*NEWS*INGRAM MICRO TO OPEN AFRICAN STORE

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Ingram Micro to open first African store
February
2007 — Johannesburg (SA): Ingram Micro and MB Technologies Group, a
South African supplier of IT products, have formed a partnership that
will result in the opening of Ingram Micro’s first African store on 1
June 2007.The new Ingram Micro South Africa subsidiary will be located
north of Johannesburg, and will distribute IT components products to
VARs, system integrators and OEM customers across the broad Sub-Saharan
territory from South Africa in the south to Ethiopia to the north and
Liberia to the west.For Ingram Micro, the partnership adds another
corner of the world to its extensive global footprint and is further
evidence of the company’s commitment to expand into new geographies
with significant IT markets.Hans Koppen, president of Ingram Micro
Europe, said: “We are delighted to enter into this partnership with MB
Technologies, which for some time we have recognised as one of the very
best technology distributors in South Africa, and to lay together the
foundations of Ingram Micro South Africa.”Leo Baxter, CEO of MB
Technologies, said: “We are now ready to move beyond our focus on
providing complete, end-to-end solutions to resellers and their
customers and we want to take advantage of opportunities we see in the
components sector to deliver high-quality components at lower costs to
the South African system integrator market.”

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February 16, 2007 at 12:15 PM