Tornado eyes double revenues

Domestic IT&C equipment dealer Tornado Sistems intends to boost its revenues by more than 50% in 2005 to a total of 120 million dollars (92.3 million euros), up from the 76 million dollars (60 million euros) of last year. “The strongest growth in sales will come from laptops, digital cameras, 17″ and 19″ LCD monitors and networking equipment,” said Ioan Cusa, chief executive of Tornado Sistems. He also expects sales of the company”s own label computers, Kinetix, to exceed 25,000 units. These computers are aimed at companies and professional users. The Kinetix range, says Cusa, which includes multimedia products as well as computers and LCD monitors, is also expected to expand. Tornado is also present on the Bulgarian market, where it opened a branch in 1999 from which it generates about 10% of its total revenues. ZF