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Ziemba, Asesoft Distribution: we target 29m-euro revenues from laptops alone

08.10.2010, 00:10 14

The domestic distribution market will rise by 10-15% this year,said Răzvan Ziemba, general manager of Asesoft Distribution, thebiggest IT&C distribution firm domestically, in an interviewwith ZF.
He maintains the increase will come as users will start spendingagain, after having delayed purchases as a result of the financialcrisis.
"We have significant orders and plans for yearend," says Ziemba,who also warns the increases are coming amid a very low demandlevel.
The company in the third quarter posted a 30% increase against thesame period of last year and a 20% one against the secondquarter.
Asesoft Distribution reached 54m-euro turnover in the first sixmonths of the year, up 33% from a year ago.
For 2010, the company plans to hit 144m-euro turnover. Last year,it reached 3.5m-euro profit amid 96.7m-euro turnover. "For thisyear, we target 30% growth against last year and so far we are onschedule," says Ziemba, adding he expects a similar growth rate forthe fourth quarter.
The biggest weight was held by notebooks, which account for almost20% of the total sales this year. "Whereas in 2008, the share ofnotebooks in Asesoft's overall sales stood at 5%, in 2009 itdoubled to 10% and will double again this year, which is an obvioustrend on the market (...)" Ziemba says.

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