SnapAV Announces Strategic Relationship with the Authorized Integrators Network (AIN), the Design and Installation Arm for GE Home Technologies
Charlotte, NC – September 29, 2009 – SnapAV, a manufacturer of more than 700 high-quality products for the custom audio-video channel, today announced a strategic relationship with the Authorized Integrators Network (AIN), a group of 100 residential electronics dealers authorized to integrate products from GE Home Technologies and its manufacturing partners.
AIN Group operates as a single source for all integration needs including structured wiring, security and fire, surveillance, controlled access, audio-video, and central vac, filling an untapped, high-potential niche in the new-construction residential and commercial marketplaces. By partnering with industry leaders in low-voltage technology, AIN offers builders and buyers a “total solution� to integration.
AIN will offer SnapAV as a preferred AV solutions provider for their National Developer & Builder Program. Available to AIN are SnapAV’s Episode™ Amplifiers, Acoustical Treatments and Power Products; Dragonfly™ Film Screens; Strong™ Mounts & Racks; Binary™ Cables, Compression Connectors, Baluns, Bulk Wire and Tools; Old Camden™ CineCabinets.
Speaking of the relationship, SnapAV President Jay Faison said, “We are proud to bring our products to AIN dealers and in doing so join respected manufacturer partners such as GE Security, HP/Dirt Devil, Klipsch, Sony, Control4 and Legrand (to name a few).�
�We are excited about our relationship with SnapAV,� said Stan Matysiak, AIN Group President, adding, “The overall quality of SnapAV’s products coupled with aggressive pricing and great customer service will be very beneficial to our authorized dealer base.�
For all SnapAV media inquiries, please contact Paul Muto at paul@mutocomm.com or via phone at 631.849.4301.
About SnapAV
Established in 2005 by Jay Faison, the owner of Zobo.tv, a custom integration company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, SnapAV is a manufacturer and exclusive source of nearly 700 high-quality products for the custom A/V channel, covering a wide breadth of categories.
From the outset, SnapAV’s business model has been focused on enabling dealers to increase profitability in 3 distinct ways:
• Saving dealers money by providing comparably performing products across key custom A/V categories that significantly reduce dealer’s cost of goods
• Protecting dealer margins by implementing price-protection policies and zero-tolerance
Internet sales policies
• Simplifying dealers operations through best-in-class online ordering, installer-friendly
product designs and customer service policies
Current SnapAV product brands include Episodeâ„¢ Speakers, Amplifiers, Acoustical Treatments and Power Products; Dragonflyâ„¢ Film Screens; Strongâ„¢ Mounts & Racks; Binaryâ„¢ Cables, Compression Connectors, Baluns, Bulk Wire and Tools; Old Camdenâ„¢ CineCabinets and Wirepathâ„¢ Structured Wiring. www.snapav.com.
About AIN
Authorized Integrators Network (AIN) is the building industry’s only complete low-voltage program. Enhancing homes and workplaces with a comprehensive line of electronic products from the most recognized brands in the world today, we help our clients meet what has become a universal demand in the residential and commercial marketplaces—integration of the newest, and most state-of-the-art in low-voltage technology.
To succeed in this, we’ve committed to offering for our Dealers:
• Semi-exclusive product lines
• Proprietary marketing advantages
• Professional training
• National account focus
• A sales force dedicated to the residential and commercial builders’ industry
• The direct involvement of the building industry and its affiliated organizations
We’re also the power behind GE Home Technologies, a new-residential building program of unprecedented brand leverage and competitive pricing packages. We’ve simplified integration for the builder by presenting all low-voltage systems in a single, turnkey program.
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