APEXS Inc. observes the corporate policy of using the latest available technology to promote cost-effective solutions for its customers. Another corporate policy that APEXS, Inc. strongly adheres to is its commitment to total customer satisfaction. Along with this, is the special emphasis on after sales product technical support and staff training.
Our attention to customer feedback and concerns has proven to be a valuable resource for product development and improvement ideas.
Our motto is: "We put technology to work for you."
The Company, APEXS, Inc. was formed to bring hi-tech state-of-the art products and services to the Philippine market. The company was incorporated in 1995 in Lapu-lapu City, Cebu, Philippines.
Mr. Shelly L. Shannon is the president, CEO and founder. The last thirteen years of his employment was as a senior staff employee with Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The company from which he is an early retiree as of September 1994. After many years of overseas employment (including several years in the Philippines), in a number of countries, Mr. Shannon, (a U.S. citizen) and his wife Sophie (a native Cebuana) applied for and were granted a special retiree visa by the Philippine government as investors. In the Philippines, APEXS, Inc. is the exclusive distributor/manufacturer of the following products:
1. DriveRight (Davis Instruments USA) - a microcomputer device that automatically monitors, records and sets limits to driver and vehicle performance. This microprocessor-based device is widely used by fleet owners as an effective and cost effective tool in vehicle management control and as a safety device to monitor a driver's performance on the road.
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. Videx Inc. (USA) - developer and manufacturer of electronics devices for collecting and managing data for guard accountability and inventory control.
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. Parallax, Inc. (USA) - In 1993 the original BASIC Stamp was released. The attention of hobbyists and engineers was very evident as they purchased the device to replace larger, expensive control equipment and build projects they could have only dreamed about. The BASIC Stamp's ease of use and useful I/O command's made it easy to connect to motors, sensors, buttons, LCDs and other electronic components.
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. Wens Precision Co,.Ltd (Korea) - Committed to the Test & Measuring Instrument market and over 20 years of diversified test and measurement experience including General Purpose Test Equipment, Automotive and Telecommunication Test and Instrument has given WENS a unique position as a long term market leader in advanced Test & Measurement technologies.
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. APEXS V-Count II -
Our low cost, second generation product is the ideal technology solution for helping newly licensed teenage drivers develop safe driving awareness with the family car. Helps parents in monitoring and educating their teenage drivers. Enables vehicle fleet owners, managers and parents to Set, Monitor and Enforce maximum allowed vehicle speed to reduce accident and vehicle maintenance cost. The V-Count has an option that enables the engine to be shut off for 5 minutes when there is an over speed violation.
Our new model motor vehicle speed monitoring product (SpeedSpy) does not require any installation wiring. It is simply plugged into a special connector (DLC) located in the cabin of most vehicles manufactured since 1996.We are currently in the market testing stage now and expect to start production by June 7.
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. DriveRight Precision Pulse Reference (DPR) - A precision pulse generator specifically designed and manufactured by APEXS, Inc. for Davis Instruments, the manufacturer of DriveRight®. The DPR generates precision pulses to simulate Vehicle Speed Signal (VSS) at 40 km/hr (25mph) at four (4) different selectable pulses per mile (PPM).
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. Timed Engine Shut-Off (TESO) -
For owners of diesel powered and turbo aspirated vehicles, the APEXS TESO will protect and extend the engine life of their diesel and gasoline engines. TESO also monitors the engine coolant and oil pressure and will shut off the engine if a high temperature or low oil pressure condition is detected. To assist in vehicle maintenance scheduling, TESO maintains a permanent record of the engine run and idle times. As of 2005 it has been used in the delivery vehicles of the international courier DHL in the Philippines and we are expecting additional purchase orders in 2007. FedEx has also expressed interest in our product for its delivery vehicles.
Pool of Satisfied Customers. APEXS, Inc. enjoys the confidence of both local and international corporations in terms of the DriveRight. Among the leading local transport and service companies that trust our product are: Filipinas Transport Corporation, Cebu Ace Trucking Corporation, Kimwa Construction & Development Corporation, KCC Warehouse Plaza (General Santos City), Corominas Bus Liner, Gemini Trucking, ACG Transport (San Carlos City), Baysouth Transport Incorporated, Primary Structures Corporation and others. Likewise, Sedco Forex International Drilling Inc. for their operations in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Vietnam, Brunei, and Australia belong to the pool of our satisfied customers using the DriveRight.
APEXS, Inc. is the official vendor/supplier of DriveRight to the Schlumberger Group of Oilfield Service Companies in Southeast Asia.
We have supplied the Indonesian National Oil Company (VICO) with a turn-key DriveRight Vehicle Monitoring System.
Our company recently became an official Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Co. vendor. We have installed the DriveRight Vehicle Monitoring System in their entire fleet of LPG delivery and bulk hauler tanker trucks. The fleet of 600 plus gasoline tanker trucks are candidates for our new GPS based DriveRight Model 600.
We are proud that these organizations have chosen APEXS, Inc. and our products to meet their hi-tech vehicle safety monitoring and management needs.
Reaching New Frontiers of potential markets. In the past years of APEXS operations, it has established a breakthrough in capturing the Cebu market. The unprecedented breakthrough in vehicle safety monitoring by the DriveRight™ in Cebu (approximately only 25% of the market) and the Visayas is now spreading in Luzon particularly in Metro Manila where at least 50% of the market is.
In the last quarter of 1996, DriveRight™ units where installed in Petron Oil and Filipinas Shell Oil (we are an official vendor) oil hauler trucks in Pandacan and La Union as part of the continuing safety and monitoring program of Filipinas Transit on a nationwide scale. DM Consunji Inc. (DMCI), one of the largest construction and contracting firms and included in the top 100 corporations in the country, has made similar commitment to equip all (potential of at least 200 units) their transit mixers and service vehicles with the DriveRight™. An initial order of ten (10) units was installed in their Volvo transit mixers towards the end of December 1996.
As of year 2006, we have become the vendor in Southeast Asia of choice for DriveRight, CarChip and the new Vantage Pro 2 Plus weather station products from Davis Instruments.
Product Development. As a part of APEXS' commitment to Total Customer Satisfaction and Value added engineering, we are in the initial stage of venturing into a "confidential disclosure and manufacturing agreement" with one of our principal supplier in the USA regarding our very own product innovations and re-engineering. Our principal has communicated a very high enthusiasm about this project.
We have designed and are currently marketing our own Motor Vehicle Safety and Monitoring Products.
As of year 2006, we have sales partnerships in Bolivia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the USA.
Per request of Tripmaster Corp., Arlington, Texas, USA our company designed and manufactures the DR/TM Tester for the Tripmaster GPS based Motor Vehicle Tracking System. |
