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INGRAM MICRO TO DISTRIBUTE ENLIGHT COMPUTER CASES; ADDS MANUFACTURER'S PRODUCTS TO FRAMEWORKS

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Nov. 17, 1997
Ingram Micro Inc., the world's leading wholesale distributor of technology products and services, announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Taiwan-based Enlight, adding the manufacturer's full line of computer cases to Frameworks Total Integration Services.

With the agreement, Ingram Micro now offers the widest variety of Enlight computer cases. Ingram Micro will carry desktop, mini-tower and mid-tower computer cases in both AT and ATX format starting immediately. Resellers can order Enlight cases as part of the Ingram Micro component product offering.

According to John William Winkelhaus, II, Ingram Micro's executive vice president of global channel assembly, "Ingram Micro takes the business of configuration and build to order very seriously. We continue to look to expand and diversify our Frameworks offering so that we can supply our resellers around the world with the best selection of component-level products. This agreement helps us accomplish that goal. We are very pleased to bring Enlight computer cases to our customers and welcome them to our Frameworks family."

Said, John Liang, vice president of sales for Enlight U.S.A., "We came to Ingram Micro because they are dedicated to providing their customers with the highest quality products and services. We're proud to partner with Ingram Micro to bring our computer cases to their reseller base. We are confident that our products will make a valuable addition to the Frameworks program."

Added Winkelhaus, "Frameworks allows resellers great flexibility. Our component product offering allows resellers to build their own systems, or resellers can choose to outsource configuration to Ingram Micro."

Frameworks' Range Of Services
Frameworks offers six main services designed to give manufacturers and resellers a complete range of options for delivering customized systems. They include:

  • Unbranded Systems, which offers mix-and-match combinations of components from leading manufacturers -- including Microsoft, Intel, Creative Labs, Western Digital and Fujitsu -- inside Enlight cases.
  • Custom Configuration Services, which customizes systems to reseller specifications.
  • AcerOpen, which offers components and custom configurations from AcerOpen and leading manufacturers.
  • Manufacturer-Authorized Channel Assembly, which provides custom-configured major name-brand solutions assembled from components supplied by leading manufacturers, such as the IBM Authorized Assembler Program (AAP). Similar channel assembly capabilities are underway for Compaq's U.S. Channel Configuration Program (CCP) and Hewlett-Packard's Extended Solutions Partnership (ESP).
  • OEM Components, which offer reliable, efficient, cost-effective access to OEM components to resellers that build their own systems.
  • UNIX Configuration Services, for Hewlett-Packard 9000 Series and Sun Microsystems servers and workstations.

Ingram Micro's configuration and channel assembly services take place at ISO-9002 certified facilities around the world. Frameworks is backed by Ingram Laboratories, one of the industry's leading testing facilities.

About Enlight
Enlight Corporation manufacturers computer cases. Enlight is a publicly-held company in Taiwan, where its worldwide headquarters are located. Its U.S. subsidiary, Enlight U.S.A., is headquartered in Whittier, Calif.

About Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., is a leading provider of assembly and integration services, with 1996 sales of $12 billion. The company operates in 21 countries and distributes more than 145,000 products to more than 100,000 resellers in 120 countries.

Contacts:

Kirsten Frosh
Ingram Micro Inc.
(714) 566-1000. ext. 22727

Cindy Vergets Ragland
Ingram Micro Inc.
Media Relations
(714) 566-1000, ext. 23364





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