Electrograph and JVC Professional Products Company Forge New Partnership

Electrograph and JVC Professional Products Company Forge New Partnership

Partnership Provides Electrograph Access to High-End Line of Home Theater and Pro A/V Products

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Electrograph Systems, Inc. today announced its new partnership with JVC Professional Products Company. The partnership gives Electrograph distribution of its full line of professional products including home theater projectors, rear projection televisions, and LCD panels.

"A key part of our growth strategy is to add new technologies, strategic vendors and their product lines to our existing mix of premier manufacturers," said Alan Marc Smith, CEO, Electrograph Systems, Inc. "JVC fits that strategic profile and our new JVC partnership is an important one for Electrograph, as we pursue our goal of becoming a $1 billion company."

"JVC has key products for two of our fastest-growing business segments, the custom installation market and the professional AV space," said Sam Taylor, President, Electrograph Systems, Inc. "JVC offers an impressive line- up of high-end products for these markets, filling a void in our current product mix. We expect these JVC products to help strengthen our momentum in both markets."

"Over the years we've seen Electrograph emerge as a premier Value-Added Distributor whose sales, support and reseller partners offer the best-in-class display technology solutions," said Paul Kasparian, Vice President, Digital Video Division, JVC Professional Products Company. "JVC is building our distribution strategy around value-added partners such as Electrograph and we're thrilled to have their momentum and tremendous coverage to expand our reach."

Electrograph will leverage its network of over 3,000 reseller partners to launch the JVC brand.

"We're excited that our distributor, Electrograph, will now offer the JVC Professional Products line to us," said Jim Coates, President, Interconnex Networks of Dulles, Virginia. "As a residential integrator, we're experiencing increased demand from our clients for the highest quality products that last. We feel the JVC products fit our market and that our clients will be thrilled with the results."

"The JVC Professional Products line is top notch, which is what our government and commercial clients are looking for," said Chris Karcher, President, The Karcher Group of Chantilly, Virginia. "We're very happy that Electrograph has announced this partnership."

About Electrograph

Electrograph Systems, Inc. is a leading distributor of display technology solutions with nine regional offices and a network of more than 3,000 reseller partners and integrators. Founded in 1982, Electrograph is the largest plasma display distributor in the U.S. and is the only distributor to operate a nationwide sales and service network. The company specializes in display, audio, connectivity other complementary technologies for the professional audio/video, high-end consumer, and commercial industries. For more information visit http://www.electrograph.com/.

About JVC Professional Products Company

JVC PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, located in Wayne, New Jersey, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of a complete line of broadcast and professional equipment. For more information about this, or any other JVC PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY product, contact JVC at 800-582-5825; or Candace Vadnais at PFS Marketwyse 973-812-8883, or visit JVC's Web site at http://pro.jvc.com/.

Electrograph Systems is a registered trademark of Electrograph Systems, Inc. in the USA. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Source: Electrograph Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Melody Craigmyle, Vice President of Marketing, Electrograph
Systems, Inc., Tel. +1-443-797-1245, E-mail: mcraigmyle@electrograph.com

Web site: http://www.electrograph.com/

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