Dubai Headquartered Acer Computer (M.E.) Ltd has announced today that GITEX – KSA, to be held in Riyadh from the 23-27 April, is the PC vendor’s most significant regional market as recently released sales results for 2005 saw the company maintain their number one spot on notebooks, for eight consecutive quarters.
“GITEX – KSA provides for direct access to the gulf region’s largest and highly tech-savvy market and we can re-confirm our commitment to the Kingdom by announcing that we will continue our policy of having direct representation at the exhibition,” said Krishna Murthy, General Manager, Acer Middle East (Ltd).
“We believe that our continuing, direct and pro-active presence in the Kingdom, allows us demonstrate how much we value the market as well as supporting our valued partners and distributors, in the Kingdom,” added Murthy.
Acer is one of the only global PC vendor brands to have a direct presence at GITEX – KSA allowing visitors to Saudi Gitex not only to see and test Acer’s full product range, including desktop and notebook PCs, servers, projectors, cameras and its new line of LCD TVs, but also to speak directly to company representatives.
According to figures from international analysts IDC, Acer has been the number one supplier of notebook PCs in the Kingdom for 24 months and is looking to demonstrate a range of solutions for business, government, education and home users.
“Customers in Saudi Arabia have shown strong and loyal support to Acer over many years,” said Philip Ashkar, director of sales and marketing, Acer Computer (M.E.) Ltd. “Our strategy of empowering people by delivering the most advanced technology available has been favorably received by the Kingdom’s consumers.”
Each of the PCs has the latest (second generation) and highly innovative Acer technology – ‘Empowering Technologies’ suite which is a unique, proprietary platform that allows for managing your PC’s many functions in only three clicks of a mouse.
GITEX – KSA 2006 will also see Acer concentrating on a variety of its product lines ranging from the Acer Ferrari Notebooks, Ferrari Monitors, N35 PDAs with GPS, the new, slim corporate desktop Veriton 2800, CS 6550 Cameras, plasma TV’s and the recently launched 37” (92cm) LCD TV.
“In 2005, Acer saw phenomenal growth and a consolidation of our number one position in notebooks and cementing the brand as a clear leader in the Saudi market – as well as growing across the Middle East,” said Ashkar. “In 2006, we expect to make further market share gains in the notebook and desktop PC business, as well as increasing the profile of our server solutions and promoting our digital camera and LCD TV ranges.”
To celebrate Acer’s participation at Gitex – KSA, special promotions and offers will be available on some of the company’s products.
About Acer
Established in 1976, Acer is among the world's top ten branded PC vendors. Acer employs marketing and service operations across Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas, supporting dealers and distributors in over 100 nations. In addition to offering a broad spectrum of IT services, Acer is also a leading innovator of e-business, providing MegaMicro e-enabling solutions that combine IT products with a range of Micro services delivered via Acer's Mega infrastructure. For more information about Acer, please visit www.acer.com.
About Acer Computer (M.E.) Ltd.
Established in 1992, Acer Computer (M.E.) Ltd. has over 100 employees servicing the IT requirements of over 50 countries in the Middle East, Africa and the sub-continent, Acer Computer (M.E.) Ltd. has its own facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone. The 22,500 square meter regional office includes a modern and efficiently managed warehouse, a state-of-the-art Unique Loading (Uniload) assembly plant and a highly efficient Customer and Technical Service Center capable of handling component-level repairs. For more information about Acer Computer Middle East, please visit www.acer.co.ae.
