Arrow Central Europe has just opened its fifth representative office in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in St. Petersburg. The office serves customers from all the Arrow Electronics market segments, offering the entire Spoerle and Sasco Holz linecard. Second in size only to Moscow, St. Petersburg has more than four million inhabitants and is one of the most important industrial centers in Russia, where many manufacturers and customers are located.

"As Moscow, for some time now, is no longer the sole economical centre of the country, we wanted to be present in the other equally important regions with our own offices. This is why we have now opened the new office in St. Petersburg, an area in which the entrepreneurial spirit is particularly pronounced," said Philippe Combes, president EMEASA.

Arrow's employees, including field application engineeers, from all the relevant product and service segments serve customers in the CIS and work with local distributors. The company has been doing business in the CIS with active, passive and electro-mechanical components as well as value-added services for more than five years.

"The opening of the office in St. Petersburg underscores the importance of the sales markets in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine," said Hermann Reiter, sales director for emerging countries, of Arrow Central Europe. "With offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Minsk and Jekaterinburg, we serve a total of 11 time zones."