Magirus sets sights on European expansion

Doug Woodburn
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Distributor uses proceeds from recent sale of HP and IBM unit to fund acquisitions

Magirus will be pressing its vendors to sign pan-European contracts after taking the dramatic decision to sell its Hewlett-Packard (HP) and IBM unit to rival Avnet. Although the disposal of it...

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