Nutech opens as Ingram closes
(AUSTRALIA)
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consumables-orientated distributor Nutech IT Supplies is amazed at its
fortunate timing in opening a new Christchurch warehouse.
The day
before Ingram Micro closed its storage facility in the city, eliciting
angry responses from South Island resellers, Nutech opened its new site.
Acknowledging the timing was good, Nutech sales and marketing manager Nigel Willard says it was purely coincidental.
“We could not have planned it better if we tried,” he says.
Nutech
is sharing parent company Croxley Stationery’s long-established
Christchurch warehouse and delivery systems, which Willard believes
will ensure the success of the venture.
“Croxley has a very
efficient distribution centre in Christchurch, which has been very
successful for a number of years,” he says.
“It means we can go in with a very low-cost model. We can now offer an improved and cost-effective service to the South Island.”
The
warehouse features a collection point, while resellers can expect
overnight deliveries across the South Island, says Willard.
The facility was opened to meet strong demand for such a service from South Island customers, he adds.
Nutech’s core business is supplying toner and ink cartridges.
It
is the major Brother distributor in the country and stocks the main OEM
consumables brands, but also operates a large cartridge remanufacturing
facility at its Albany base.
“We receive 25,000 empty cartridges a month through collection programmes,” says Willard.
These are remanufactured into the company’s own consumables brand, Emarq, which he says offers high margins to resellers.
Recently
the company expanded into other consumables, such as photo paper and
Verbatim media, as well as Kodak digital cameras. “Our focus is on
imaging technology,” says Willard.