9 July 2001, Lancashire based Quadra Solutions has won Zuken's European Distributor of the Year award in their first year of holding the franchise. The company beat 17 other European distributors and achieved the highest sales in the region for Zuken's CADSTAR printed circuit board design package.

Commenting on the award, Steve Dobson, Joint Managing Director at Quadra said:

"Quadra focuses firmly on the electronics industry and we offer a complete range of mechanical and electronics design software packages backed by consultancy and training. It's this one-stop-solution approach that has driven our rapid growth and helped us achieve such success with CADSTAR. Zuken have been very supportive throughout and we could not have reached the present level of business without a great product that they continue to invest in and develop."

Mark Thompson, head of Zuken's CADSTAR business unit commented:

"Quadra has been outstandingly successful and has been responsible for helping many customers migrate to Cadstar from competitors' products. Their in-depth knowledge of all aspects of mechanical and electronics design has helped them build strong and lasting relationships with our customers and they forecast further strong sales growth this year, particularly with the forthcoming introduction of CADSTAR 5.0."

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