AIS cooperated with D&H for AIS #39;s Rugged COTS Marine & Military LCD Monitors

American Industrial Systems Inc. (AIS) has announced that it is expanding its original distribution agreement with D&H Distributing Company, a wholesale distributor of computer and consumer electronics products, to include AIS's full line of new rugged COTS (Commercial, off-the-shelf) military LCD monitors and displays for Government, Marine, Military, and Public Service Sectors.

This product line was specifically designed to endure the harsh, rugged and hostile elements that we face in today's industrial environments, providing a solution to the public and private service sectors that utilize vehicle transportation in their businesses. AIS product offerings are ideal for warehousing and logistics, forklift and truck, police vehicles, emergency and EMS vehicles, military vehicles, transport trucks, service vehicles, and taxi cabs. They are also an ideal choice for industrial computing for manufacturing, production line and industrial automation environments. These rugged vehicle mount and marine & military industrial LCD monitors are available in 8.4", 10.4", 15", 17", 19", and 23.1" display sizes. Designed for long-lasting product life cycle, high resolution, wide range temperature, wide range voltage input, hyper dimming, sunlight readable, anti-corrosion, anti-shock & vibration, water-proof and dust-proof for high reliability and performance.

Features and Benefits:

IP65 (NEMA 4) fully-enclosed aluminum front bezel with corrosion protection

HMI (Human Machine Interface) ready platform

Advanced 0 to 100% full range dimming

Wide input voltage range from 9 to 36 VDC

High-bright, sunlight-readable monitors and displays

Low-power and fanless platform

Marine certification 2.4, IEC60945 and IACS-E10 for DNV Standard

Meets the MIL-810F and IEC60068-2-27 requirements for shock and vibration tolerance standard

Five years product support guarantee and ensure long-term investment security for industrial monitors and displays

"AIS offer a highly integrated, panel and vehicle-mounted, constructed in a steel chassis with a NEMA 4, IP65 black aluminum front bezel that is specifically designed for harsh, industrial environments. Our solution delivers ¡®bottom-line savings' with our ¡®off-the-shelf' NEMA 4, IP65 LCD monitors and displays by lowering our customers' production costs and reducing expensive revisions late in the development cycle," said Nelson Tsay, President of AIS. "We believe our unique, ruggedized solutions will assist D&H customers (Government, Marine, and Military VARs) to optimize their product offerings, reduce unnecessary costs, and effectively speed them to market. Additionally, AIS solutions will also help D&H customers meet their financial objectives through aggressive price performance, reduced development costs and improved time-to-market. Our primary objective is to provide D&H customers with a competitive advantage, fully committing our company to the goals to continuous improvement of product quality, reliability, cost competitiveness and customer satisfaction."

"D&H Distributing offers exceptional customer service and online resources, which has helped us build a proven history of success with resellers in verticals ranging from government to SMB to niche markets like digital signage. We make it our business to understand the unique requirements of each individual customer and we are committed to making them more competitive," said Rob Eby, vice president of purchasing at D&H Distributing. "The expansion of our relationship with AIS attests to the value of ruggedized LCD technology as a differentiator. It can make our customers' linecards stand out. We're happy to offer this company's diverse portfolio of leading industrial LCD solutions, including the durable COTS monitors and displays."