AVAD Upgrades Houston Branch through Relocation

Custom electronics distributor relocates Houston branch to better serve the needs of dealers

AVAD LLC, America's leading distributor of custom electronics, announced that it is relocating its Houston, Texas branch to a new, larger facility more accessible to dealers. Beginning February 1, 2010, AVAD's Houston branch will re–open at the new facility conveniently located off the Sam Houston Tollway at 6350 W. Sam Houston Parkway N., Suite 160, Houston, TX 77041.

The new Houston branch will allow dealers to utilize a new AVAD Experience Center, AVAD's fully–functional demo station featuring the latest products from leading manufacturers in home theater, home automation, commercial AV, lighting controls, security, distributed AV, central vacuum, HVAC and more. The new location also provides more warehouse space to accommodate more inventory for "just–in–time" order fulfillment and an improved training facility to host local dealer training.

"At AVAD, we are continuously evaluating ways to better serve the needs of our dealers," said Jim Annes, vice president and general manager of AVAD. "The new location for our branch in Houston will give local dealers easier access to our facility. Additionally, this will allow us to re–equip the facility with an even greater offering from the best brands in residential AV, commercial AV and security products."

All AVAD facilities, including the new Houston branch, offer the industry's most respected and recognized brands, in–depth product and category training, the widest selection in various disciplines–audio, video, lighting controls, home automation, commercial AV, security and more—and an expert sales staff to offer support in system design, application and technical support.

AVAD branches also offer fully–stocked showrooms, including a state–of–th–art home theater, providing dealers a resource for marketing and selling complete custom home electronic solutions to their clients. AVAD dealers have the luxury of scheduling appointments to utilizing the AVAD home theater, demo rooms and Experience Centers as a showroom for their prospective customers.

For more information on AVAD, visit http://www.avad.com..

Talking Points:

  • AVAD has announced it is relocating is Houston Branch to 6350 W. Sam Houston Parkway N., Suite 160, Houston, TX 77041.
  • The new Houston branch will officially open February 1, 2010
  • The relocated branch will featured a up–t–date home theater and AVAD Experience Center as well as an improved training facility.

About AVAD LLC (http://www.avad.com)
AVAD LLC, a wholly–owned subsidiary of Ingram Micro Inc., is the most complete custom electronics provider in North America. Offering customers the most trusted brands, AVAD stocks complete systems solutions for home theater, home automation, pro AV, lighting controls, security, distributed A/V, central vacuum, HVAC and more. Further, the company is dedicated to dealer education, training and skill advancement, as evidenced by AVAD University’s over 450 online and classroom continuing education classes held each year. AVAD ensures just–in–time delivery from each of its 28 North American facilities.

Product lines that AVAD distributes and supports include: AKG, APC, Aprilaire, Artison, Atlantic Technology, B&K Components, Bogen, Bose, Carlon ChannelPlus, Chief, COPS Monitoring, Crown International, Denon Pro, DSC, Dirt Devil, Draper, Dymo/RhinoPRO, Escient, Exceptional Innovation/Life|ware, Gefen, Global Cache, HAI, , iPort, ITC, JBL Pro, JDSU, JVC Professional Products Company, Key Digital, Labor Saving Devices, Lutron, Luxul Wireless, Marantz, MartinLogan, Middle Atlantic Products, Inc., Midlite, MuxLab, NetStreams, Niles Audio, OmniMount, Onkyo, OnQ Technologies, OpenHouse, Optoma, Panamax, Panasonic Phones, Panasonic Professional, Peerless, Philips Pronto, Polk Audio, PROconnect, ProFlex, RepairMaster, RTI, Rockustics, Samsung, Samsung Professional, Satellite USA, Sharp, SharpVision, SunBriteTV, Terk, Toshiba, Universal Remote Control, Velodyne and more.

For more information about AVAD, visit http://www.avad.com.