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Ingram Micro opens a new DC/POS subsidiary
2012-02-03
Italy : broadliner Ingram Micro has opened a new DC/POS office in Milano. Ingram Micro Italia, divisione DC/POS currently counts people, Key Account Manager Andrea Negroni and Sales Specialist Angelo Brenna, and will focus on the usual brands of DC/POS in Europe, among which Datalogic, Datamax-O'Neil, Intermec, Motorola Solutions and Zebra. Italy was the last major European country where Ingram Micro was present and did not own a DC/POS office.

Michael Dressen joins Tech Data
2012-02-03
Michael Dressen, who has long been ALSO's director in Germany, has joined the ranks of its competitor Tech Data as director of its businesses in Austria and Germany. He replaces Isabelle Roux-Buisson who takes in charge the value (aka TD-Azlan) business in Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. On its side, Els Demeester, who once was in charge of Tech Data operations in DACH and Benelux regions, now focuses only on Benelux (Belgium and the Netherlands).

CPS signs with Duophon
2012-02-02
Germany : telecom trader Communication Partner Sales has expanded its portfolio with Duophon modular telephone conferencing sets, which is compatible with all telephone devices.

EET in RAID with United Digital
2012-01-31
Danish broadliner and sparepart specialist EET has acquired British RAID server vendor United Digital and its Mac-oriented brand Hive. The goal is to push its high-end products out of the United Kingdom. Thus, United Digital servers should be available soon to resellers in Europe through EET offices in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, while Hive products were already distributed in all countries.

Ingram Micro names Alain Monié CEO
2012-01-30
Broadliner Ingram Micro has promoted Alain Monié to CEO. Monié, who will also retain his current title of president, succeeds Gregory Spierkel, who will remain at the company until April 15, 2012, to assist in the management transition. Monié, a 61yo French national, is currently the company's president and COO. He joined Ingram Micro as executive vice president in January 2003 and was appointed president of the APAC region a year later. He was promoted to president and COO of the corporation in August 2007 and resigned three years later to become chief executive officer of April Management, a Singapore-based pulp and paper industry giant. On Nov. 1, 2011, Monié returned to Ingram Micro in his current role, re-assuming his prior responsibilities : a nearly flawless engagement for someone who was groomed to be Spierkel's successor. Before Ingram Micro, Monié was the head of LATAM operations at Honeywell International and APAC operations at Allied Signal, where he led the company's expansion into China and India. Monié has been a member of the board of directors of Amazon since November 2008, and was recently elected to the board of Ingram Micro in November 2011.