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BULLETIN swcomms named City Champion CityFibre, the UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform, has appointed swcomms as a City Champion for four major cities in the south-west region – Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, and Portsmouth – underlining its commitment to driving the full fibre message out to as many businesses as possible in the region. For swcomms, the agreement is an opportunity to offer the unrivalled speed, reliability and value of CityFibre’s full fibre to its customers in these four dynamic and rapidly- growing areas of economic activity. AndrewWilson, Head of Wholesale for CityFibre, said: “We are pleased to welcome swcomms as a City Champion in these key locations. With its strong reputation and presence in the region, swcomms is ideally- placed to help us reach our goals and make use of CityFibre’s full fibre infrastructure to deliver the bandwidth and performance that companies need to compete effectively.” In the next few months, swcomms and CityFibre will be working together to inform businesses in all four cities of the potential full fibre brings to them, and to provide professional deployment, activation and support services to customers. www.cityfibre.com Nuvola announced as distributor for NICE A new distribution agreement will enable Nuvola’s channel partners to deliver the NICE advanced technology solutions based on robotic automation processes, artificial intelligence and workforce engagement management (WEM) to businesses throughout the UK and Ireland. NICE provides automation and WEM to contact centres in cloud, on-premise and hybrid formats and enables organisations to enhance customer and employee experience, combat fraud and ensure compliance. Michael Lloyd, Managing Director, Nuvola Distribution said: “Our expertise in professional services allows us to serve the channel with solutions in this growth sector of advanced technology. NICE is an award-winning and leading technology provider, and we’re happy to now offer their solutions to businesses across the UK and Ireland.” www.nuvoladistribution.com Platinum Equity to acquire Ingram Micro Platinum Equity has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ingram Micro Inc., from HNA Technology Co., Ltd, a part of HNA Group, in a transaction valued at $7.2 billion. The sale is expected to be completed by the first half of 2021, subject to HNA Technology shareholder and customary regulatory approvals. With more than 35,000 employees and operations in 60 countries, Ingram Micro serves more than 250,000 customers and partners with over 2,000 vendors, including the world’s best-known technology companies. Through its vast global infrastructure and focus on cloud, mobility, technology lifecycle, supply chain and technology solutions, Ingram Micro enables business partners to operate more efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve. "Ingram Micro’s scale, diverse customer and vendor relationships and track record for innovation, create the perfect platform for us to help accelerate growth, both organically and through additional M&A,” said Platinum Equity Managing Director Matthew Louie. www.ingrammicro.com Tech Data strengthens smart home portfolio Tech Data has announced a new distribution partnership with Bang & Olufsen. Through this partnership, customers in Europe can access Bang & Olufsen’s premium range of audio products, including its portable smart home speakers which work in tandem with Google Assistant. Tech Data will support Bang & Olufsen in accelerating sales of its products in the region, particularly in non- Bang-&-Olufsen-branded retail outlets and B2B segments. Luc Van Huystee, Vice President, Mobility and Consumer Electronics Solutions, Europe at Tech Data, said: “This new partnership presents an exciting opportunity for our partners to offer a highly innovative, premium range of smart home products to their end customers in the region. We look forward to leveraging the strength and scale of our sales and digital marketing capabilities to extend the reach of Bang & Olufsen’s product offering among our channel customers in Europe.” www.techdata.com Midwich acquisition Midwich has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a majority stake in NMK Electronics Enterprise, NMK Middle East FZE and Edge Electronics Trading LLC (“Edge”) (collectively “the NMK Group” or “NMK”). Based in the UAE and Qatar, the NMK Group is a value-added distributor of AV products and represents Midwich’s entry into the Middle Eastern market. The NMK Group will continue to be led by the existing management team who will retain a stake in the business, comprising of Managing Director Alex Kemanes and Director of Business Development Constantinos Drimakis, who were both mentored and trained by founder Nicolaos Kyvernitis. After serving 33 years in the regional audio industry, Kyvernitis will go on to retire from the business following a period of transition, post-completion. www.midwich.com PRINTITRESELLER.UK 7 SEE THE NEXT ISSUE FOR A FULL REPORT AND LIST OF THIS YEAR’S WINNERS Luc Van Huystee AndrewWilson