Tech Data adds some French style to its accessories range with PORT Designs

March 5, 2015

Basingstoke, 05 March 2015 – Tech Data UK has added the full range of PORT Design’s stylish protective cases for laptops and tablets to its growing range of accessory products.

The Paris-based company is regarded as a leading player in the design of mobile protective cases and transportable technologies. Its products are designed in Paris and renowned for their innovation and prestige. The diversity of its range meets the needs of users is every sector of the market.

Paul Jacobs, PC Components and Accessories Business Unit Manager at Tech Data UK, says that it’s a great addition to Tech Data’s portfolio. “PORT Designs has an enviable and fast-growing reputation for stylish design and practical innovation. Its carrying cases are alluring on the eye and provide first-class protection for the user. We believe they will be an instant success in both the business and consumer markets.”

Commenting for Port Designs, Billy Joffredo, Sales Agent – UK at the company, says: “With its extensive reach into the corporate, SMB, consumer and public sector markets, unrivalled stock-holding and overnight shipping to every corner of the UK, Tech Data has the ability to extend the availability and reach of our products to a much wider audience. It will thus enable many more resellers and retailers and their customers to benefit from PORT Designs creativity. We are very excited and enthusiastic about this new partnership and we’ll be doing everything we can to support Tech Data and its customers in driving sales of PORT Designs products.”

The extensive PORT Designs range meets the needs of every market and its design excellence has been recognised by an illustrious array of customers, such as Air France, Dassault, KPMG and EDF. Through strategic partnerships with local government organisations in France, PORT has provided more than 120,000 school students with notebook cases for the last four years.

Formed in France in 1992, PORT designs all its products at its own studio in Paris and has become one of the leading experts in the protection and carriage of transportable technologies. Recognised as the leading computer bags in France, its products are now distributed in nearly 60 countries around the world.

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For further information contact:
Stewart Hayward
Marketing Services Director
Tel: 0871 880 3000
www.techdata.co.uk
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