Ingram Micro Europe Recognition Marks 2007

Ingram Micro is committed to providing its business partners with the highest levels of service and value-add. We are therefore proud to be recognised by our partners throughout Europe


January

  • Ingram Micro Italy was recognised by Microsoft as ‘Distributor of the Year 2006’ for Microsoft Licensing & Full Products.

  • Ingram Micro Germany was honoured with the ‘Excellent Performance 2006’ award by Nero for the second time in a row. Ingram Micro Germany has been distributing Nero’s digital media products since 1999. The award symbolizes the steady relationship between the two companies and the overall satisfaction regarding Nero business development through Ingram Micro Germany in 2006.

 

February

  • Ingram Micro Norway was honoured with the Lenovo ‘Best Distributor of the Year’ award for its exceptional performance. The award acknowledges the benefits for customers and vendors of partnering with Ingram Micro.

  • At the Symantec Channel Party 2007, Ingram Micro Netherlands was distinguished as ‘Broadline Distributor of the Year 2006’. This recognition mark goes to the Dutch Software Group as well as to the License Desk for their tremendous job in handling the changes in Symantec license programmes. Ingram Micro Netherlands was also nominated in the Retail category.

  • Ingram Micro Belgium was also awarded by Symantec as ‘Best Broadline Distributor of the Year 2006’. Ingram Micro Belgium was awarded for its 2006 overall revenue in Symantec sales, its leading market share in ‘Availability and Security Business’ and for the largest license deals in 2006. Excellent commercial support and ability to respond to changing business needs in license programmes were also brought forward to distinguish Ingram Micro Belgium.

  • Once again, Ingram Micro Germany was recognised one of the ‘Best Employers of Germany (Deutschlands Beste Arbeitgeber)’ in a survey done by Psychonomics AG and published by CAPITAL magazine. The survey is the result of the “Great Place to Work” competition organised by the German Minister of Labour. 198 companies took part in the competition where Ingram Micro came 34th in the overall ranking and reached #19 among enterprises of between 501 and 5,000 employees.

  • Ingram Micro Italy was recognised by Linksys as their ‘Fastest Growing Partner of the Year’. The team was honoured for its excellent results achieved with Linksys during 2006 and their effective marketing and communications activities and the quality of the service that IM Italy provides to the retail segment, a market where Linksys was able to achieve significant growth in the past year.. Last but not least, one of the reasons for awarding our company was.

 

March

  • At AMD’s Worldwide Distributor Conference 2007 that took place in Hollywood, California, Ingram Micro Europe proudly received the ‘AMD Market Development Award 2006 – Europe’ for its achievements with AMD in Europe in the past year. Ingram Micro was also honoured with a global award for ‘Fastest Growing Distributor – Worldwide’.

 

April

  • At the Cisco Partner Summit held in Las Vegas, Ingram Micro was honoured with several awards. At country level across Europe, Ingram Micro Benelux, the Netherlands and Germany were recognised and in the category of Home Networking (Linksys) Ingram Micro France and Italy were distinguished. Ingram Micro also received the ‘Global Distribution Partner of the Year 2006’ for its sustained growth, its deployment of innovative programmes and for its SMB 2 Tier business development. From a European perspective, and in recognition of the tremendous performance from all of Ingram Micro’s country teams, the company received the ‘European Theatre Markets Partner of the Year’ award, the first time a distributor ever gains this award for its achievements.

October

  • Ingram Micro Netherlands has been selected by 3Com as ‘Distribution Partner of the Year’ for the value adds it brings to the channel.

 

November

  • Ingram Micro Netherlands was recognised with the Misco Supply Chain award for ‘Best Broadline Distributor’. In cooperation with the University of Neyenrode, Misco, one of the largest Dutch e-tailers and a member of the international Systemax group, developed a rating methodology that includes measurements such as reach, fill rate, back orders, pricing, and returns quality of delivery and of sales people. Out of a total possible score of 260, Ingram Micro Netherlands received an overall rate of 216, by far the highest score in all ranking categories (broadliners, specialised distributors and vendors).

 

December

  • Web magazine CRN named Gerhard Schulz, Ingram Micro Senior Vice President and Executive Managing Director Germany, one of ‘Germany’s Top Managers of 2007’. At #3 position, Gerhard Schulz was acknowledged for his openness and transparency and his good crisis management. “Despite the disruptions due to the deployment of a new warehouse management system in December 2006, Gerhard Schulz was up to the challenge and managed quickly to regain resellers’ trust, ensuring business continuity”, wrote the magazine.