April, 2003. MICE Technical Graphics has won Zuken’s CADSTAR Distributor of the Year (2002/3) award for the second consecutive year, beating 11 other distributors to the accolade. CADSTAR is Zuken’s PC-based front-to-back solution for PCB design.

Terry Holding, Managing Director at MICE said:
“The strategy we developed last year of maintaining a high profile with our existing installed client base helped us once again to maximise repeat business. Pro-active technical support, product training and a series of Technology Days encouraged our clients to buy more CADSTAR seats or upgrade to the higher level products.

As a result, both strong repeat business and new customer orders have contributed to sales this year with the productivity improvements in CADSTAR 6.0 creating a great deal of interest for the future.”

Jeroen Leinders, Zuken’s European CADSTAR Distribution Manager commented:
“MICE is a remarkably able company that has once again demonstrated its commitment to CADSTAR customers and reaped the rewards as a result. They have partnered with Zuken for over 20 years and have sold every version of CADSTAR since its introduction, so their expertise and ability to support customers is best-in-class. Once again, they have achieved the highest sales of any distributor in Europe and we’re delighted to acknowledge the fact with this award.”

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About Zuken:
Established in 1976, Zuken provides solutions that maximize the efficiency of the design and manufacturing processes of electronics companies. Zuken holds a global share of the PCB/MCM/HIC software market in the field of electronic design automation (EDA). Listed on Level 1 of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the company is headquartered in Japan and has development, sales and support centres in 10 countries including the US, Germany, UK and France. Zuken's customers include the world's top 30 electronics manufacturers from automotive to aerospace, communications to consumer electronics, and medical to military.