Partnership model helps firm expand ITAD globally

摘要

Technology distributor Ingram Micro has established itself in asset disposition in recent years.Now,it is rolling out a program to grow by leveraging its subcontractor companies.Ingram Micro,an international company with roughly $50 billion in annual revenue,works primarily in the hardware distribution business.It buys devices from OEMs and provides them to its”value-added reseller”clients,who sell them to the end users.The company moved into the ITAD sector with its 2013 acquisition of reverse logistics firm CloudBlue.Since then,the company has quickly expanded its ITAD presence in U.S.and international markets.Last year,the company estimated that it processed more than 26,000 short tons of devices.Now,the company is expanding ITAD services in a different way,by sharing its capabilities with value-added resellers.The company works with 200,000 resellers worldwide,and the move will grow the worldwide,and the move will grow the company's ITAD reach internationally,noted Todd Zegers,vice president of ITAD,commerce and lifecycle services at Ingram Micro.