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Follow on Google News | CONTEXT: Printer Unit Shipments up +9% year-on-year for Western Europe in Q1 2014Furthermore, Western Europe unit shipments also grew by +10% year-on-year with the UK and Spain Printer Hardware shipments increasing by +31% and +28% respectively. Laser and Inkjet Multi-Format Printers (MFPs) contributed to the UK growth; meanwhile, Spain saw positive double-digit growth in all categories. The strongest Printer Hardware shipments were seen in Middle East and Africa with a growth of +20%, boosted by double-digit Laser and Inkjet MFP shipments in UAE and Saudi Arabia. Turkey also saw a Printer Hardware increase of +8% in Q1 2014. In contrast, unit shipments to Central and Eastern Europe decreased by -4% year-on-year in Q1 2014 where Russia, the largest market in the region, registered -1% year-on-year decline for the period. “The majority of Western European countries registered positive year-on-year unit shipments growth in Q1 2014, driven mostly by multifunction laser and inkjet technology printers”, said Zivile Brazdziunaite, Austria 37% Belgium 10% Denmark 11% Finland 9% France 1% Germany -1% Greece 8% Ireland 51% Italy 13% Netherlands 7% Norway 12% Portugal -6% Spain 28% Sweden 1% Switzerland 3% UK 31% About CONTEXT Headquartered in London with over 150 staff in 15 countries, CONTEXT specialises in tracking technology sales and pricing across the globe. Supported by the largest Distribution Channel Sales Database in the world, CONTEXT tracks Channel sales in most countries across EMEA where we are official data partners with all members of the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC). CONTEXT reports and services enable our customers to assess their business operations in the light of actual sell out figures, and make business critical decisions based on hard data. Follow us on Twitter: @contextworld.com or visit our website: www.contextworld.com Media contacts Funda Cizgenakad Funda@contextworld.com Tel: +44 7876 616 246 End
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