Three different series blend elegance with function
Woodland Park, NJ -- October 30, 2018 – FSR is a leading designer and manufacturer of power, data and audio/video solutions for the contract office furniture industry. In today’s interconnected world, the workspace extends beyond the physical building, offices and boardrooms. FSR’s product line of collaborative solutions are designed to address the way we work and approach business in the 21st century.
The company is introducing three product collections that effectively dissolve the physical barriers of offices and boardrooms by integrating advanced connectivity, communications and collaboration solutions into design elements for a sophisticated and practical interconnected environment.
The Symphony Collection blends elegant form with cutting-edge technology. Gently curved shapes and a streamlined design allow for unobtrusive connections to AV gear, while the attractive exterior remains faithful to the aesthetics that interior designers demand. Twelve color combinations are available to please the most discerning customers, with technical configurations that include a choice of full insert AC outlets, USB charging ports, and low voltage openings. The Symphony Line is available as: clamp on, mounted in, or mounted under a table, shelf or chair.
The Unity Collection provides ultimate connectivity and...
Woodland Park, NJ (August 2018) — FSR, located in Woodland Park, New Jersey, takes its role as a local business as seriously as its role as an international manufacturer of audio video products. Not only does the company lend a hand, and financial support to industry charities such as the annual Drunk Unkles concert during InfoComm, FSR continually gives back to its home county in New Jersey by supporting the United Way of Passaic County’s “Backpack 4 Kids” program. Once again FSR, under the leadership of president and Passaic resident Jan Sandri, has joined with other local businesses and the United Way to fill backpacks with learning tools and classroom essentials, including notebooks, erasers, pens, pencils, and crayons, along with lunch boxes, so local students are equipped for the school year ahead.
“Backpacks 4 Kids” is part of a greater United Way initiative and a combined effort between area businesses to provide basic school supplies to children and to encourage an increase of academic success and higher graduation rates of children in Passaic County schools.
“So much of what we do at FSR is wrapped around giving students the very best tools to succeed,” said Jan Sandri, FSR’s president. “Our...
Digital Library gives contractors easy access to Company’s products, prices and specs
Woodland Park, NJ – (June 21, 2018) — FSR, a leading global designer and manufacturer of power, data and electrical solutions for the corporate, education, hospitality, and government markets, has announced that it now has a featured binder in My Resource Library (MRL). MRL is a virtual library that offers manufacturers, design + architectural firms and furniture dealers access to the very latest in product pricing and specification details.
A valuable and useful tool, MRL features all the resources normally found in a physical library in a digital format. It provides the contract market with a robust search engine for access to up-to-date information, and the ability to organize and save project elements in virtual binders, plus many more features specifically designed to assist contract market.
“We are so excited to be an active participant in MRL,” says Lourdes Collins, Director, Furniture and Design Channel for FSR. “We are always seeking to simplify the process for our clients and partners and this resource will make it so easy for them to research and compare FSR products and evaluate their appropriateness for individual projects - right...
Herman has selected FSR as The Herman Vendor of the Year; FSR was presented with the award at InfoComm 2018 in Las Vegas, NV. FSR was recognized for providing exceptional engagement across every facet of their partnership, and for the company's commitment to and support of Herman’s strategic initiatives.
“Our entire team votes on the manufacturer partner that went above and beyond in supporting our partnership and strategic initiatives,” said Jeffrey Wolf, executive vice president, Herman. "FSR provides us with outstanding support in every facet of our business and has been instrumental in enabling us to achieve our growth and strategic goals.”
Jan Sandri, president, FSR, added “To be named The Herman Vendor of the Year, by such a respected member of the AV community is indeed an honor. Herman has an impeccable reputation for service and quality and we are proud and delighted to work alongside them to provide the best experience possible for our end-users. But we are also doubly privileged to have received this distinction at InfoComm in the presence of our friends and colleagues, and those we consider our industry family. We look forward to many more successful years partnering with Herman.”
FSR’s DR-EDID Scores At InfoComm 2018
Company’s New Emulator Grabs SVC’s Best of Show Award
Las Vegas, NV (June xx, 2018) – FSR, a leading manufacturer of a wide variety of infrastructure products for the audio/video, Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), education, corporate, hospitality, government, and religious markets, is proud to announce that its newly introduced DR (Doctor) EDID, a device that allows the quick manipulation of information for simplified integration, has been named a Best of Show winner for InfoComm 2018 from Sound & Video Contractor, a Future plc brand.
Introduced to the AV market at the show, the DR-EDID Emulator allows the installer to easily and quickly modify information with a rotary switch to select between 16 pre-installed settings or copy the EDID from any device. This will simplify troubleshooting the technical challenges that often arise when performing video system integration, or permanently set the EDID of the system when left in place. It is designed to manipulate the EDID information provided to a connected HDMI source, or any device connected prior to the unit in the HDMI chain. The unique self-powered bidirectional device can be inserted onto either end of any HDMI cable and contains critical information...
FSR Offers Two Continuing Education Courses Geared Toward Interior Designers
Courses teach how to blend communication and information technology into design elements for heightened presenter and user experience
Woodland Park, NJ (May xx, 2018) – — FSR, a leading manufacturer of a wide variety of infrastructure solution products for the audio/video, Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), education, hospitality, and government markets, is offering two new continuing education courses geared toward the interior design community. Both courses are approved by the Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC); and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), and Lourdes Collins, FSR Director, Furniture and Design Channel, has been certified to teach both.
According to Collins the courses are available to all, but specifically target Design Firms whose customers need to integrate information technology, audio / visual equipment and control devices into design elements for shared, heightened and convenient communications. “Today’s designers face a dual challenge,” explains Collins, “they not only have to provide high-performance high-design environments, but one that allows easy and reliable access to functional technology as well. These courses will expand their knowledge of collaboration spaces and connectivity options, and discuss alternative practices when designing and arranging furniture...
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Winners were chosen by readers from among submitted products
December 20, 2017
FSR: Wire Marshall
Epson Bright Link Pro 147OUi WUXGA 3LCD Interactive Laser Display
Crestron Electronics 3-Series 4K DigitalMedia Presentation System 350/DMP53-4K-350-C
QSC Q-SYS Next-Generation Enterprise Core 5200
Shure Axient Digital
BenQ LK970 4K Laser Projector
Biamp TesiraLUX
Sony Electronics Vision Exchange
Meyer Sound Ashby-8C Ceiling Loudspeaker
Matrox Maevex 6150
Draper TecVision CHX1200X ALR
Crestron Electronics Single-Channel Modular Power Amplifiers/AMP1200-70
Comprehensive Pro AV/IT Commercial Grade Certified 18G-4K HDMI Cables/HD18G-xxPROBLK
InFocus ConX Cloud
Lyntec NPAC
Elite ProAV Saker Tab-Tension ALR
Yamaha NEXO GEO Line Array
Crestron Electronics Mercury Tabletop Conference System/CCS-UC-1
Canon 4K600STZ
PI Engineering X-keys XKE-124 T-bar
D Tools System Integrator 2017 (SI 2017)
Luxul Epic Series Routers
Peerless-AV SmartMount Video Wall Mounting Systems for Direct View LED Displays
Middle Atlantic Products Series PDU with RackLink
Company’s PWB-FR-450 is Only Fire-Rated Wall Box for Infrastructure industry
Woodland Park, NJ (December 8, 2017) – FSR, a prominent manufacturer of products for all segments of the ProAV industry, including: education, hospitality, government, corporate and religious markets, is proud to announce that it has received a patent on its PWB-FR-450 Fire-Rated Wall Box, the latest offering in its popular PWB series. The development underscores the Company’s pioneering spirit and leadership role by acknowledging the infrastructure industry’s only fire-rated wall box with a patent.
The large capacity PWB-FR-450 incorporates fire-resistant intumescent material within the door and its mounting frame for up to 60 minutes of protection. The unique box is completely code-compliant and eliminates the need for constructing double walls. When closed, the PWB-FR-450’s cover is flush to the wall enabling displays to be mounted as close as possible, but also allowing ample room for all other in-wall connections. The cover is ventilated top and bottom to provide convection cooling and there is an exit slot to pass cables from the interior of the box to the display.
The PWB-FR-450 can accommodate Crestron’s DM-RMC-4K-SCALAR-C receiver/room controller or 3 AC outlets and 4 single gang compartments to meet...
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Models Strut the Runway Wearing Jewelry Crafted from FSR Gear
Woodland Park, NJ (October 25, 2017) –FSR, a leading manufacturer of a wide variety of products for the Pro AV and Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) markets, got crafty for The New England Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and supplied models at its 19th annual unconventional fashion show with neck jewelry made from floor box handles.
Two dozen of the region’s best interior design firms and schools team up with industry manufacturers to battle it out on the runway at the annual event that drew a sold out crowd of over 1,700 people at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on October 12th. Designers from each team create and don fashions crafted exclusively from the tools of their trade and compete for cheers, awards and bragging rights.
At this year’s event, FSR, represented by Lourdes Collins, business development manager, furniture distribution and design channel, and Chaz Porter, director of global sales, partnered with the well-established architect and design firm, Perkins & Will; Herman Miller, the renowned international provider of furnishings and related technologies; and Maharam, a leading provider of textiles to architects and interior designers.
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Woodland Park, NJ (September 28, 2017) — FSR, a leading manufacturer of a wide variety of products for the Pro AV and Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) markets is strengthening its presence in the western US by appointing Pacific Coast Associates of Benicia, California as a Manufacturers Representative. Effective immediately, Pacific Coast Associates will support FSR’s entire line of audio video switchers and interfaces; infrastructure products which include wall, floor, ceiling and table boxes and wiring systems; control solutions and collaboration systems in Northern California and Hawaii.
We’re delighted to bring Pacific Coast Associates on-board as our newest manufacturers representatives,” said Chaz Porter, FSR director of global sales. “Their extensive experience in the AV infrastructure and integration segments of the market will serve as a great advantage to our customers in the far western regions of the country.”
“We are always seeking the best products to offer our customers, and FSR fits in perfectly,” said Rick Fazenback, principle of Pacific Coast Associates. “We are committed to providing better and more effective solutions that will work now, and in the future. FSR is always on the cutting edge and we look forward...
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