Established in 1979, the Midwich Group is a specialist audio visual distributor to the trade market, with operations across UK and Ireland, EMEA, Asia-Pacific and North America. The Group's long-standing relationships with over 600 vendors, including blue-chip organisations, support a comprehensive product portfolio across major audio visual categories such as displays, projectors, technical AV, broadcast, professional audio, lighting and unified communications. The Group operates as the sole or largest in-country distributor for a number of its vendors in their respective product sets. The Directors attribute this position to the Group's technical expertise, extensive product knowledge and strong customer service offering built up over a number of years. The Group has a large and diverse base of over 20,000 customers, most of which are professional AV integrators and IT resellers serving sectors such as corporate, education, retail, residential and hospitality. The Group prides itself on its trade only status with the majority of products used by commercial and educational establishments rather than end-user consumers, it believes that the majority of its products are used by commercial and educational establishments rather than consumers. Initially a UK only distributor, the Group now has over 1,000 employees across the UK and Ireland, EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific. A core component of the Group's growth strategy is further expansion of its international operations and footprint into strategically targeted jurisdictions.