Sep. 3, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- SANYO, one of the world's largest manufacturers of projectors, has formed a distribution partnership with SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX), a leading business process services company, in an effort to expand its reach into the IT market. SYNNEX, a recognized leader in the IT distribution market, is expected to provide SANYO an extensive base of customers within the Retail, PC Resellers, and VAR distribution channels.

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SYNNEX serves resellers, retailers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in multiple regions around the world. The company provides services in IT distribution, contract assembly and global business services (GBS).SYNNEX distributes technology products from more than 100 world-leading IT OEM suppliers to more than 15,000 resellers throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. With a focus on IT categories including systems, peripherals, system components, software, and networking products, SYNNEX differentiates itself by offering additional value up and down the supply chain by providing pre and post marketing support, customer care, logistics and technical support.

SANYO manufacturers a full line of projectors from entry-level models with full feature sets, to high-end models for large installations in addition to rental and staging use. SANYO is a trusted brand for a wide variety of purchases in schools throughout the United States. Together, SYNNEX and SANYO have the ability to increase the number of customers who use Presentation Technology in their school or business.

"All of us at SANYO are looking forward to a long term relationship with SYNNEX as our IT distribution partner because of its professional, consultative approach to the various IT markets," said Mark Holt, Vice President and General Manager for SANYO's Presentation Technologies Division.

"Adding the SANYO product line to our line card demonstrates SYNNEX' continued commitment to bring value-add products and solutions to our resellers," commented T.J. Trojan, Senior Vice President, Product Marketing at SYNNEX Corporation. "SANYO is known for the high quality products it offers and is an established leader in this market. We look forward to building a long standing relationship with SANYO and expanding the footprint for SANYO products."

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