1996 – Nowadays:
XS2 | Rene Eringaard
Sourcing & Branding

Taiwan | Republic of China

Sourcing Specialist | Business & Brand Consultant | ICT Business Professional

1996 – 2011:

XS2 Europe BV (Netherlands) 
Importer / exporter / distributor of CE & ICT products, components, peripherals.
 

I held following positions at XS2 Europe BV:
Founder | Majority Shareholder | CEO
 

Leading, motivating, managing the company in all its facets. 
Besides leading the company i was daily involved in sourcing, sales and marketing.
 

Achieved team goal which is proven and documented:
In 1996 XS2 Europe BV had 5 employees.
At it’s peak XS2 Europe BV had:
a: Yearly output of 12.000 notebooks and 25.000 desktop computers. 
b: 45+ employees.
c: € 35 million yearly sales turnover.
d: Activities in the Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Germany.
e: Between 1996 and 2011 XS2 Europe BV generated a total sales of € 314 million.
 

XS2 Europe BV imported, exported, distributed products of:
Acer Peripherals, A-Trend Technology, Epson, Ovislink-Airlive, Promise, AMD, Billion Electric, Gainward, Tatung, Umax, Clevo, Jetway, MSI Micro Star intl., Unifosa, FujiFilm, J&S, Lucky Star, Onstream, Raite, ViewSonic, Amoisonic, BenQ, Holux, PQI, Hitachi, ADATA, MIO, TomTom, Arima, QNAP, Twinmos, Intel, Microsoft, Mitac, Philips&Lite-On, AOC TPV, Proview, Patriot, Raidon, Topstar, Toshiba and many others.
 

XS2 Europe BV assembled it’s private label “Promedion” and "XXODD" desktop computers and notebooks.
XS2 Europe BV also distributed private labeled “Promedion” and "XXODD" monitors, external harddisks and other peripherals.
 

In 2010 I voluntarily decided to stop XS2 Europe BV's activities
 

This website displays printed marketing matter and digital marketing matter created under my supervision between 1996-2011.
It also shows awards received from leading manufacturers as AMD, Intel, Clevo, MSI, Hitachi, Microsoft and others.

I.C.P. International Computer Products (Netherlands)

Importer / exporter / distributor of CE & ICT products, components, peripherals.

I held following positions at I.C.P.:

Procurement | Product Manager | Sales | National Sales Manager

Besides my normal job activities I was responsible for:

Distribution of a bi-monthly published 32 pages full color magazine in Holland, Belgium and UK.

This magazine was written in Dutch, French and English language. It mentioned pricing of around 1000 products in 4 different currencies. 

I was the writer and editor of this magazine.

Achieved team goal:

In 1988 I.C.P. had 4 employees.

At it’s peak I.C.P. had:

a: Yearly output of 30.000 desktop computers. 

b: 70+ employees.

c: € 50 million yearly sales turnover.

d: Activities in the Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Germany.

I.C.P. imported, exported, distributed products of:

3M, Acer, Adaptec, AMD, Atasi, Buslogic, Cnet, Colorado Memory Systems, Conner, ComByte, Cyrix, Daewoo, Digiboard, Exabyte, Freecom, Fujitsu, Genoa, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell, Hyundai, Intel, Kyocera, Micropolis, Microsoft, MicroSolutions, Mitsubishi, NexGen(AMD), Novell, OKI, Plextor, Quantum, Qtronix, Qume(Wyse), Relisys, Rodime, Side, SMC, Sony, Soyo, SyQuest, Taxan, Tornado, Twinhead, Umax, Verbatim, Vicron Energy, Western Digital, Xlink, Y-E Data and many others.

During these years I.C.P. became a computer manufacturer/assembler with private label “Sky-Vision”

I.C.P. also distributed private labeled “Sky-Vision” monitors, mainboards, video-cards.

I.C.P. also distributed private labeled “Link-iT” networking products.

This website shows printed marketing matter created under my supervision for the company I.C.P. between 1991 until 1996.