DGAP-News: Kontron AG expands its Sales and Support Presence in India
01.09.2009
Kontron AG / Miscellaneous
01.09.2009
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4 offices will strengthen Sales & Marketing capabilities
Further growth planned in the Emerging Region
Eching nearby Munich, September 01, 2009. Kontron AG, world market leader
in Embedded Computer Technology (ECT) announced the opening of its new
sales and technical support center in Bangalore, India together with local
partners. Kontron AG has acquired at first 51 percent of the company
Kontron Technology India with the option to increase its shares to 100
percent. Bangalore, located in the South of the subcontinent, is one of the
most important IT locations of the country and the biggest centre of the
Indian aero space industry. Out of Bangalore the new company drives three
more locations in Mumbai, Hyderabad and New Delhi. The Indian company will
strengthen Kontron's presence in the important Asian continent.
'We are very glad, that we are able to extend our customer support network
into India', says Ulrich Gehrmann, Kontron's CEO, 'With our 4 new offices
across the country we will be able to lay the foundation for solid growth
of our business in this fast growing economy..
Kontron offers the widest range of leading edge, world class and high
quality Embedded Computer products which match the expectations of our
Indian companies as well as of more and more customers who are increasingly
transferring their production to India.
'As a next step Kontron Technology India will establish a strong network of
sales partners in order to cover the vast country adequately and also to
add market segment specific knowledge to Kontron's product offering,'
commented Kontron CEO Ulrich Gehrmann.
Investor Relations: For further information:
Gaby Moldan Dr. Udo Nimsdorf
Kontron AG Engel & Zimmermann AG
Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1, Agentur für Wirtschaftskommunikation
D-85386 Eching Schloss Fußberg, Am Schlosspark 15,
Tel:+498165/77212,Fax+498165/77222 D-82131 Gauting
Tel: +49 89-8935633,
Fax: +49 89-89 398429
Email: Gaby.Moldan@kontron.com Email: info@engel-zimmermann.de
01.09.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Company: Kontron AG
Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1
85386 Eching
Deutschland
Phone: 08165-77-225
Fax: 08165-77-222
E-mail: martin.przybyla@kontron.com
Internet: www.kontron.com
ISIN: DE0006053952
WKN: 605395
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, München, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
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Kontron AG / Miscellaneous
01.09.2009
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4 offices will strengthen Sales & Marketing capabilities
Further growth planned in the Emerging Region
Eching nearby Munich, September 01, 2009. Kontron AG, world market leader
in Embedded Computer Technology (ECT) announced the opening of its new
sales and technical support center in Bangalore, India together with local
partners. Kontron AG has acquired at first 51 percent of the company
Kontron Technology India with the option to increase its shares to 100
percent. Bangalore, located in the South of the subcontinent, is one of the
most important IT locations of the country and the biggest centre of the
Indian aero space industry. Out of Bangalore the new company drives three
more locations in Mumbai, Hyderabad and New Delhi. The Indian company will
strengthen Kontron's presence in the important Asian continent.
'We are very glad, that we are able to extend our customer support network
into India', says Ulrich Gehrmann, Kontron's CEO, 'With our 4 new offices
across the country we will be able to lay the foundation for solid growth
of our business in this fast growing economy..
Kontron offers the widest range of leading edge, world class and high
quality Embedded Computer products which match the expectations of our
Indian companies as well as of more and more customers who are increasingly
transferring their production to India.
'As a next step Kontron Technology India will establish a strong network of
sales partners in order to cover the vast country adequately and also to
add market segment specific knowledge to Kontron's product offering,'
commented Kontron CEO Ulrich Gehrmann.
Investor Relations: For further information:
Gaby Moldan Dr. Udo Nimsdorf
Kontron AG Engel & Zimmermann AG
Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1, Agentur für Wirtschaftskommunikation
D-85386 Eching Schloss Fußberg, Am Schlosspark 15,
Tel:+498165/77212,Fax+498165/77222 D-82131 Gauting
Tel: +49 89-8935633,
Fax: +49 89-89 398429
Email: Gaby.Moldan@kontron.com Email: info@engel-zimmermann.de
01.09.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Company: Kontron AG
Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1
85386 Eching
Deutschland
Phone: 08165-77-225
Fax: 08165-77-222
E-mail: martin.przybyla@kontron.com
Internet: www.kontron.com
ISIN: DE0006053952
WKN: 605395
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, München, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
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