Office automation and communications group Itec has awarded its Dealer of the Year accolade for the sub-Saharan Africa region to Cape Town-based Itec Innovate.
The award places Itec Innovate at the forefront of 47 highly competitive dealers that vied for top spot. The runners-up were Itec Connect North and Itec Business Systems.
Says Itec Innovate MD, Mark McChlery: “We are proud to have received this recognition for the work we have invested in key areas such as business intelligence, sustainability and environmental concerns as we strive to deliver the best performance we can.

“We thank our customers, employees, suppliers, and our colleagues in the Itec Group for their role in this achievement. Their unwavering support has played a massive role in our success, and we hope that we can do even better for all of our stakeholders next year.”

Bob Skinstad, former Springbok rugby star and a director at Itec Innovate, adds: “We differentiate ourselves in a competitive and commoditised market through strong relationships, built on respect for, and sincere interest in our clients’ businesses.”

Another way Itec Innovate seeks to set itself apart is through high performance standards, coupled with strong solutions to address business issues such as environmental sustainability and cost optimisation, says director Darryl Fredericks.

“Itec Innovate thoroughly deserves to win this year’s competition,” says Ryan Miles, chief operations officer of Itec Group.
“Of the 12 scoring categories, it achieved ‘beyond expectation’ in 10 of them. This is a great achievement and shows that it is a true Itec champion and ambassador. Congratulations from all of us.”

This is in effect a double win for Itec Innovate because it also recently took top honours at the impactChoice Green Dealer 2012 Awards for the investment and effort it made towards promoting environmental responsibility in its own business, as well as towards selling greener solutions into its client base.

Itec Innovate is one of the most enthusiastic advocates of Itec’s green” printing solutions, offered through a relationship with impactChoice. This solution offers clients guaranteed carbon offset credits backed up by micro-certificates.