Trident Appoints New Sales Director to Strengthen Team

Following the recent promotion of Paul Chambers to General Manager of Trident, the company is pleased to announce the appointment of John Fitzpatrick as Sales Director for the company.

John Fitzpatrick joins Trident from a range of senior sales positions within the displays industry and will take responsibility for the company’s sales and product marketing teams. John will continue developing Trident’s ability to provide technical solutions that support customer’s product requirements.

Paul Chambers, General Manager comments, "John is a welcome addition to Trident, his experience and ability within our markets and customers will continue to enhance the sales and marketing team within our organisation. I am positive that John will be invaluable in the development and strengthening of our UK sales functions."

Commenting on his new role, John Fitzpatrick remarked: "I am delighted to be joining Trident and I am looking forward to the new challenges it will bring. I shall continue to provide direction and guidance to the Trident team and its broad product portfolio."

Trident are also pleased to announce the appointment of Adrian Church as Product Manager for the Company. Adrian’s role will be to work with the newly restructured sales team to develop business for some of Trident’s key franchises including Toshiba, Hitachi, Planar, and Winmate. Adrian brings with him a wealth of technical and market experience in the displays industry.

About Trident
Trident is one of Europe’s leading technical franchised distributors of displays, interface kits, single board computers, panel PCs, printers and card readers as well as providing an extensive range of value added services.

The company is part of the Abacus Group and has offices in the UK and across Europe with presence in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Italy. Due to their years of expertise and vast product portfolio Trident operate in most markets including industrial, retail, public information, marine, hospitality, transport, multi-media kiosks, EPOS, broadcast, security, defence and medical hardware.

Differentiated by its unrivalled technical expertise across a very broad portfolio, customers are able to consult Trident specialists on the most appropriate solution to meet their particular needs.

For further information visit: www.trident-uk.co.uk

About Abacus Group plc
Abacus Group plc is one of the leading distributors of electronic components in Europe, with directly owned companies having locations in every major European electronics market.

Abacus Group companies are marketed in four groups:
Abacus Electronic Component Distribution (ECD) has a portfolio of 180 franchises within 12 trading operations providing technical distribution services through locally based sales offices.

The Specialist Distribution group covers businesses offering displays and communications expertise, and includes Trident, Axess and TDC.

Abacus Own Brand encompasses Dubilier, Eledis and Emcon Components offering competitively priced, quality passives, electro-mechanical components and batteries.
Alpha 3 Manufacturing provides electromechanical sub contract manufacture, under three trading operations: DEM Manufacturing, CTL Manufacturing and CCS Electronics.

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Reader enquiries: for further details please contact:
Trident Microsystems, Perrywood Business Park, Honeycrock Lane, Salfords, Surrey, RH1 5JQ.
Tel: +44 (0) 1737 780790, Fax: +44 (0) 1737 771908.
Email: sales@trident-uk.co.uk, or visit: www.trident-uk.co.uk.

Press Contact: Peter van der Sluijs / Elaine Hodson
Neesham Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 1296 628180
Email: peterv@neesham.co.uk / elaineh@neesham.co.uk

Photo captions: John Fitzpatrick, Sales Director, Trident.
Adrian church, Product Manager, Trident.