New appointment will be based in Dubai to support channel partners and corporate end users in government, finance, education, medical, commercial, industrial, and telecommunications sectors

Dubai, 23 Aug 2004: Ortronics, a global leader in enterprise copper Category 5e, Category 6 and fibre optic high performance, structured cabling systems, has appointed Gautier Humbert as Technical Manager Middle East to give a local support to its customers and partners. Humbert will be based  in Dubai.

Tomaso Charlemont, Sales Manager International, Ortronics EMEA - Export Division, said, "We have been actively developing the Gulf Region and the entire Middle East out of the European Central Office in France, over the past year, providing our customers with unique Structured Cabling Solutions to meet their needs."

Gautier Humbert is a qualified business engineer in company communications. He specialises in VDI cabling, active equipment and telephony in global solutions. Humbert has worked extensively in Europe with various VDI cabling and fibre optic projects including some focused projects with Lufthansa, Air Canada and Iran Air around some airports in Europe.

Ortronics has been present in the region for several years through its regional distributor, OnLine Distribution, and has successfully been adopted by various sectors including government, finance, education, medical, commercial, industrial, telecommunications as well as other large corporate businesses.

"Our mission is to build a network of value added resellers and certified installers in order to assure product availability and installation services close to our customers," Charlemont continued. "Since Ortronics products fit well in any IT Technology required environments, we cover all market sectors.

Ortronics works through its certified installers in most Middle East Countries and is constantly expanding this partner network to further secure their support in the region. Ortronics, through OnLine Distribution, maintains a steady inventory of products to service the region.

"The appointment of Gautier Humbert as Technical Manager Middle East further consolidates our activity, and gives local support to our customers and partners," Charlemont said. "Gautier is a professional that has acquired his experience in project management and system integration in Europe and is now working based in OnLine's offices in Dubai."

Meeting today's technology requirements, Ortronics offers the most advanced designed structured cabling products, with CLARITY Cat6 & Cat5e, OptiMo Fibre products up to 10G Ethernet, iTracs-Ready System and the new MightyMo Cable Management Racks and Cabinets designed for Cat6 cabling solutions.

Based on the experience in the IT industry, Ortronics is always available to offer support on projects to their customers. Training/Education courses are held for Certified Installation partners and customers. Site visits and inspections are also conducted on a case-by-case basis.

Ortronics also offers the global Ortronics Extended Product and Application Assurance Warranties for up to 25years, probably the best Warranty Program available to meet the Customers specifications.

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About Ortronics
Ortronics Inc., headquartered in New London, Connecticut USA, is a global leader in commercial Category 5e, Category 6, fiber optic and residential high performance, high capacity structured cabling systems that support today's and tomorrow's multimedia environments. From end-to-end, Ortronics offers the world's most extensive range of connectivity products including patch panels, patch cords, workstation outlets, cable management systems, 110 cross-connect systems and more. Ortronics offers engineering and technical support, systems planning, training programs and a 25-year extended products warranty and applications assurance warranty program.

Ortronics has sales offices in the USA, Canada, Central/South America, Europe and Asia, and production facilities in the USA, Mexico and Asia.

Ortronics is ISO9001 Registered and an active member of BICSI, TIA/EIA, ISO and other industry standard groups.

Ortronics parent company Legrand, headquartered in France, is the world's leading specialist in residential housing and commercial building products and systems for electrical installations and information networks. With net sales close to $3.5 billion in 2003, the Legrand group employs 27,000 people globally, has operations in 60 locations worldwide and sells in more than 160 countries.

Ortronics is the Global Technology Center for copper and fiber optic connectivity and systems for Legrand.  Utilizing state of the art, active and passive component laboratories, Ortronics provides advanced R&D and technical support for network products, end-to-end performance solutions, vendor and internal qualification testing, as well as standards compliance.

For more information on this press release, please contact:
OnLine Distribution
(Ortronics' regional distributor)
Rashida Malik
Tel: +971 4 8839888
E-mail: rashida@online-dubai.com

Market Buzz International:
Mita Srinivasan
Tel: +971 4 3914873
E-mail: mita@themarketbuzz.net

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