United States. Home Entertainment Source, HES, a group of independent consumer electronics specialist distributors, named Panamax/Furman the Accessory Vendor of the Year at the HES summit in Dallas.
Since 2008 the company has been a supplier partner of HES, providing the group of buyers with special prices for power management technologies for A/V.
The Seller of the Year is chosen by a panel of HES executives.
At the annual HES Summit, members of the purchasing group meet to discuss their vision for the coming year, and review contributions as well as the level of support from the group's supplier partners over the previous year.
Jim Ristow, executive vice president of HES, explained that the choice of the winner of this recognition is made after analyzing the companies applied, the profitability of their products, the depth of their program and the level of communication and interaction they have with their group.
Dave Keller, Panamax/Furman's senior vice president of sales and marketing, said the company is very pleased to be able to deliver its full line of power management solutions to HES members, and aspires to continue this partnership for many years to come. (Pictured: Paul LeMay, Central Region Director of Panamax; Jim Ristow, Executive Vice President of HES; Dave Keller, senior vice president of sales and merchandising for Panamax/Furman; Jummy Paschke, Director of Panamax East Region and Kyle Rice, Director of Panamax West Region).