Abacus Electric traditional Czech distributor since 1992

Short history The company was established in February 1992 in České Budějovice by two partners. The business started with import of HDD, RAM and CPUs. Purchase was always from abroad since beginning. Abacus Computer started to grow in import business and gained significant market share on Czech market. Further expansion was through group of subsidiaries in the biggest cities in Czech Republic and nowadays also abroad. Important sales tool became B2B e-shop Netkoloniál.

Main milestones 1992 company establishment 1997 opening subsidiary in Prague and Ostrava 1998 start of PC mass produktion 1999 certificate ISO opened B2B e-shop Netkoloniál 2005 creating of private brand Evolve 2008 opened subsidiary in Poland and Slovakia 2011 opened subsidiary in Hungary

Basic data Establishment dateFebruary 1992 Employees45 Registered capital CZK ~ EUR ~ USD Company typeLtd Warehouse storage1 970 m turnover CZK ~ EUR ~ USD

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Main products IT products, peripherals and PC componets Servers, workstations, networking and PCs Consumer electronics and telco products

Main brands IT products, peripherals and PC componets A4tech, AMD, Intel, OCZ, Samsung, LG, WD, Cooler Master, Microsoft, Kingston, Patriot, EVOLVE, etc. Servers, workstations, networking and PCs Supermicro, Qsan, Mellanox, Thecus, HP, TP-link, Asus, Areca, LSI, etc. Consumer electronics, home appliances and telco products EVOLVE, LG, Samsung, etc.

Private brand Abacus created private brand EVOLVE in late What was originally intended only as name for few MP4 players turned into huge portfolio of products. Curently we have over 300 EVOLVE items on stock and the volume is continuously growing. EVOLVE product lines consists of consumer electronics, IT components and green line products like alkaline batteries charger or LED light bulbs.

Basic figures Although originally focused only on Czech market, Abacus is spreading its activities also to other countries of Middle Europe. EVOLVE sales are currently in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. Also distribution contracts of Cooler Master and Silverstone are for all these markets. Number of customers with purchase at least 1x per month: 1100 companies 1x per year: over 3000 companies Main sales channels are: Retail12% E-tail36% Resellers41% Direct11%

Important advantages three main focuses of business: IT parts, servers/notebooks, consumer electronics high business rating by agency Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. (1A1 rating/excellent) own private brand EVOLVE sold in Czech, Slovakia, Poland, Netherlands and other countries-very well recognized on markets (Google search 21 mil. searches, Seznam.cz search 7400/per week)

Important advantages active business in four middle European countries four main sales channels (e-tail, retail, resellers, direct) compact and skilled team of employees Abacus is the biggest Czech servers vendor and main partner for AMD Opteron for region of Middle Europe

Contacts Abacus Electric, s.r.o. Planá 2, České Budějovice Na Košince 5, Praha Tvardkova 8, Ostrava