Tech Pacific

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Tech Pacific is an Asian-Pacific IT wholesale distributor with offices throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Hong Kong.

Tech Pacific was founded in Melbourne, Australia during the 1980's as a boutique distributor of IT Technology.

The company was acquired in the late 1980's by Imagineering Australia. Tech Pacific was kept as a separate trading entity as Jodee Rich, founder of Imagineering, wanted a vehicle to exclusively distribute product lines that competed with the product lines carried by Imagineering Australia.

In 1990 First Pacific acquired Imagineering Australia and Jodee Rich left the company. At this time Imagineering Australia Australia's Largest IT Distributor was struggling financially as a result of competition introduced by the entry of an American IT Distributor Micro America under the Micro Australia Brand. (Micro America later merged with Softsel to form Merisel.) Graham Pickles, Managing Director of Imagineering Australia subsidiary, Tech Pacific, was appointed as the new Group Managing Director. With this change, Imagineering Australia and Tech Pacific were merged under the Tech Pacific name.

During the early 1990's Tech Pacific transformed itself from a Value Add Distributor to a broadbase distributor and the business again began to grow significantly. Merisel Australia proved to be a good adversary early on, however, through good strategic planning and target account management, Tech Pacific regained the key reseller accounts that were most profitable leaving Merisel the smaller consultancy and Retail Accounts.

In March 1995, Tech Pacific acquired Merisel Australia, taking the number two distributor out of the market and creating an Asia Pacific IT Distribution powerhouse.

In the late 1990's, First Pacific sold its interests in Tech Pacific to Hagemeyer who in turn in the early 2000's sold the business off to CVC Asia Pacific. In 2004, Tech Pacific planned to go public through an IPO however, Ingram Micro sensing an opportunity to become a truly global IT Distributor, acquired Tech Pacific in a transaction valued at over 700 Million Dollars.

On March 31, 2005, the Tech Pacific name was relegated to IT History with the completion of the merger of Tech Pacific's business into Ingram Micro throughout Asia.