Bell Microproducts Inc. - Introduction

Introduction

1941 Ringwood Avenue
San Jose, California 95131
U.S.A.
Telephone: (408) 451-9400
Toll Free: (800) 800-1513
Fax: (408) 451-1600
Web site: http://www.bellmicro.com

Public Company
Incorporated: 1987
Employees: 1,294
Sales: $2.23 billion (2003)
Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol: BELM
NAIC: 423690 Other Electronic Parts and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers

Bell Microproducts Inc. is a distributor of computer components and value-added services. Bell Micro carries more than 150 brand name product lines, distributing disk drives, semi-conductors, panel displays, and a host of other computer products and peripherals, but the company focuses on storage products and semiconductors, storage products in particular. The company's "storage-centric" product mix is complemented by a services segment that provides system design, integration, installation, and maintenance services to its commercial and industrial customers. The company also distributes two proprietary brands, its Rorke Data storage products and its Markvision memory modules. Bell Micro operates domestically and inter-nationally, distributing its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), value-added resellers (VARs), and contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS) customers in North America, Latin America, and Europe.