Trident Appoint Senior Product Manager to reinforce Team

Published 29th July 2008

Redhill, UK, 28 July 2008. Trident are pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Baker as Senior Display Product Manager.

Steve joins Trident from an established career in the European Displays industry spanning over 11 years with both manufacturers and distributors. At his most recent position within Vistapoint Technologies Steve worked as Director of LCD Marketing, which involved the management of product marketing and technical support.

Steve’s role at Trident will be developing the sales and product management team to further expand its business for some of Trident’s key franchises including Toshiba, Hitachi, Winmate and Varitronix. Commenting on his new role, Steve remarked: “I am delighted to be joining Trident and I am looking forward to the new challenges it will bring. Increasing business for the company and supporting the sales force will be my focus.”

Paul Chambers, General Manager comments, “Steve is a very welcome addition to Trident, his solid experience and technical knowledge within the industry will prove invaluable in developing the business.”

Trident are also pleased to announce the appointment of Ross Currie as Area Sales Manager for the Company. Ross’s role will involve developing business in the Scotland area. Ross brings with him a wealth of sales experience in the displays industry.

About Trident
Trident is one of Europe’s leading technical franchised distributors of displays, interface kits, single board computers, panel PCs, printers and card readers as well as providing an extensive range of value added services.

The company is part of the Abacus Group and has offices in the UK and across Europe with presence in The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Italy.

Due to their years of expertise and vast product portfolio Trident operate in most markets including industrial, retail, public information, marine, hospitality, transport, multi-media kiosks, EPOS, broadcast, security, defence and medical hardware.

Differentiated by its unrivalled technical expertise across a very broad portfolio, customers are able to consult Trident specialists on the most appropriate solution to meet their particular needs.

For further information visit: www.trident-uk.co.uk

About Abacus Group plc
Abacus Group plc is one of the leading distributors of electronic components in Europe, with directly owned companies having locations in every major European electronics market.

Abacus Group companies are marketed in four groups:

Abacus Electronic Component Distribution (ECD) has a portfolio of over 180 franchises within 12 trading operations providing technical distribution services through locally based sales offices.

Abacus Embedded Systems Group (ESG) covers businesses offering displays and communications expertise, and includes Trident, Axess, TDC and Abacus Embedded.

Abacus Own Brand encompasses Dubilier and Eledis offering competitively priced, quality passives, electro-mechanical components and batteries.

Alpha 3 Manufacturing provides electromechanical sub contract manufacture, under three trading operations: DEM Manufacturing, CTL Manufacturing and CCS Electronics.

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Reader enquiries: for further details please contact:
Trident, Pilgrims Court, 15 – 17 West Street, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9BL
Tel: +44 (0) 845 603 2770; Email: sales@trident-uk.co.uk, or visit: www.trident-uk.co.uk.

Press Contact: Peter van der Sluijs / Elaine Hodson
Neesham Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 1296 628180
Email: peterv@neesham.co.uk / elaineh@neesham.co.uk

Photo caption: Steve Baker has been appointed Senior Display Product Manager at Trident.

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