Almo Named rAVe Publications Readers’ Choice for Favorite Distributor and Earned a Commercial Integrator BEST Award for Traveling E4 AV Tour
Philadelphia, PA — June 22, 2017 —Almo Professional A/V, North America’s largest professional audio visual distributor with global reach, earned multiple designations last week at InfoComm 2017, the AV industry’s most prominent trade show and conference.
For the fourth year in a row, Almo Professional A/V was named rAVe Publications Readers’ Choice Favorite Distributor. Nominations came solely from the AV community with more than 86,000 worldwide industry professionals voting for the final awards.
Also for the fourth year in a row, Almo Professional A/V received a Commercial Integrator Magazine BEST Award for its traveling E4 AV Tour. The BEST Awards are a yearly conglomeration of the most outstanding products and services impacting the commercial integration
industry. They were judged by an unbiased panel of a dozen credible industry leaders, along with the editors of Commercial Integrator, with special consideration given to innovation, functionality, competitive advantages and benefits to the installer.
“These awards are truly representative of the progression of our business since the Almo Professional A/V division was first announced at InfoComm eight years ago,” explained Melody Craigmyle, vice president of marketing for Almo Professional A/V. “Last year’s acquisition of IAVI, and our recent Hospitality Division and Almo Global announcements are just some of the ways we are continuing to expand to serve the needs of our resellers and integrators throughout the world. We are grateful to the industry professionals who voted for us – we plan to stay ahead of the curve, continuing to provide our partners with the products, services and education they need to stay profitable. What an incredible honor to receive these awards in front of the industry at a show as large and prestigious as
InfoComm.”
According to InfoComm International, attendance for the 2017 show reached a record-breaking 44,077, up 14 percent from 2016, with visitors representing 117 countries from around the world. Exhibitors spanned more than 545,00 net square feet of space, making it the biggest InfoComm ever.
About the E4 AV Tour
The E4 AV tour has traveled to cities around the country to provide product, technical and business training needs to thousands of resellers and installers while creating the ideal forum for professional networking. The E4 program offers AV professionals a full day of educational sessions worth InfoComm Renewal Units as well as exclusive access to the newest AV products and services. The tour resumes this fall with stops in New York on September 19 and Irvine on October 3.
About Almo Professional A/V
Almo Professional A/V is the nation’s largest professional audio visual distributor with forward-thinking product integration, training and education, managed services, and technical support capabilities. With highly skilled sales and business development manager teams, reseller education programs, distribution centers across the U.S. and carefully chosen product lines for the Pro A/V channel, Almo Professional A/V provides customers with the full distribution experience on a local and a personal level. Almo Professional A/V is a division of Almo Corp., the nation’s leading independent distributor of consumer electronics and major appliances. For more information about Almo Professional A/V, please call 888-420-2566 or go to www.almoproav.com. Almo Professional A/V can also be followed on Twitter at https://twitter.com/almoproav and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/almoproav.