Posted to News on 30th Jan 2009, 12:40
Kontron is announcing the opening of its new sales and technical support centre, Kontron Technology Taiwan (KTT), in Taipei, Taiwan. The centre will cover the South East Asia region including Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan itself. It is hoped that the centre will strengthen Kontron's sales and marketing, technical support and professional service capabilities in these important markets.
The centre will take over the activities of the former Kontron Asia Inc. that became part of the joint venture between Quanta and Kontron AG and was subsequently renamed Quanmax. As of 1 January 2009, Quanmax will no longer serve the market with Kontron products and thus Quanmax and Kontron will work together over the next months to ensure a smooth transfer of Kontron's customers to the new Kontron Technology Taiwan.
Mrs Christine Huang (Huang Shu-Mei), a long time employee of Kontron Asia Inc, will manage the new sales and support centre. Christine has a wealth of experience with Kontron products as well as with the South East Asia market.
Tom Meyer, Kontron's Vice President APAC, says: "We are very happy that we have been able to win Christine for this important role. As she is very well respected by our customers and sales partners in the territory, Christine will be able to ensure seamless and continuous support for our valued customers.
"The market in South East Asia is an excellent fit for Kontron in terms of technology and mentality. Kontron offers the widest range of leading-edge, world-class and high-quality embedded computer products which match the expectations of our Asian customers and, as a company headquartered in Germany, we share many values such as stability, dependability and last, but not least, mutual trust. We are once again following our motto "Think Global, act Local" in order to support our customers even better. Our products are not easily sold "over the counter". They require significant support during the design-in phase, but also afterwards during the production phase in terms of flexible logistics, quality assurance and longevity support. Kontron Technology Taiwan joins Kontron's comprehensive network of sales and support offices all over APAC, including China, Japan, Korea and Australia."
As a next step, Kontron will integrate a strong network of sales partners into the new sales network in South East Asia. Together with these experienced companies, Kontron will be able to support customers with comprehensive value-adding know-how at the dedicated application level.
Over the next few weeks, Kontron Technology Taiwan will move its offices into new premises.
