Ingram Micro Improves Delivery Services Around Australia

Ingram Micro (NYSE:IM), one of the largest global providers of technology products and supply chain management services, has ramped up its warehousing facilities in Melbourne and Perth improving its delivery services around Australia.
Ingram Micro acquired Tech Pacific in late 2004 and has since been integrating the operations of the two organisations across the Asia Pacific region.
The Ingram Micro business in Melbourne will move into the new 6,000 square metre warehouse recently opened by Tech Pacific, said Kerry Baillie, managing director of Ingram Micro Australia. The new warehouse is significantly larger than Ingram Micros old Melbourne warehouse.
The new facility will enable us to offer improved delivery times to that market and give us a better-balanced distribution model between Sydney and Melbourne, Baillie said
Ingram Micro will also open a new warehouse in Perth with 40 per cent more capacity than the current facilities of the two operations combined. The new warehouse will open during Q2 and will enable us to better serve the Perth market and surrounding areas, Baillie said.
Ingram Micros Brisbane warehouse will continue to service the Queensland market.
In Sydney, Ingram Micro will close its Flemington warehouse in Q2. While jobs will be lost in Sydney when the Flemington warehouse closes, we will employ more people in Melbourne to support the new warehouse there, Baillie said.
About Ingram Micro Australia Pty Ltd
Ingram Micro Australia Pty Ltd carries a broad range of products including: components, hard disk drives, memory, networking, notebooks, PCs, peripherals, printers, servers, software, storage products and modems to serve the needs of Australia's IT marketplace. Offices are located in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.au
About Ingram Micro Inc.
Ingram Micro Inc. is the largest global wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services. The company operates in 37 countries with sales of more than $25 billion for the fiscal year 2001. Ingram Micro's global regions provide the distribution of technology products and services, market development programs, and supply chain management services to nearly 170,000 technology solution providers and 1,700 manufacturers. The company is focused on maximising shareowner value and achieving customer satisfaction through innovation in the information technology supply chain. Visit Ingram Micro at www.ingrammicro.com.