(Huntsville, Alabama – REVISED: September 14, 2015)
Future Designs, Inc. (FDI), a full service engineering design and production company, announced today the addition of WPG Americas Inc. (WPGA) to its North, South and Central American distribution channels. Under the terms of the franchise agreement, WPG Americas (WPGA) will stock and support the full FDI product catalog. Additionally, WPGA and FDI will offer joint design and production services for custom display systems, Graphical User Interface (GUI) / Human Machine Interface (HMI) units and other embedded products.
“Corporately, WPG Holdings has tremendous off-shore capabilities and expertise, but working with a US-based partner like FDI brings unique independent design house (IDH) and original design manufacturer (ODM) capabilities to our North and South American customers,” said Rich Davis, President of WPGA. “We are excited to offer services that guarantee a quicker time-to-market along with additional local design and production support for these customers through our partnership with FDI.”
WPGA is a member of WPG Holdings, the No. 1 Global Semiconductor Distributor and the largest electronics distributor in Asia. WPGA expanded WPG Holding’s distribution to the Americas in 2007 and started working with FDI on select customer opportunities under an unofficial “Buy-Sale” agreement in 2013. The partnership between WPGA and FDI is strengthened by a common focus on NXP Semiconductors and touchscreen display systems for GUI and HMI applications.
“WPGA and FDI have common focuses on NXP, GUI/HMI display systems, design services and production customers. Adding WPGA as a formal distribution partner is an opportunity to identify new customers, drive demand creation and increase our presence in key customer accounts,” said Kent Lowman, President of FDI. “We look forward to working together with WPGA’s exceptionally talented team to expand our mutual success through the franchise partnership.”
About WPG Americas Inc.
Headquartered in San Jose, CA, WPG Americas Inc. is a member of WPG Holdings, a $14.9B worldwide distributor of semiconductors, passive, electro-mechanical and display products. Founded in November 2007, WPGA is a franchised partner for leading technology suppliers. As a member of WPG Holdings, WPGA is uniquely positioned to offer total solutions to its diverse customer base. WPGA continues to introduce new leading edge technologies, quality service and design-in focus through its superior engineering programs. For more information, visit www.wpgamericas.com.
About Future Designs, Inc.
Future Designs, Inc. is a full service design and production company that specializes in transforming “back of a napkin” concepts into tangible product plans. We offer customers hardware, software, mechanical, and system-level expertise and a 26-year history of proven success to provide any level of support from prototyping through high volume production. Our ELI® and uEZ® GUI family of products for touchscreen LCD graphical user interface and human machine interface applications are “off-the-shelf” solutions for quick and cost effective upgrades to user interfaces. FDI is committed to minimizing your time-to-market, reducing costs and eliminating your product-development headaches. For more information, visit www.TeamFDI.com.
Contact for Future Designs, Inc.
Kent Lowman
Future Designs, Inc.
256-883-1240
[email protected]
Contact for WPG Americas Inc.
Anna Leggett
Marcom Specialist
WPG Americas Inc.
813-792-4265
[email protected]