SanDisk Opens Retail Office for Southern Europe.Business Editors/High-Tech WritersPARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2001 SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK) has opened a retail office for Southern Europe Southern Europe or sometimes Mediterranean Europe is a region of the European continent. There is no clear definition of the term which can vary depending on whether geographic, cultural, linguistic or historical factors are taken into account. that will oversee the marketing of SanDisk flash memory cards and related products in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Canary Islands Canary Islands, Span. Islas Canarias, group of seven islands (1990 pop. 1,589,403), 2,808 sq mi (7,273 sq km), autonomous region of Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Sahara. They constitute two provinces of Spain. Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1990 pop. . The office, based in Paris, will be managed by Frederic Descombe, SanDisk's Southern European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. Retail Manager. He will report to Gerrit Van Hofwegen, European Retail Manager. Van Hofwegen said, "Descombe will manage the marketing effort towards our growing network of distributors in Southern Europe. We already have excellent retail distributors for our products in France, Italy, Spain and the Canary Islands, and we recently signed up some high-quality distributors in Greece, Portugal and Turkey who will begin distributing SanDisk products this month. Sales of consumer electronics products that use our flash memory cards for storage, such as digital cameras, cell phones and handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. , are growing in Southern Europe and we need to take advantage of all the new opportunities to sell our flash cards, card readers and card adapters." Descombe, a former professional photographer, has been involved in the consumer electronics retail sales market in Europe for the last 10 years. Most recently, he worked as digital product manager for Techni Cine Phot, a major distributor of technology products in France. Descombe's office and contact information: SanDisk International France, Centre d'Affaires Hoche Condorcet, 3 Rue rue, common name for various members of the family Rutaceae, a large group of plants distributed throughout temperate and tropical regions and most abundant in S Africa and Australia. Most species are woody shrubs or small trees; many are evergreen and bear spines. Condorcet B.P. 9, 91263 Juvisy Sur Orge Cedex, France. Telephone: 33-169-12-16-04. fdescombe@sandisk.com. SanDisk Corporation, the world's largest supplier of flash data storage products, designs, manufactures and markets industry-standard, solid-state data, digital imaging and audio storage products using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is based in Sunnyvale, Calif. The matters discussed in this news release contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties as described under the caption "Factors That May Affect Future Results" in the company's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The companies assume no obligation to update the information in this release. SanDisk's Web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com. |
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