Computer Users Can Combat "Sitting Disease"
The Ergotron WorkFit-S is a desk mount solution that counteracts the increasingly sedentary work-style of today’s office workers by promoting health, movement, comfort and productivity.
St. Paul, MN (PRWEB) August 9, 2010
Ergotron’s WorkFit-S, a new sit-stand computer workstation, is the latest addition to the company’s computing wellness product line that already includes WorkFit-C, a mobile cart workstation. The WorkFit-S is a desk mount solution that counteracts the increasingly sedentary work-style of today’s office workers by promoting health, movement, comfort and productivity. With WorkFit-S, computer users can move to a standing position and back to a seated position whenever and as often as they choose during their workday. Studies suggest that such activity can help burn calories, promote bone density and reduce common computing conditions like back and neck pain—the most costly conditions affecting employees according to the 2007 OE Medicine Journal.
Computing wellness workstations like the WorkFit-S give businesses the option to build wellness into the workplace affordably and easily. Through their integration, companies can expect reduced healthcare expenses. In addition, studies in office ergonomics show productivity increases 12%–18% when employees are provided with well-designed ergonomic furniture like the WorkFit-S. Each unit quickly attaches to most work surfaces while using minimal desk space. This eases the time and costs associated with new and existing office builds, reducing the need for traditionally expensive, modular office equipment or professional installers.
WorkFit-S transforms any surface into a personalized sit-stand work area with a combination of stability and flexibility unequaled in the market. Designed by Ergotron, the WorkFit-S promotes proper ergonomic positioning and enables users to easily and simultaneously raise or lower their keyboard and LCD screen through an 18-inch (46 cm) range of motion using Ergotron’s patented Constant Force lift technology. Its independent display adjustment adds an extra 5 inches (13 cm) of lift to the LCD, promoting proper eye, neck and shoulder positioning. A back-tilt keyboard tray ensures optimum elbow and wrist placement, reducing repetitive stress injuries and making computing more comfortable over prolonged periods. WorkFit is available in four configurations, from the productivity-promoting dual-monitor and LCD & laptop models to the single-LCD versions (Light Duty and Heavy Duty).
“Ergotron is so passionate about office computing wellness that we are launching a global Uprising, challenging companies across the globe to take a serious look at the health of their workers,” said Joel Hazzard, president and CEO at Ergotron. “We want to literally change the way people work; give them a choice to stand up for their health. Any company that values their human capital will want to take a serious look at the true ROI of ergonomic investment in the long-term to both the employee base and the bottom line.”
Ergotron’s WorkFit-S Dual and WorkFit-S LCD & Laptop Workstations retail for $399 in the US while the WorkFit-S Single Workstations have an MSRP of $379; each will be available for sale internationally through regional reseller and distribution channels. All WorkFit units include a height-adjustment column, desk clamp, LCD pivot, and keyboard tray with left/right mouse tray.
To see the WorkFit-S in action, view Ergotron’s latest movie “The Uprising: Just Stand!” For more information about Ergotron’s WorkFit portfolio—including access to a free Ergonomic Payback Calculator and a podcast by University of Missouri professor Marc Hamilton on the benefits of standing during the workday—visit http://cubelife. ergotron. com (http://cubelife. ergotron. com). For more information about Ergotron visit http://www. ergotron. com (http://www. ergotron. com) or call 1-800-888-8458.
About Ergotron
Founded in 1982 by VESA FDMI standard author and visionary Harry Sweere, Ergotron is a global manufacturer of digital display mounting and mobility products, headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with sales efforts in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, and Singapore. Ergotron’s products have been improving the human interface with digital displays for over 25 years. Our history of innovation and passion for differentiation is evidenced in over 37 patents and our growing portfolio of award winning products for computer monitors, notebooks, and large flat panel displays and T. V.s Ergotron products enhance computing wellness, improve workplace productivity and create business process efficiencies, wherever and whenever they’re used. Incorporating Ergotron’s Constant Force lift and pivot motion technology, wall and desk mount arms, stands, mobile carts, pivots and vertical lifts require less effort to achieve more ergonomic motion, improving the user’s experience when viewing any digital display for work or entertainment.
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