SFM Now Distributing Niles Audio Products
Nortek Security & Control (NSC) has appointed SFM as its Canadian distribution
partner for Niles audio products.
NSC VP of Sales Jeff Costello says the arrangement will bring Niles solutions
to more resellers, integrators, and retailers throughout Canada. “SFM has a
40-year history of providing AV integrators with the solutions their customers
demand, including our Furman and Panamax brands,” he says. “SFM’s expertly
trained sales force will help dealers deliver Niles solutions to more custom
installations throughout Canada.”
“Distributing the Niles produ ct line in Canada was the right business deci-
sion for SFM and our dealers, and it further supports our long-lasting relation-
ship with Nortek Security & Control,” says Steven Freytag, GM of SFM’s Custom
Installation division. “We can now offer Niles audio solutions to our dealers and
integrators along with our other CI industry leaders, including Shure, Luxul and OmniMount.”
For additional information, contact SFM CI: 514-780-2070, [email protected], www.sfm.ca.
SFM’S STEVEN FREYTAG & SIMON TOURNAY
DataVisual to Represent All
Yamaha Commercial Audio
Products Across Canada
Yamaha’s Professional Audio Division has
appointed DataVisual, the Ottawa-based
distribution company currently repre-
senting Yamaha Commercial Installation
Solutions (CIS) and Revolabs products, to
represent all Yamaha commercial audio
products, including its digital mixing
systems, networking products, and NEXO
loudspeaker systems, in Canada.
DataVisual will team up with Yamaha
Professional Audio’s existing commercial
audio district manager in Québec, Michel
Trepanier, and will assume sole repre-
sentation of Yamaha Commercial Audio
products to the rest of the Canadian
provinces. DataVisual’s team will also work
with Ashley Clarke, Yamaha’s application
specialist based in the Toronto area, to
provide technical support.
“We are very pleased to be partnering
with DataVisual and continuing to serve
our strong network of Yamaha Commercial
Audio dealers in Canada while at the same
time exploring new business opportunities
in the hospitality, enterprise, retail, corpo-
rate, and stadium/arena vertical market
segments,” says Paul Furtkamp, director of
sales for Yamaha Commercial Audio and
NEXO products.
For more information, contact Data-
Visual: 888-294-9889, [email protected],
www.datavisual.ca.
… As of June 3, 2018, Solotech’s U.S.
rental division will have a new president,
Mickey Curbishley. This appointment
coincides with the opening of a new
Solotech office in Los Angeles. Under this
new structure, Martin Chouinard will now
assume the role of president of Solotech’s
Canadian rental division. Curbishley and
Chouinard will be jointly responsible for
Solotech’s Rental Division strategy.
www.solotech.com.
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