Gates India organized its Annual Sales & Distributors Conference from March 23rd to 26th 2017 at Dusit Thani in Pattaya to strengthen its bonds with its business partners and show its appreciation for the efforts made by its channel partners in jointly serving the consumers.
This was the first-ever conference held under the umbrella of ‘One India Gates’ with the sales teams and distributors of Power Transmission and Fluid Power divisions coming together for the annual event
During the sales conference on the first day, Gates Business Mangers and Application Engineers shared the success of 2016, current opportunities and objectives for 2017 and the road map to reach the company’s goals for 2020. This was followed by the Distributor conference on the second day for which 33 of Gates’ top-performing distributors from across India were invited. Mr. TS Khoo, President East Asia & India, shared the Vision 2020 and Mr. Miyamoto Shuji-san, Representative Director Gates Unitta Asia Company from Japan, delved on the years of successful Industrial business at Japan, to be emulated in the region. Mr. Rajesh Bhandari, MD, Gates India, shared the company’s specific objectives for 2017 and articulated a goal of $150 million by 2020 in India. Distributors actively participated in the four break out groups, sharing their valuable feedback on specific initiatives. Top performing Associates and the Distributors were rewarded by the leadership.