Global company puts trust in local management: TOSHIBA TEC appoints Klaus Smets General Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Krefeld, October 1 2009 – TOSHIBA TEC today announced that Klaus Smets has been named General Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The appointment is effective immediately.

Klaus will lead the company’s growth in Europe’s key market region by driving clients’ sales, marketing and business development activities for its three divisions: Retail, Auto ID & Printing and Services. He takes over the helm from Nobuhiko Takao who has been appointed CEO and President TOSHIBA TEC Europe and who is now based in Brussels.

“The appointment of a European at the head of a regional sales office underlines the drive to focus and to strengthen the regional and local knowledge in the organisation by TOSHIBA TEC,” Klaus Smets said. “The connection between leading edge technology and deep understanding of local market requirements is a key ingredient for market growth. My focus will be to bring new ideas and innovation to the company’s regional business development efforts to ensure that our customers come first, all the time.”

Klaus (44) is a 20-year veteran of the company and most recently served as the Auto ID & Printing Division director for Central and Eastern Europe and the Nordics.

About TOSHIBA TEC Europe

TOSHIBA TEC Europe (TERIS) manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of point of sale systems, cash registers, scales, barcode printers, peripherals and software information systems throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. As a total solution provider, TOSHIBA TEC Europe offers a complete package from consulting and system design to system installation, operation and maintenance.
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium TERIS has three divisions: the Retail division; the Auto ID division and the Services division.
TOSHIBA TEC is an independent operating company of Toshiba Corporation, the seventh largest electronics/electrical equipment company and the world's 91st largest company in terms of sales. Ranked by Fortune magazine as the eighth Most Admired Electronics Company in the World, Toshiba Corporation is a world leader in high technology products with more than 300 major subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Fiscal year revenue in 2008 was approximately $67.9 billion.
For more information on TOSHIBA TEC point of sale systems, cash registers, scales, barcode printers, peripherals and software information systems, or for a dealer in your area, call +44 (0)870 890 7200 or visit the TERIS web site at www.toshibatec-eu.co.uk.

For media enquiries please contact:

TOSHIBA TEC Europe Retail Information Systems - UK Operations
Contact: Becky Viccars
Campus 300, Spring Way
Maylands Avenue
Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP2 7GG
United Kingdom
Tel: 0870 890 7200
Fax: 0870 890 7350
E- mail: marketing@toshibatec-eu.co.uk.

Unless otherwise specified and/or credited all images, artwork, text and graphics, logos and logotypes are the copyright and/or trademark of the respective owners. All rights reserved.