SanDisk to hold APAC disti meet in India

NEW DELHI, INDIA: SanDisk announced that it plans to host its annual APAC Distributors Meeting in India, for the first time, on March 24-25 in New Delhi. The SanDisk APAC Distributors Meeting is invitation-only and provides SanDisk’s channel partners and distributors with the opportunity to come together in a growing market.

“India is well-placed in the APAC region and represents an important market for SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk India has achieved many milestones over the last year, making India an ideal venue for this meeting,” said Gavin Wu, MD—Asia Pacific, SanDisk.

Manisha Sood, Country Manager, India and SAARC, SanDisk, said, “One of our top selling products in India is the microSD card which is indispensable to the millions of phones sold to Indian consumers last year. In addition, USBs and memory cards for digital cameras and camcorders continue to meet consumer demand in the Indian market.”

In order to address the growing needs of mobile device users in India, SanDisk is eager to create a widespread channel network and distribution channel. Sood continued, “Channel and distribution partners play an important role in furthering the growth of flash memory in India, by acting as a bridge between SanDisk and its existing, potential and prospective customers.”

SanDisk India has three national distributors—HCL, Ingram Micro and Rashi Peripherals, is present in about 1,300 large format retail outlets in India and has over 20,000 retail partners across the country.