RRC Group

RRC is a distributor of corporate data storage and transmission systems, as well as solutions in the field information security with offices in,, To Moscow St. Petersburg Almaty, Baku and some other cities. Until 2016, the company had offices in East. To Europe

For 2016, the RRC has 4 directions:

• RRC Infrastructure - servers, storage and uninterruptible power supply systems,
• RRC Networking - network equipment and IP technologies,
• RRC Security - Information Security and
• RRC Identification - automatic data identification and speed printing.

Performance indicators

2016

In 2016, RRC revenue amounted to 28.316 billion rubles, a decrease of 18.2% compared to 2015. In the ranking " TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia" at the end of 2016, RRC took 11th place.

2015

In 2015, RRC revenue amounted to $590 million, and EBITDA - $18 million. Annual growth of 30.2%. The company's revenue amounted to 34,616,344 thousand rubles. (26,579,047 thousand rubles in 2014). The output for each employee according to the data for 2015 amounted to 53,256 thousand rubles (40,890 thousand rubles according to the data for 2014).

History

2023: IBM's Russian subsidiary will pay 31.1 million rubles for refusing to serve Linux in the Central Bank of the Russian Federation

On March 24, 2023, it became known that the Russian structure of the American company IBM, by a court decision, would have to return more than 30 million rubles for refusing to provide prepaid technical support services to the Central Bank. Read more here.

2020: TAdviser interview with the director of the office in the North-West Vasily Gorbenko

In June 2020, Vasily Gorbenko, director of the RRC office in the North-West, in an interview with TAdviser, spoke about the opening and operation of the Cisco equipment demonstration site in St. Petersburg. Read more here.

2018: Limited sales of Microsoft software due to sanctions

In January 2018, it became known that Russian Microsoft distributors, including RRC, imposed restrictions on the sale of software due to US sanctions. Read more here.

2016: European business sold to Ingram Micro

On February 12, 2016, it became known about the sale of the European business to the RRC Group. With the proceeds, the Russian IT distributor intends to create a cloud platform.

RRC sold its Eastern European division to the American IT distributor Ingram Micro, Vedomosti wrote, citing reports from two companies. The financial side of the transaction is not disclosed.

Ingram Micro buys RRC Group's European business. Analysts estimate the deal at $50 million

According to Ingram Micro, the company acquired business in Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Czech Republic, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Albania from RRC, which will allow it to significantly strengthen its position in these countries and earn an additional $250 million in annual revenue. In 2014, Ingram Micro's revenue amounted to $46.5 billion, net profit - $266.7 million.

As the founder and shareholder of RRC Konstantin Sidorov told the publication, in 2015, the European division, according to preliminary data, accounted for 45% of the company's revenue, which reached $590 million. When asked why the RRC decided to get rid of the business, which brings foreign exchange earnings, Sidorov replied that the company received a profitable offer and at the same time a partner.

According to him, the lion's share of the funds that RRC will receive from the sale of European assets is planned to be used for business development Russia in the CIS. In addition to IT equipment, the company intends to distribute cloud, software for example, products, and Microsoft, IBM and Cisco Ingram Micro will become a strategic partner of RRC in this project, Konstantin Sidorov said.

Raiffeisen Bank analyst Sergei Libin estimates the European RRC business at $50 million, based on the company's estimate of six annual EBITDA indicators (in 2015 amounted to $18 million, Sidorov says).

2014: Revenue of $689 million, in Russia 51% of revenues

In 2014, RRC revenue amounted to 26.6 billion rubles, including VAT, or $689 million at the average annual exchange rate. Russia brought the company 51% of revenue, Kazakhstan and Ukraine - 2% each.

2013: Turnover of $558 million

In 2013, the most successful and actively developing areas in the RRC Group business were:

• RRC Data Transfer (share in total turnover 39%),
• RRC Data Storage (25% share in total turnover),
• RRC Data Capture (21% share of total turnover),
• RRC Data Security (share in total turnover 14%).

The most productive representative offices of the company in terms of profitability were the Russian, Polish and Hungarian offices. The total annual profit growth, including all divisions, amounted to 23% with a turnover of $558 million.

2012

Sales volume $585 million

The group's sales for 2012 amounted to $585 million. At the same time, the EBITDA indicator (an analytical indicator equal to the amount of profit before deduction of expenses on the payment of taxes, interest and accrued depreciation) amounted to $21 million. According to the results for the previous year, these indicators amounted to $470 and $15 million, respectively.

The structure of partner channel 2012 was as follows:

• corporate resellers (42%),
• system integrators (30%),
• service providers (15%),
• telecom integrators (10%),
• telecom resellers (3%).

In 2012, the ThinkLink e-commerce project successfully developed - 25% of all orders were carried out through the electronic B2B portal, 30% of the company's customers worked through ThinkLink, the turnover through ThinkLink amounted to 13% of total sales.

Opening of offices in Romania, Croatia, Belarus and Turkmenistan

In 2012, the geography of the RRC Group's presence was expanded - new offices and representative offices were opened in Romania, Croatia, Belarus and Turkmenistan. The distribution contract of Cisco Systems was expanded for Croatia, Belarus and Turkmenistan.

The RRC group of companies announced in October 2012 the opening of the office of Romania. The new branch is part of the company's large-scale business development plan in Central and Eastern. With the To Europe opening of an official office in Romania, the distributor will be able to provide services at the local level, taking into account the specific needs of its local partners. The Romanian office is entrusted with the task of sales, logistics, financial support, interaction with partners and service support. The RRC assortment portfolio Romania includes infrastructure solutions, means of automatic identification, data collection from leading vendors. IBM AvayaСреди них: , , Motorola Solutions, Motorola Mobility, Zebra Technologies, Datalogic, Datamax-O’Neil, Cambium Networks, Corning Cable Systems и Xplore Technologies.

All existing and future RRC partners Romania are given the opportunity to transact through an electronic directory (which also operates in other Central and Eastern countries Europe where the RRC is present). This unique system was created to encourage partners, receiving special prices by them, including directly from the manufacturer. The system also provides warranty service and equipment replacement.

2011: Revenue in 26 countries $371 million

At the end of 2011, the revenue of the RRC Group of Companies amounted to $371 million, with sales in 26 countries.

2007: Palm IMC joins RRC

In 2007, the RRC included the Palm IMC structure, doing business in 24 more countries, including Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and Israel.