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Roop Technologies to Enter Networking, Add 5 Offices
By
Ankita Pandey
Mumbai, Apr 23, 2005
Roop Technologies, the Mumbai-based distributor of LG, Viewsonic and Mercury, has chalked out plans to enter into distribution of networking products.
Umang Mehta, MD of Roop Technologies, said, "I foresee a huge potential in this segment. We will get into this segment in the next four to six months."
He said that the company is also looking at opening marketing and sales offices in five locations in the South and North - Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Thiruvananthapuram. "These won't play the role of branches since after the implementation of VAT the country will be unified, logistically speaking. Managing the company from one place will be a lot more easier." It will continue to focus on the Soho and SMB markets.
Mehta, who started his business around 18 years ago as an importer, said that the branded PC is likely to rule the market in the coming years. "I see two-three Indian players and two-three MNCs operating in India. We might also see the emergence of many regional players in the market. In fact, such a trend is already visible in different parts of the country," he said.
Mehta also spoke about how he had built his business, after stints as a computer engineer in Nelco and Sujata Electronics, starting with a 200 square-feet shop at Lamington Road. He had started by importing products from Hong Kong and Singapore, and supplying to OEMs like Zenith in India. "We started with a few lakhs of rupees and now have grown the business to over Rs 45 crore with branches in Aurangabad and Secunderabad, and a showroom at Lamington Road."
"The market scenario was such that there were very limited players, margins were high, and nobody operated for margins below 25-30 percent. If you were selling directly to end-users, then margins were as high as 50 percent. However, the volumes were very low," he added.
Mehta was upbeat on the IT industry, saying it would overall witness a growth of over 35 percent. "At Roop Technologies we are targeting a growth double that of the market over 50 percent, almost touching 70 percent," he said.
"I want to tell the channel: We are in the business to earn money. Look at the bottom line of your business and have the courage to say no to business that is not profitable. Profitability is a must in every deal we do," he advised.
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Good to know about you and your Progress You are great.
Heartiest Congratulations to You. |
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- Atul Bora,
Unique Systems , Ahmednagar
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i 100% agree with roop technology
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- nehal jasani,
compuzone, surat
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I do agree with the views of Mr.Mehta, on profitability. It is very crucial for ensung future prospects. a lot of us in the channels look at volumes without ensuring profitability of operations and cashflow considerations. |
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- Prakash Prabhu,
Apex Solutions, Mumbai
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WOULD U BE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A BUSINESS PARTNER OF SEJUTRONICS FOR DLINK WIRELESS SOLUTIONS AND PRODUCTS WHICH IS GROWING AT A RATE OF 300% AND MARGINS ARE HIGH. |
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- P Laha,
SEJUTRONICS, MUMBAI
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This is great news, Umang bhai! Congratulations, and here's wishing you all the best! |
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- Ajit Kulkarni,
TVS Net, Mumbai
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Good to hear, but there are more than 100 players like Umang, who have much better Turnover and better Vision, but i fail to understand why is he given so much publicity, he may be doing good in Mumbai mainly into trading |
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- Raj,
Computer Galaxy, New Delhi
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Big thank you to all the partners who have suported us in past. Also we will definetly take into accounts all your commnets and do our best. u can get in touch with us
mobile:9820098916.
Tel:22-26680022 /22-30950841/3.
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- UMANG MEHTA,
ROOP TECHNOLOGY, MUMBAI
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Excellent!! Umang has a very good foresight and i presume he will succeed. |
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- irvin pinto,
DATASOFT CONSUL, MUMBAI
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IN NETWORKING WHAT ARE THE ACTIVE AND PASSIVES BRAND NAMES PLEASE. |
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- P.V.S.RAMARAO,
SHRI.S.RAGHAVEN, RAIPUR
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Dear Umang, It is about time that you made your presence felt especially down here at South. Wish you all the very best from all of us here at Computer City. PS. Please give us info as to supplies of Viewsonic at Bangalore |
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- Sailesh,
Computer City, Bangalore
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Great News Umangbhai Keep it up and your support to us as well I on behalf of Gurucomp wish you all the best and will be with Roop as always Regards Kailesh Gurucomp
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- Kailesh,
Gurucomp, mumbai
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thank u for your support. |
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- UMANG MEHTA,
ROOP TECHNOLOGY, MUMBAI
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thank u for your support. |
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- UMANG MEHTA,
ROOP TECHNOLOGY, MUMBAI
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Hi Umang,
Great to hear about you and your company - after 18 long years ( remember NELCO ??) - Shrikant Gurjar - Micromate Pvt Ltd Pune - you may contact me on 09822035111 |
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- Shrikant,
MIcromate Pvt L, Pune
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Hi shrikant! Great to hear from u after 15 years.My mobile 9820098916.
i will talk to today.
Umang |
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- UMANG MEHTA,
ROOP TECHNOLOGY, MUMBAI
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your web site ?Let me know at the earliest. |
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- Anil Yaduvanshi,
Zam Internation, Visakhapatnam
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dear sir,
Mr. Umang Mehta,Ankita Pandey Best Of Luck.
sent me pune branch office address and contact no. cell.
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- abhijit,
KETKI, SANGLI
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Keep it up good advise to Channel Start Saying no to Non profitable Business... There is immence opp & Customer who can value you.. Direct to Customer with value addition is going to be mantra for future Success. All the best ... |
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- Bimal Kumar,
Geonet India Pv, Vashi
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good |
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- vineet jain,
Teknomex Soluti, Dehradun
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By opening office at Trivandrun ROOP Networking products will not get any market share even after 5 yrs because here DLINK is very stong ! more over customers will take your product and will not pay, cheque bounce, you want to go for court for settlement more over 2 association will kill you asking money and they will play politicls a lot. more over cochin is the main market rather than Trivandrum here also want to stuggle a lot. Be prepare a Legal advicer ready to come also for collecting payaments some "Gundas". hence money will be collected. IT Association can do nothing in your payments they will loot your money in advance. REMEMBER ! |
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- observer,
AKMAD, ernakulam
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It is commendable. Value Added Solutions will be the trend in future course. Would like to meet you and update on Wireless LAN Technology which is the solutions endusers are deploying. Pl. give us your appointment. Cell No. 9892370021 |
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- P Laha,
SEJUTRONICS-(DL, Mumbai
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Umang ne lee apni umang mein udan aur roop ke roop ko aur nikar diya. Keep It Up Umang Mehta. All The Best |
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- Rajeeva K. Garg,
Unistal Systems, New Delhi
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Mr. Umang Mehta, keep it up and all the best |
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- Saravanan N,
Grandeur System, Chennai
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