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East a Hedge Against Downturn

Whoda thought it? As the Western Europe markets hit the buffers, with the possible exception of Germany, it is to East Europe distributors are looking for a protective umbrella against the present economic deluge

Way Out East

Interesting chat yesterday with Phil Gee, Vice President for European sales at Nu Horizons. It's two years since the company started its European push with the acquisition of UK-based DT Electronics.

Go West? Or maybe that should read East

I’ll guarantee you that Eastern Europe would not have got a mention at any supplier’s distribution awards 10 years ago. The growing importance of these countries especially Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic now has distributors fully focused.