US-based Datamax Corporation, one of the world's largest manufacturers of industrial use printers, has awarded its "World Wide Dealer of the Year" award to DataTec company Scantec.
"Scantec has achieved the single highest sales of any of our distributors worldwide, a reflection of the growing importance of the South African market," says John Durnford, VP international sales at Datamax, which is based in Orlando, Florida.
The award has been made annually for the past seven years; this is the first time that South Africa has taken top honours. "We calculate the award based on simple sales figures," says Durnford. "Scantec has sold more products than any other dealer in the world, mainly through its deal with the SA Post Office to supply all its barcoding and postal order printing requirements."
Scantec specialises in handheld scanners, barcode printers and a range of related equipment. Datamax manufactures printers ranging from super-heavy industrial machines, to "ordinary" industrial printers and entry-level machines, the type now in use at post offices around South Africa.
"This award confirms the correctness of our original choice of Scantec as distributor of our products in this country," continues Durnford. "Scantec is a well capitalised and professional company which holds stock of every available Datamax product. Equally important, it has the necessary skills on hand locally to configure and support the product range."
Before being awarded the distributorship, Scantec had to be audited by Datamax, and send its engineers on accredited courses at the US company. In addition, the US manufacturing giant sends trainers to Scantec's national offices in all parts of South Africa to ensure they are kept up to date with the latest skills and technologies.
"The award is also a recognition of the professional Scantec sales force which can clinch among deals the largest in the world," Durnford concludes.
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