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			<title>Empa beats rivals to Intel support gong</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Components distributor Empa has nabbed the award for ‘outstanding support’ in the GCC region at a recent Intel channel conference]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi market provides relief for distribution</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rahb Hamidaddin, president of components and accessories distributor Empa, remains optimistic that the company can emerge from the downturn in rude health.]]></description>
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			<title>What now for distribution?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Channel Middle East called senior executives from ten companies featured in last issue’s Power List and asked: Will the Middle East distribution sector be able to survive the current financial climate?]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Features</category>
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			<title>Empa eager to get Saudi business moving</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Company intends to open headquarters and a warehouse in Saudi that will serve all of its customers in the Kingdom]]></description>
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			<title>SMC sets sights on net crown with Empa</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New move set to capitalise on the Middle East's rising internet usage]]></description>
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			<title>Empa returns from the ashes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New Jebel Ali office helps Empa to resume operations following warehouse fire  ]]></description>
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			<title>Boom or bust</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Whichever link in the channel chain that you talk to, from vendors to resellers, they all sing the same tune when it comes to the UAE IT market: business is good. UAE-based IT companies are even making waves on the global stage, reflecting the country's strength - much like Singapore to the east - as a regional hub. But is the growth sustainable or are there cracks under the surface?]]></description>
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			<title>Distributor reassures resellers after warehouse fire</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wholesaler urges patience among customers following inevitable delivery delays.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Empa energised after front office overhaul</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  After employing 10 former ex-Tech Data staff on the same day earlier this year, components distributor Empa always faced a tough challenge in bedding down the new team and putting in place a structure for growth. Shahood Khan - who joined Empa as sales and marketing director after previously running Tech Data's and TDME's broadline units - has been leading the firm's transition.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai distributor finishes restructuring</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Middle Eastern distributor Empa has completed the restructuring of its operations, which it claims will give it increased focus to smaller markets in the region as well as the UAE.]]></description>
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			<title>Empa shrugs off staff losses</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Components distributor Empa has vowed to ride the storm after losing the services of three senior employees inside the past month, including its senior VP Loay Qaddoura, who only joined the company in April.]]></description>
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			<title>Tripp Lite switches to Empa</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Power protection vendor Tripp Lite has strengthened its distribution channel by naming Dubai-based Empa as a regional partner for its products in the GCC market.]]></description>
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			<title>Empa hires ex-TDME components team</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ten former members of TDME's components team have joined rival distributor Empa Middle East. ]]></description>
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			<title>Empa names new VP</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Distributor strengthens senior executive team with appointment of ex-Tech Data Middle East manager.]]></description>
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			<title>Mideast growth central to Intura</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Signs of an imminent profit pinnacle for the casual dining sector prompt fresh partnership.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Digital revolution</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sales of DVD players, MP3s, digital camcorders, games consoles and digital TVs are thriving, illustrating consumers' gravitation towards a ‘digital lifestyle'. Nowhere is this trend more prevalent than in the Middle East, where the market is being dramatically transformed. Channel Middle East investigates the role that the regional channel is playing in the digital lifestyle revolution.  ]]></description>
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			<title>HANNspree unveiled as maiden vendor for new Empa and MTC retail entity</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  LCD TV vendor HANNspree becomes first major vendor to sign up with joint venture company set up by distribution pair Empa and MTC to address growing retail market    ]]></description>
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			<title>Partners boost e-retail, reveal Hannspree deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  New distribution partnership secures rights to LCD TV brand in Middle East    ]]></description>
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			<title>Empa races into retail</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New retail distribution entity launched]]></description>
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