Maxtor Corporation, one of the world`s leading suppliers of information storage solutions, is to partner with Rectron, the JSE-listed computer components and peripherals distributor, for an ambitious marketing plan aimed at the Southern African market.
Maxtor has also concluded a sole distribution agreement with Rectron, in terms of which Rectron will market its line of storage products for desktop computers, network storage, high-performance servers, IEEE 1394 external storage devices and consumer electronics through its dealer and reseller channel, confirms Rectron CEO Mark Lu.
"Maxtor has a reputation as a proven market leader built by providing consistent high-quality products, and service and support for its customers. We are pleased to be associated with a company if its stature and marketplace presence," says Lu.
"Surprisingly, Maxtor has not had a significant presence in SA up to now," adds Lu. "Our relationship will be characterised by aggressive pricing, the launch of a three-year warranty plan and broad-based technical backup and support for end-users."
Maxtor Corporation is the world`s largest manufacturer of hard disk drives in unit shipments. The company supplies leading-edge storage solutions that include hard disk drives for desktop PC, high-end server, consumer electronics and external applications; as well as workgroup and enterprise-class network-attached storage (NAS) server appliances.
Maxtor is a major supplier of storage to the world`s top PC manufacturers, including Apple, Compaq, Dell and Hewlett-Packard. In addition, the company`s products are sold through a global network of distributors and systems integrators and more than 2 000 US retail outlets.
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Founded in 1982, Maxtor is traded on NYSE under the MXO symbol. Revenues for fiscal year 2000 were $2.7 billion. The merger of Maxtor and Quantum hard disk drive operations positions Maxtor as the leading global supplier of hard disk drives with approximately $6 billion in annual revenues.
Maxtor is headquartered in California, with product development operations in Longmont, Colorado and Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The company manufactures its products through its own flexible, cell-based manufacturing facility in Singapore, and through a long-term relationship with Japan-based Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics (MKE), world-renowned for its automated, high volume, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. The company also has numerous sales and service facilities located throughout the world. Maxtor employs a worldwide workforce of approximately 8 800.
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