Leading Synaxon member wins HP Gold Partner status

August 4, 2014

Reseller follows up Special Recognition award with second achievement in as many months

Warrington, 05 August 2014 – Synaxon is pleased to announce that one of its principle and most active members, Kingsfield Computer Products, which received a Special Recognition award from the channel services group in June, has now achieved HP Gold Partner status from HP – thanks to the assistance it received as a member of the channel services group from leading HP distributor, Westcoast.

The attainment of HP Gold Partner status is a significant landmark for the reseller business, said Nitesh Ganatra, Director of Kingsfield Computer Products. “We are proud to have achieved top-level recognition from both HP and Synaxon. As an HP Gold Partner we will be very well-placed to continue the development and growth of our business. This has been made possible by the dedication and efforts of our talented sales and technical teams. We’d also like to thank both Westcoast and Synaxon for the support they have provided in helping us progress and develop our business.”

Derek Jones, Managing Director of Synaxon UK, said: “It is fantastic to see one of our founder members taking such great strides forward. Kingsfield have been a model member of the Synaxon community, making good use of the channel services we offer and engaging enthusiastically with our supplier partners. In this case, they have taken full advantage of the support provided by Westcoast to achieve HP Gold Partner status. In doing so, Kingsfield is demonstrating its growing confidence and stature as a reseller business and we congratulate them on their achievement.”

Founded in 1997, the Northampton reseller offers a full range of IT products and services along with a powerful commitment and a focus on creating and maintaining mutually-beneficial working relationships and trust. Kingsfield has extensive experience of supplying customers in the corporate, government, NHS and education sectors throughout the UK. It provides expert advice and consultancy and works with channel partners such as Synaxon to offer competitive prices on a comprehensive range of more than 100,000 products to its customers, for immediate shipment and next-day delivery all over the UK.

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About Synaxon
Synaxon is Europe’s largest grouping of independent IT resellers and system houses. It provides a range of services that enable resellers to enhance their marketing and build a strong presence in their chosen market and take full advantage of the extensive stock-holding and supply-chain capabilities of distributor and vendor partners. Synaxon partners have exclusive access to the unique EGIS (Enterprise Global Information System) on-line purchasing and information platform, through which they are able to locate, check availability and order products from Synaxon supplier partners. In addition, Synaxon provides a range of pro-active marketing services which reseller members can use to drive sales activity.

Synaxon is already well-established in Germany, where it has nearly 3000 partners that generate around €3 billion of gross external sales annually, representing 15 per cent of the German market. Through EGIS, these member partners have access to more than 200,000 products from over 200 distributors. Synaxon UK was established in September 2008 (fully launched in January 2009) and now has a UK reseller membership of 620 independent resellers with combined revenues of around £700 million of gross external sales.

For more information about Synaxon, please contact: Derek Jones, Managing Director, Synaxon UK Tel: 0844 481 5844 Mobile: 07920 114844 Email: derek.jones@synaxon.co.uk