Avnet Inc. is gaining deeper footing into distribution channels in Indonesia. Expanding their reach in the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations), they’ve scooped up a few assets from existing companies. Here’s the details…

Avnet’s looking to grow their  IT solutions distribution business, and where better than the constantly growing market of South-East Asia? Since Avent’s been shopping there, they’ve decided on a purchase. Avnet is acquiring certain assets of PT Datamation Purwana Utama and PT Mitra Bisinfo Utama (Datamation) of Indonesia. Datamation, founded in 1990, is a value-add IT distributor with server, storage and software products, along with  enterprise system integrators and a swath of resellers throughout Indonesia.

Phil Gallagher, president, Avnet Technology Solutions, Global had this to say:

And they may very well “accelerate” their growth rate, since Datamation has its headquarters in Jakarta and a sales office in Surabaya. Plus, Datamation already had longstanding ties with IT infrastructure products from APC, HP, IBM, Lenovo NetApp and VMware to just name a few. Couple that with 1,400 VARs under their belt, and Datamation was able to generate US$60 million in 2009. So clearly, Avnet had reason to be interested.

KP Tang, president, Avnet Technology Solutions, Asia Pacific noted this, too:

Datamation’s operations will become asimilated into Avnet Technology Solutions’ Asia Pacific business with Avnet looking for a quck turnaround on their investment.

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