it as a victimless crime, Capocci said. They dont realize how serious robbery is. They just grab [iPhones] and computers and they are out the door. They probably sell them for $50 or $60.

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He also encouraged citizens to register their electronics, which greatly increases the chances that a stolen item can be returned to its owner.

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In addition to creating temptations for troubled teens, unattended electronics lead to more work for police officers like this months 77th Precinct Cop of the Month Joshua Winters.

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Winters recently responded to a call of a home burglary in which two teens had climbed up a fire escape and through an open window before fleeing with a computer. Upon canvassing the immediate area Winters located the teens, arrested them, and returned the property.

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His quick work earned him a bronze plaque and the commendation of his commanding officer.

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I just want to thank everyone for the award, Winters said upon receiving the award. It means a lot but I couldnt have done it without someone calling 911.

Apple says Proview iPad trademark demands unfair

In its latest statement on a simmering dispute over the iPad brand name, Apple Inc. said Tuesday that Proview Electronics insistence that it still owns the mainland China iPad trademarks is misleading and unfair.

By ELAINE KURTENBACH

AP Business Writer

Larson Electronics’ Magnalight Releases Low Voltage Explosion Proof LED Work Light
The Magnalight EPL-BS-70LED-100X12 Pedestal Mounted Explosion Proof LED Light from Larson Electronics’ is a low voltage lighting solution which uses advanced LED technology and an industrial grade design to provide operators in hazardous locations with excellent illumination and low voltage operation. This pedestal mounted LED light produces 6,020 lumens and is equipped with an inline transformer that steps down standard 120V-277V AC current to 12 VDC for applications requiring low voltage operation.

KEMP, Texas, March 8, 2012/PRNewswire/ –#xA0;Conservation teams working with National Elephant Conservation Centre in Malaysia will be receiving Magnalight LED spotlights to assist their efforts to capture and relocate wild elephants which have become endangered by development. Elephants captured by the teams are taken to the Kuala Gandah elephant orphanage and sanctuary where they are cared for until relocation. Larson Electronics LED spotlights are being donated to the teams to replace their poor performing halogen spotlights with better performing and more durable LEDs due to the safety and reliability problems encountered with traditional spotlights.

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Conservation teams in Malaysia will soon be receiving high quality lighting equipment from Larson Electronics Magnalight.com to assist in their elephant conservation efforts. Three of Magnalights HL-85-10W1-M pistol grip LED spotlights are being donated to relocation teams working with the Malaysia Department of Wildlife and National Parks in an effort to improve the safety and effectiveness of these teams operations. In the ever growing need for more land and growth, the wild elephant habitat is shrinking as land is cleared for farming and the production of cash crops. Elephants which normally had free range are frequenting these newly developed areas and feeding on newly established crops; which in turn is resulting in serious conflicts between local farmers and the elephants. Rather than simply kill the elephants as was done in the past, Malaysian wildlife authorities are sending out teams to locate, tranquilize and capture, and then relocate elephants which have become a problem. The teams performing these relocations must often perform under the cover of night and face serious dangers that are multiplied by their reliance on old and outdated equipment. The Magnalight LED spotlights being sent to these teams will replace their old halogen marine spotlights which frequently burn out and fail due to the abusive use the teams subject them to and the harsh conditions encountered in the jungles during their efforts. These Magnalight spotlights will not burn out or fail due to broken filaments and can withstand the most demanding conditions and use without any reduction in power or effectiveness. Producing 800 lumens and a beam 800 feet long, these LED spotlights produce twice as much light as the halogen units the teams currently use while using far less power. Constructed of heavy duty impact resistant nylon with a machined aluminum lamp assembly and LEXAN lamp lens, these pistol grip spotlights were designed with military and industrial applications in mind. These LED spotlights can be field serviced if needed without tools, and operate with 12 volt DC current via an included coil cord and cigarette lighter plug adapter. This latest application situated in the jungles of Malaysia highlights the ruggedness and power of these Magnalight spotlights and demonstrates the versatility these LED spotlights offer to users over a wide range of potential applications.#xA0;

The elephants in Malaysia are majestic creatures in danger of being exterminated so I have chosen to aid the Malaysian Elephant relocation program, said Rob Bresnahan with Larson Electronics Magnalight.com.#xA0; Our HL-85-10W1-M pistol grip LED spotlights will make an enormous difference in the search teams ability to relocate wayward elephants. These state of the art LED spotlights will replace the old failing halogen to make a hard job much easier and we salute their efforts to save the dwindling elephant population.#xA0; #xA0;#xA0;

Larson Electronics Magnalight produces a wide range of portable LED lights, LED work lights, LED light towers, LED floodlights and LED equipment lights. The entire line of Magnalight lighting equipment can be viewed by visiting Magnalight.com, or you can call 1-800-369-6671 to learn more about custom ordering options. For international inquires call 1-214-616-6180 for more details.

SOURCE Larson Electronics

WILMINGTON, Mass., March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Heilind Electronics, the largest distributor of interconnect products in North America, has been named by WAGO, a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative interconnect solutions, as their National Distributor of the Year. The award was based both on Heilind’s sales growth as well as its proactive promotion and support of WAGO sales initiatives.

“Heilind has taken extra steps to ensure adequate product inventory and training customers on new products,” said Peter Penkalski, WAGO Channel Manager. “I’m pleased to recognize Heilind for all of their hard work and dedication to WAGO.”

Heilind has been a WAGO distributor for 20 years, establishing one of the world’s largest inventories of WAGO terminal block products while offering customers a flexible menu of value-added services that includes supply chain management programs, bin-stocking, kitting, and custom assemblies.

“I’m honored to receive such recognition from a design and innovation leader like WAGO,” said Alan Clapp, Heilind Vice President of Supplier Business. “This award represents the culmination of the efforts of many people, both at Heilind and at WAGO. We’re pleased to have such a close relationship with WAGO.”

About Heilind ElectronicsFounded in 1974, Heilind Electronics, Inc. (
www.heilind.com ) is one of the world’s leading distributors of connectors, relays, switches, thermal management & circuit protection products, terminal blocks, wire & cable, wiring accessories and insulation & identification products. Heilind has 25 North American sales offices, two automated distribution centers and a highly versatile value-added center. Follow Heilind on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/Heilind and on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/Heilind .

Media Contact: Keith Lyall 408.577.0515

SOURCE Heilind Electronics

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