Techspan to Open New Facility in Western Canada

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Techspan Industries has announced that they will be setting up a full scale packaging, sub-assembly, and warehousing facility in Vancouver, BC.

The new facility will inventory over 8,000 sku’s of connector, wire management, control and automation products. Many hard-to-get C and D items will also be stocked. The facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of October, 2015.

“Techspan is committed to supporting the ongoing growth of our distributor customers in British Columbia and Alberta” said Frank Dunnigan, President and CEO. “Speed-to-market with next day delivery is a keystone of our business model. We are excited to deliver this standard to Western Canada. While some manufacturers are shrinking their Canadian based service, Techspan continues to invest in Canadian facilities and employment” he said.

Effective June 15, 2015, Sean Dunnigan will be promoted to the new position of General Manager – Western Operations and will be based in Vancouver. Sean is a graduate of McGill University and is uniquely qualified for this position with warehouse, IT, marketing, and field sales experience within Techspan.

 

 

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