APTEC, the Middle East’s leading IT & Telecommunication distributor, got awarded by Hewlett Packard as the HP PNB (ProCurve Networking Business) Distributor of the Year 2004. The Award was presented at the Annual HP Achievement Awards Night in Dubai held by HP for its Middle East based Distributors.

“Our partnership with HP started long time back and we always look at HP as a strategic partner” commented Mr.Bahaa Salah, General Manager Aptec Gulf. “Business growth with HP PNB has been positive from one quarter to another and we feel very proud contributing as the number one distributor in this growth. We thank HP & HP PNB team for their support and partnership”.

"The Channel Development Partner award for ProCurve Networking for 2004 was awarded To Aptec Gulf as a result of their clear strategy, innovative effort, focused planning, and excellent performance on the HP ProCurve business from a sales perspective as well as for several successful marketing initiatives that have been implemented." Said Ivan Kraemer, Regional Sales and Marketing Director, For Middle East, Africa & Mediterranean, HP ProCurve Networking Business.

Ilyas Mohammed, Business Unit Manager – Security, Storage & Networking at Aptec Gulf said that it is a proud moment for us to be at the top” Ilyas added that Aptec Gulf started investing and pro actively promoting HP ProCurve about year and half ago after seeing the potential in the market and the product itself which is extremely competitive with the other top brands available today and very well priced. This wouldn't have been possible without HP's support and highly professional approach to the channel. We owe this award to our Channel Partners who have been supporting us, and growing with us year on year. With the launch of many new and exciting products from HP, we are looking forward for an even more successful 2005." said Ilyas.