Almasa Distribution promote Maxtor, a leading hard disk, storage manufacturer in the rapidly developing PC market

Almasa Distribution's 'Maxtor Meet and Dinner Party' held at the Ramses Hilton, Cairo showcased Almasa Distribution's solutions to the country's leading resellers and VIP enterprise and government ministries - including the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Communications.

Almasa Distribution, part of the Dubai based Almasa Group, is the largest technology distributor in the region and locally in Egypt. Mr Abdul Rachman Safadi, Regional Sales Manager at Almasa Distribution said, "The Egyptian market has huge potential for Almasa. Less than 10% of homes in Egypt - a country with a population of almost 64 million - currently own a PC and demand is rising by the day. The same potential exists in the enterprise and governmental sectors where technology infrastructure is becoming increasingly critical allowing the country to compete in a global marketplace."

Almasa Distribution point to the predictions by Medar Research Group that suggest that Internet penetration in Egypt will reach 6,578,000 by 2005 - as just one indicator for rising demand for quality disk drive storage solutions.

Mr Safadi further explained, "Worldwide we see a 56% penetration of PC shipments outside of the five leading vendors, indicating a high level of locally assembled units. In more developed technology markets, such as the US, according to Gartner Dataquest, this figure was 37.2% in January 2003. Less developed technology markets have a much higher percentage of locally assembled PC's, which could explain why we are seeing an increased demand for disk drive storage products from the home, enterprise and government sectors".

Almasa Distribution has an established office in Cairo and a strong distribution network of computer resellers, assemblers and Value Added Resellers across the country.