INGRAM MICRO LAUNCHES COMPUTER SUPPLIES/ACCESSORIES DIVISION; New Initiative Will Strengthen Ingram Micro's Core Competencies

Business Wire, April 3, 1997

SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 1997--Ingram Micro Inc. announced today it has taken another step to further capitalize on its core competencies by launching the Computer Supplies/Accessories Division. The new division, which is headed up by Senior Director Bob Brown, will provide resellers with a single source for all product needs.

"Ingram Micro is the first nationwide technology distributor to focus on the consumable supplies and accessories market," said Brown. "We created this division to further leverage our core competencies-world-class associates, solid execution, financial strength, global information systems and market segmentation. By using Ingram Micro's concentration on the supplies market segment, resellers can access more products and earn revenue throughout a technology's life cycle."

Ingram Micro's ongoing relationships with many leading vendors provides resellers with the opportunity to deliver technologies and related supplies products as they emerge. Currently, Ingram Micro carries more than 5,000 supplies and accessory stock keeping units (SKUs), including Apple Computer, Canon Computer Systems, Epson America, Exabyte, Hewlett-Packard, Imation, Iomega, Kodak, Lexmark International, Panasonic Computer Peripheral Company, Ricoh and SyQuest Technology.

In conjunction with this new division launch, Ingram Micro has also developed a new Supplies And Accessories section in its Comprehensive Hardware and Software Catalog. Registered resellers can review Ingram Micro's offerings as well as order online in the Supplies Solution Room at www.ingrammicro.com .

Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM), headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., is the world's largest wholesale distributor of technology products and services, with 1996 sales of more than $12 billion. The company operates in 19 countries and distributes more than 36,000 products to over 100,000 resellers in 120 countries.

CONTACT: Ingram Micro Inc., Santa Ana

Kirsten Frosh, Media Relations

714/566-1000, Ext. 2727