Eastern European disti ASBIS reports higher pre-tax profits for the first half of 2007, boosted by a 27% surge in revenues. Pre-tax profit increased to $3.8m (€2.8m) from $2.9m (€2.1m) in the same period last year as revenues jumped to $540.1m (€396m) from $426.4m (€313m).

Distribution outfits Asbis and Logicom have both recorded net profits for the first half of the year, but the level of their earnings reiterates the exhausting task that IT wholesalers face to make their endeavours financially worthwhile.

Components distributor Asbis Middle East has signed an agreement with Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) to offer the vendor's complete motherboard range for AMD platforms and its PC-chip motherboards for Intel.

The company has revealed intentions to float shares on the Warsaw Stock Exchange later this year.

Components distributor Asbis has announced its first trading update since listing on London’s Alternative Investments Market (AIM) late last year. The company — which boasts a strong presence in the Middle East and North Africa — expects to record total group sales of US$1 billion for 2006.

IT Europa, an authoritative publication on Europe’s ICT channel, published an article on ASBIS’ listing at the London Stock Exchange. The article refers to ASBIS as ‘a major contender in wholesale across eastern Europe’ and extensively quotes ASBIS’ CEO Siarhei Kostevitch, who comments on the company’s objectives and plans related to the listing.

Russia has long been a distinctive IT market, with a limited presence of international distributors and PC vendors. Last time we visited the expansive nation, there was a sense that this could change, but while PC assemblers remain strong, the distribution channel faces a number of threats. IT Europa assesses how the market has developed in the last 12 months…

Poland remains a notoriously local market, with few foreign distributors having a noteable presence, except Actebis and Tech Data which are placed first and second in the country. But following EU accession in 2004, Polish distributors have been feeling on edge with the risk of more competitors entering the market, and they are specialising in an attempt to fortify themselves. IT Europa looks deeper...

Two years ago, the PC market in the Czech Republic was becoming startlingly mature, and resembling a western market in all but name. Growth of PC unit shipments was slow, as a result of a saturated market - a population of 10 million were managing to buy 500,000 PCs a year. But sales growth has really picked up in the last year as vendors tap into the lucrative retail sector, and small businesses start buying notebooks. IT Europa assesses how the market is shaping up for 2007...

ASBIS received the award ‘For Achieving the Highest Mix of Server Revenue of All Distributors in Central and Eastern Europe in Q1, 2006’. The award was presented by Richard Peel, Intel Distribution Sales and Marketing Manager, EMEA, at Disti Sales Conference in Lisbon at the end of April 2006. This is the 15th award received by ASBIS from Intel since 1998.

The award was presented by Richard Peel, Intel Distribution Sales and Marketing Manager, EMEA, at Disti Sales Conference in Lisbon at the end of April 2006.

ASBIS Group received the Highest Growth Award from Transcend Information, Inc., a world-class leader in the field of memory and consumer electronics.

ASBIS Group received the award for outstanding business results in the year 2005 from Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the world’s independent memory leader.

ASBIS Group, a leading supplier of computer components to the EMEA emerging markets, received the award for outstanding business results in the year 2005 from PQI Company, one of the largest memory module manufacturers in the world.

IBM named ASBIS Slovakia its Distributor of the Year at the annual partner meeting that took place on February 7th, 2006 in the Congress Hall of Carlton Hotel in Bratislava. The meeting dubbed Business Partner Kick-off 2006 was attended by more than 100 IBM Slovakia business partners. ASBIS SK was awarded the Distributor of the Year title for the 40 percent business growth in 2005, and for being the largest distributor offering the widest range of IBM’s product categories.

The new award reaffirms ASBIS’ status as the #1 Partner of Info-Tek Corporation in the EMEA region based on the purchasing volume in 2005. The award certificate signed by Larry Yeo, General Manager of Info-Tek's Multimedia Business Unit, was delivered from Taiwan to Sergey Yatsenko, ASBIS’ Product Line Manager (VGA & Memory)

ASBIS has received the award "NCP Most Supporting Customer" from HEXON Technology Pte during recent Computex computer fair in Taiwan. The award has been granted in recognition of the successful partnership between ASBIS and HEXON in distributing NCP branded DRAM memory modules since year 2000. The award was presented to ASBIS’ Memory Team Leader Mr. Mykola Parkhomenko by HEXON’s Sales Manager Ms. Mary Lim.

ASBIS received honorable awards from Intel for most innovative and efficient mobile demand creation programs in second half 2004 in CEE and CIS regions, and for best year on year revenue growth on Intel DP Servers in second half 2004 in CIS region.

ASBIS Enterprises Ltd distinguishes itself among customers by running fully rolled out B2B services that meet demand with precision. With regard to the company's internal IT requirements, the management and staff expect no less. When it came to replacing the company's dated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for accounting and logistics with new generation Exact products, ASBIS was quick to stress that it needed a customised solution.

ASBIS received “The Distributor of the Year” Award from Tripp Lite, a world leader in the manufacturing of power protection equipment. The award underlines ASBIS’ large-scale contribution to Tripp Lite’s business in the year 2004.