The largest Latvian company, ELKO Grupa JSC – one of the leading wholesalers of IT products and components in the Eastern Europe – has become the official distributor for KINGSTON, the memory products manufacturer, in the Baltic States.

 

In order to offer a wider range of products and more competitive prices for the customers, which provide the status of official distributor of products, in April this year ELKO Grupa entered into a contract with KINGSTON, one of the world's leading manufacturers of memory products, for the distribution of their products in the Baltic. The commencement of this co-operation indicates that even in these difficult economic circumstances new opportunities are being sought and found for making the range of products more attractive to customers. KINGSTON products offer a combination of optimal prices and quality, as well as a wide range of consumption possibilities in the digital field.

 

With the commencement of this co-operation, ELKO Grupa offers its customers mainly memory for servers, desktop and portable computers, digital photo and video cameras, phones, as well as USB memory for data storage and carrying, which is one of KINGSTON’s most in-demand products. As the novelty of the moment, HyperX memory, which is especially suitable for gamers and PC enthusiasts, is being offered.

Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world’s independent memory leader. Founded in 1987 with a single product offering, Kingston now offers more than 2,000 memory products that support nearly every device that uses memory, from computers, servers and printers to MP3 players, digital cameras and cell phones. Kingston serves an international network of distributors, resellers, retailers and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) customers on six continents. The company also provides contract manufacturing and supply chain management services for semiconductor manufacturers and system OEMs.

ELKO Grupa JSC was founded in 1993. It is Latvia's biggest enterprise and since 2007 has operated with an annual turnover of greater than one billion USD. The main operational direction of the enterprise is the wholesale of computer engineering and electronic goods in the Baltic States, Central and Eastern Europe and CIS countries.

The enterprise represents more than 80 producers and sells their goods to approximately 6300 retailers, local providers of computer engineering solutions and system integrators. ELKO Grupa offers more than 9000 product names from the world's most famous suppliers – Acer, Intel, Seagate, Samsung, Sony, TomTom, Western Digital and others. Currently, there are more than 340 people employed in the enterprise. ELKO Grupa JSC is owned by several private persons, as well as by IT Investīcijas JSC, Amber Trust investment fund and investment funds related to East Capital Asset Management.

 

Further information:

Kristine Saulriete

ELKO Grupa, JSC

Director of Marketing and Communications

Telephone: + 371 6709 3214

Fax: + 371 6709 3299

E-mail: kristine_saulriete@elkogroup.com