The French-based private multinational company NEC and the Caribbean IT company Productive Business Solutions Ltd.  Have made a multibillion-dollar deal, giving the Musson Group subsidiary, PBS, exclusive distribution of NEC's products and services in the Caribbean and Latin America.

"Up to a year ago, NEC had no plans to distribute our IT products to the Caribbean and Latin America," said Executive Director for the International Division of NEC, Michel de Bievre.  He explained that, coupled, with the geography of the region (islands) and the company's unfamiliarity with the culture and nature of the market, the Caribbean and Latin America would have posed a major distribution challenge for the company.

NEC, a world-famous manufacturer of IT products says when it was approached by PBS, it was so impressed by the company's professionalism, partnerships and position in the Caribbean market that distribution to the Caribbean was soon to become one of NEC's priorities.

ENVIABLE DISTRIBUTION TRACK RECORD

"We were also pleased that it had an earlier partnership with the respected Xerox brand and that PBS belonged to a group with an enviable distribution track record in the Caribbean," said Executive Director for the International Division of NEC, Michel de Bievre Group.  Describing the new partnership as a marriage, in which the two companies "just clicked," he said his company was committed to staying the course for the long haul.

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