For Release: July 14, 2003

Media Contact: Chris Kochmanski (734/944-8705, chris@design-hub.com)

DesignHub Develops Logo and Website for Focus Software

SALINE, MICH. – DesignHub, a strategic marketing communications firm headquartered in Saline, has designed a new logo and developed a new website for Focus Software, Inc. of Ypsilanti, Mich.

The site can be accessed at www.focussoftwareinc.com. Site visitors will learn how Focus Software develops custom software for industrial measurement and automation applications. The site lists the company’s technical services and areas of expertise, and includes client testimonials, case studies, and online feedback and request forms.

Focus Software’s mission is to design and develop measurement and automation software that improves users’ productivity and exceeds their expectations for performance. The company was founded in 1997 by Peter Bruder and David Dodge. The two continue to lead a staff of engineers, all having at least five years of experience in software development for measurement and automation.

Focus Software has developed applications for Behr America, Borg Warner, Consumers Power, Dana Corp., Detroit Edison, DaimlerChrysler, Dow Chemical, Eaton Corp., Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Guardian Industries, Kawasaki Robotics, Michigan State University, National Instruments, Nissan Motors, PerkinElmer, Tyco Electronics, the University of Michigan, Visteon, Wayne State University, Webasto, and many other organizations.

More information on Focus Software is available from the company at 2046 Washtenaw Ave., Ypsilanti, Mich. 48197. Phone: 734/547-8490. E-mail: info@focussoftware.com.

DesignHub works with companies and institutions to produce marketing plans, websites, corporate identity programs, brochures, annual reports, newsletters, advertising and public relations campaigns, direct mail, packaging designs, and exhibit signage.

Principals of DesignHub include: Karen Ragland, business manager and chief account executive; Ted Chesky, creative director and chief graphic designer; and Chris Kochmanski, marketing strategist and chief copywriter. Ragland and Chesky founded DesignHub in November 1999. Kochmanski joined the firm as a partner in May 2002.

In addition to Focus Software, DesignHub’s clients include Center for Automotive Research, Chelsea Community Hospital, Child Care Network, Cohousing Development Corp., Concordia University-Ann Arbor, DreamEssence Inc., Electrocon International Inc., Huron Valley Printing & Imaging, Ideation Inc., MapInfo-Thompson, McGilvra Engineering, NanoBio Corp., Picometrix Inc., Saline Celtic Festival, Saline Economic Development Corp., SignGraphix Inc., Thomas B. McMullen Co., the University of Michigan's Congenital Heart Center, Veridian, and others.

Further information is available from DesignHub, 135 East Bennett, Suite 12, Saline, Mich. 48176. Phone: 734/944-8705. Fax: 734/944-8735. E-mail: info@design-hub.com. Online: www.design-hub.com.

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