Millstar Creates On-line Catalog for Hoffman Enclosures.LANGHORNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 1999-- Hoffman Enclosures recently posted the Hoffman Internet Electronic Product Selector (programming) selector - 1. In Smalltalk or Objective C, the syntax of a message which selects a particular method in the target object. 2. An operation that returns the state of an object but does not alter that state. (iHELPS(TM)) on their corporate Web site, www.hoffmanonline.com. iHELPS(TM) provides Hoffman product distributors, Original Equipment Manufacturers, and end users with a first-class tool for selecting and quoting electronic enclosures. Hoffman chose the team of Banta Book Group and Millstar Electronic Publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. Group to develop the Internet catalog which contains over 6,000 products. Hoffman began its electronic publishing endeavors with the creation of an electronic database of their entire print catalog. This database was first utilized to produce the Hoffman HELPS CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). in October 1998. After the success of the CD-ROM, Hoffman chose to extend the value of their electronic database and provide more service to their users by creating the iHELPS(TM) electronic enclosure catalog. With iHELPS(TM), a user can locate a desired electrical enclosure by browsing, specifying catalog number, selecting from a Product Index, searching with free text, or by specifying attributes such as material, size, and environmental protection rating. Once an enclosure is selected, the user can view marketing information, view a dimensional drawing, download a CAD drawing, and locate all matching components. An enclosure/matching components assembly can be added to a Bill of Materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. which can be printed and faxed to Hoffman as a Request for Quote. Other features of the site include recommendation of appropriate pendant pendant or pendent In architecture, a sculpted ornament suspended from a vault or ceiling, especially an elongated boss (carved keystone) at the junction of the intersecting ribs of the fan vaulting associated with the English Perpendicular style. arm mounting systems for an enclosure, and a wireway selection process. For over 50 years, Hoffman has been the largest manufacturer of electrical and electronic enclosures in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . These enclosures are designed to house electronic controls (e.g., relays, switches, push buttons, controllers, computer equipment) in an industrial environment. Hoffman also manufactures wireway and trough Trough The stage of the economy's business cycle that marks the end of a period of declining business activity and the transition to expansion. for a variety of commercial and industrial applications. To learn more about Hoffman, visit their Web site at www.hoffmanonline.com. This project was developed under the Banta Book Group and Millstar Electronic Publishing Group's technology alliance, established more than two years ago to create electronic catalogs and streamlined print/electronic publishing processes for Banta's business-to-business catalog customers. The Banta Book Group is one of seven major market groups of the Banta Corporation Banta Corporation was a major printing, imaging, and supply chain management company of the United States, based in Menasha, Wisconsin. Founded in 1901, it was acquired by Chicago-based RR Donnelley in 2006. , a $1.3 billion technology and marketing leader in printing and digital imaging. The Book Group is headquartered in Menasha, WI and serves educational, trade, religious and professional book publishers, and the industrial and business-to-business catalog markets. Established more than two years ago, the Banta Book Group creates electronic catalogs and streamlined print/electronic publishing processes for Banta's industrial and business-to-business catalog customers.. Products include soft-cover books, textbooks, teacher guides, catalogs, multimedia kits, software packages, interactive media, CD-ROM packages and other electronic and image-based media. To learn more about Banta, visit their Web site located at http://www.banta.com or call David McCleskey at 770/436-7800. Since 1988, Millstar Electronic Publishing Group (Langhorne, PA) has developed leading electronic catalog and electronic commerce solutions. In addition to Hoffman Enclosures, some of Millstar's other clients include Siemens Energy & Automation, Allied Electronics, Quill quill: see pen. Corporation (http://www.quillcorp.com), BT Office Products, Darby Dental (http://www.darbydental.com), and more. To learn more about Millstar, visit their Web site at http://www.millstar.com, e-mail mcohen@millstar.com or call Michael Cohen Michael Cohen may refer to:
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