Services     CAD Connections can provide assistance to its clients with following types of services: International Direct Sales. CAD Connections with its Principal Consultant, Ben Franklin, has a very wide network of customer contacts and successful direct sales to the major electronic and IC manufacturers in the international market. CAD Connections can leverage this contact and experience base for quick sales results for suppliers entering or wanting to expand in the international market. International Master Distributor. CAD Connections can be an International master distributor for a supplier and resell the supplier's products through both direct sales and its network of local-country distributors. In this case, all local-country distribution contracts are between the local-country distributor and CAD Connections. CAD Connections also manages the marketing communications programs with the distributors, supplier sales forecast process and actively assists the local country distributors in their day-to-day sales activities. High-tech Supplier Sales. Suppliers desiring an early market penetration in International markets are provided with a service consisting of the selection and support of local distributors and direct sales to major accounts. CAD Connections acts as a  contract International sales manager for the supplier, negotiating distribution and customer agreements, and making sales in behalf of the supplier. CAD Connections assists the local country distributors in their day-to-day sales activities, with frequent on-site visits and constant contact with the sales channel partners are the normal operating procedure. Supplier Market Expansion Projects. Suppliers looking to expand their existing International sales can be provided assistance in sales channel strategy, International market development programs and local-country distributor selection on a consulting project basis. International and local country distributors.  Distributors are assisted by CAD Connections in locating and negotiating local representation for leading-edge products for their product portfolios. Ongoing support and liaison with suppliers are provided for assisting in distributor portfolio additions.