AVAD Forms New Home Base of Operations in Southern California
Van Nuys, Calif. — Sept. 20, 2005 — AVAD, LLC, the preeminent U.S. distributor of custom home entertainment technology has established its new headquarters in Van Nuys , Calif. The move establishes a centralized headquarters for the company’s newly combined operations and growing national corporate staff.
AVAD combined its 11 separate operations previously joined by marketing and buying agreements into one company known as AVAD, LLC in July when it was acquired by global technology distributor, Ingram Micro. The team established at the new headquarters will lead the integration and growth efforts, and provide internal support to AVAD’s 28 distribution centers. The company will use the additional capital and resources gained from the acquisition to continue to expand its product portfolio and develop new services and training for custom low-voltage installers across the U.S.
“As we continue to strengthen the service to our more than 9,000 dealers, we’re setting down firm roots and a team in place who is focused on our future,” said Bob Gartland, president of AVAD. “We will ramp up the depth and breadth of our service package and expand our product offering and coverage into more cities to help our dealers take their businesses to the next level.”
AVAD remains committed to its proven strategy of raising the bar for quality across the entire custom installation industry, which has made AVAD the perfect partner to both dealers and vendors looking to grow. “We’ve got the resources and know-how throughout our company to make AVAD a world-class home technology distributor and partner for growth,” said Gartland.
About AVAD, LLC
AVAD is the most complete home integration solutions provider in the United States . Its in-depth technology offering of the most trusted names and progressive continuing education programs provide all the support necessary to design and implement complete home solutions. AVAD stocks products for home theater, lighting controls, distributed audio/video, central vacuum, and more for just-in-time delivery from each of its 28 locations nationwide. With complete technical training and certification for industry hallmarks like CEDIA’s Installer Level I and Level II Certification, AVAD is unparalleled in its commitment to expanding dealers’ bottom line.
AVAD exemplifies this concept with the Dealer to Builder (D2B) program, which links members of its 9000+ dealer corps with homebuilders across the United States to outfit new homes with in-demand, cutting-edge electronic systems.
Product lines that AVAD distributes and supports include: Acme Brackets, APC, Aprilaire, Artison, Atlantic Technology, Belden, Bose, Carlon, ChannelPlus, Coleman Cable, H-P Products/Dirt Devil Central Vacuum Systems, D-Link, Draper, Fujitsu, Gefen, Harman Kardon, InFocus ScreenPlay, Key Digital, Lutron, Marantz, Middle Atlantic Products, Inc., NetStreams, Niles Audio, OnQ Technologies, OpenHouse, Panamax, Panasonic Phones, Peerless, Philips, Polk Audio, PROconnect, ProFlex, RTI, Samsung, Sharp, SharpVision, Spaun USA, Terk, Universal Electronics Nevo SL , Universal Remote Control, and more.
For more information about AVAD and its services, visit their website at www.avad.com .
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