The two sides first announced the deal in February. Most recently, such concerns have overshadowed plans by a Chinese group to buy the Chicago Stock Exchange, and another to purchase chip maker Lattice Semiconductor.
Last week, U. President Barack Obama also vetoed the pending sale of German chip maker Aixtron to a Chinese group over similar concerns. Moreover, Ingram has a strong, defensible market position in target vertical markets, the ratings service adds.
Plus, new sources of demand from Automotive, Industrial and IoT present opportunities to expand into new end-markets, the rating service notes. In stark contrast, it will likely take some time for the newly formed TD Synnex to digest and combine various operations from the recent Tech Data-Synnex merger.
Meanwhile, multiple market segments are converging toward the distribution sector. Also, cloud distributors such as Pax8 and Sherweb have emerged. The move further blurs the line between PSA professional services automation software, online storefront and cloud distribution platforms that MSPs leverage. ERL in November ERL was a leading Asian computer and electronic products distributor based in Singapore.
In October Ingram allied with Softbank Corp. Strong sales were posted for telecommunications and networking products, while European sales climbed 70 percent in and U. Ingram Micro began to experience revenue shortfalls in In the first quarter the company laid off about 10 percent of its workforce, or 1, employees. The years and were characterized by new executive leaders and a focus on cost cutting.
Foster was formerly president of GTE Corp. In November Ingram Micro consolidated its U. Other cost-cutting measures taken in included layoffs, consolidating distribution centers, and reorganizing several internal departments. Ingram Micro continued cutting costs in as it prepared for an economic recovery. In the first half of the year it cut about jobs, with further layoffs reducing its workforce to about 13, employees later in the year.
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