Since we started selling the CorelDraw Graphics Suite, we have also been keeping in touch with the customers that purchased the box sets to ensure that the software works for them; to the extent that we’ve made our sales and marketing personnel available to help customers with anything they need to do in Coreldraw. In addition our sales personnel have been making notes of the challenges that most customers have with using CorelDraw and have been feeding that information to the marketing department . After selling Coreldraw for a full year, we collated the information gathered over that period and drew the conclusion that most owners of the CorelDraw Graphics Suite have 2 problems in common:

• They run out of hard-drive space quickly because they store all the Corel clipart and their designs on their hard-drives for easy access.
• They struggle to either find proper graphics; or vectorise and redraw downloaded and scanned graphics for use in their design work.

As a solution and to prevent our future buyers of the CorelDraw software from experiencing the same challenges, we have made a package deal available for signage & graphics professionals. From 7 December 2009 until 31 January 2010 all buyers of the Coreldraw Graphics Suite X4 will get either a Buffalo Ministation Lite 320GB External Hard Drive or a Wacom A6 Bamboo Pen Tablet for FREE!

CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4 lets you tackle creative graphics and design projects with confidence. It has precision tools, market-leading file compatibility and high-quality content that helps you turn your creative ideas into professional results: from distinctive logos and signs, to striking marketing materials and eye-catching web graphics.

The MiniStation Lite Portable USB 2.0 320GB Hard Drive is a compact, lightweight and portable storage solution. Store, back-up and transport digital images, music and other files without taking up space on your PC’s hard drive. It comes in 3 colours to match your personal style, Crystal Black and Pearl White. Its Memeo™ AutoSync software automatically syncs your MiniStation with your PC or Mac, ensuring your back-up files are always kept up to date.

The Bamboo Pen A6 Tablet has a pen that turns your computer into the ultimate editing tool and gives you the ability to paint, draw, edit, and personalize your documents with handwritten notes, sketches, and doodles. The ergonomically-designed pen fits comfortably in your hand, and the tablet’s textured work surface makes you feel like you’re working with a pen on paper.

Whether your challenge is STORE or DRAW, the solution is HERE – NOW.

This offer is valid from Sytech Supplies from 7 December 2009 until 31 January 2010 or While stocks last.

In 2003 the company set up a national distributor network that ensures their products and services reach every major city in South Africa. Technicians travel extensively to maintain, repair and service equipment sold by Sytech Supplies. However, despite all the travelling and nationwide shipping of products, the Sytech Supplies brand remained pretty much a Durban-based one.

All that is changing in December 2009, when Sytech Supplies opens its first branch outside Durban – in Port Elizabeth.

In a move toward building a truly South African signage and graphics suplier brand, Sytech Supplies has just taken the first of several step in that direction. “From December the beautiful coastal city of Port Elizabeth will be our second home”. says Arthur Van Wyk, Sytech’s head of Brand Marketing. He jokingly adds that the reason for going to Port Elizabeth first (as opposed to Johannesburg) is because “it’s windy there and we hope that wind will blow us to the rest of the country”.

The new Sytech Supplies offices will open on 1 December 2009. Managing this new branch is Colin Rishworth (pictured). Colin is himself a signs & graphics veteran who has been active in the industry since 1988. Colin, like many big names in the industry, started out as the guy that sold you a machine and also the guy that fixed and serviced it. Colin and his staff are just as excited as the Durban-based contingent about this move.

When asked about the company’s expansion plans, CEO Malcolm Groger reckoned: “Sytech Supplies has a vast number of customers around South Africa using the company’s products, and to improve our service levels and value offering to these customers we decided to open in Port Elizabeth in December and in Johannesburg early in the new year”.

For orders and enquiries, Sytech Supplies Port Elizabeth can be contacted on 041 360 2760 or sales@sytechsupplies.com