ACAL TC has been presented with Harting's Specialist Distributor of the Year Award for 2008.
ACAL TC, formerly Townsend-Coates, is the Wokingham-based interconnection specialist division of ACAL Technology: a distributor providing specialist design-in, sales and marketing services for international suppliers.
Commenting on the award, Doreen Sanderson, distribution manager for Harting, said: "We have enjoyed a fruitful relationship with ACAL TC for the past ten years, and it has repeatedly proved the value of dealing with a specialist team that is an expert in their field. Even in the difficult market conditions the industry has been experiencing recently, ACAL TC has continued to find new opportunities to develop the markets for our products, particularly in specialist areas such as military equipment."
Steven Horn, General Manager for Acal TC, comments: "Despite very challenging market conditions, we have achieved significant sales growth for Harting products over the last 12 months. This endorses our strategy of a design-led approach, working closely with our suppliers' commercial and engineering teams in targeting specific market opportunities and projects."