Expanded partnership now covers most of North America, with a focus on bringing complete AV and IT solutions to commercial AV customers
SAN JOSE, Calif., November 15, 2019 – Atlona, a Panduit company, has expanded its U.S. distribution partnership with Stampede to cover the Canadian market. Stampede will raise brand awareness and drive sales of Atlona’s complete range of collaboration, connectivity and control solutions for commercial AV, including its award-winning OmniStream AV over IP and Velocity IP-enabled control systems.
Stampede is among the most recognized distribution brands in the AV industry, and represents a broad and diverse range of suppliers, products and professional services. The expanded partnership provides Stampede with a professional AV control system in Canada for the first time, strengthening its market-leading position as a complete AV and IT solutions provider.
“Stampede’s experience working with Atlona in the United States, and expertise in providing AV and IT system solutionsacross all commercial AV verticals, well-positions them for success as our distribution partner in Canada,” said Omar Prashad, Country Manager for Canada, Atlona. “Atlona continues to innovate new solutions and invest in partnerships to accelerate the AV over IP transition. Stampede’s Canadian network of resellers and end users is extensive, and its reputation as a value-added distributor will strengthen our message and visibility across Canada.”
“Atlona is renowned for manufacturing a broad range of IP and circuit-based AV solutions with unique attributes that are unmatched by competitors,” said Kevin Kelly, President and CEO, Stampede. “These innovative and reliable real-world solutions meet the real-world needs of today’s commercial AV customers, along with one of the industry’s best support programs and long-term warranties. We’re excited to expand an already successful distribution relationship to Canada and all the customers we serve across all AV verticals.”
About Stampede
Headquartered in Amherst, New York, Stampede (www.stampedeglobal.com) is the global ProAV brand of the DCC technology division and is the industry leading value-added distributor of integrated AV/IT technology solutions that help resellers meet the expanding technology needs of end-user customers in dozens of commercial vertical markets in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East, Scandinavia, South Africa, and the United States. Stampede provides a global network of nearly 20,000 resellers with the broadest range of traditional ProAV solutions from more than 150 manufacturing partners and leads the way in the creation of the new product categories and related training and support programs that are unleashing the business opportunities of the future — Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Drone Video Systems, Virtual Reality, IoT, Unified Communications, low-cost Video Conferencing. and the world’s largest selection of replacement projector lamps. Stampede annually produces the “Big Book of AV,” a 1,100+ page catalog and companion website (www.BigBookofAV.com) providing hundreds of sales, installation and spec tips for Stampede’s dealers in addition to product details on more than 8,000 SKUs.
About Atlona
Atlona, a Panduit company, is a leading global manufacturer of AV over IP distribution, connectivity, and control solutions. The company designs and engineers innovative, award-winning products for a diverse range of residential and commercial AV and IT markets. Backed by an award-winning 10-year warranty, Atlona’s products are developed to enable our customers’ ability to connect and collaborate with simplicity. More information about Atlona is available at atlona.com.
About Panduit
Global connectivity leader Panduit Corp. creates innovative electrical and network infrastructure solutions for applications across the enterprise. Headquartered in Tinley Park, Ill. and operating in 112 worldwide locations, Panduit’s technology leadership and robust ecosystem help support, sustain, and empower business growth in a connected world. panduit.com
