Paiste America Appoints KMC Music to Serve as its Sole United States Distribution Partner

Strengthening a percussion portfolio that already includes Gibraltar, Latin Percussion, Remo, Toca, Vater, and Vic Firth, KMC Music (www.kmcmusic.com) today announced that it has been appointed to serve as the sole United States distribution partner of Paiste America (www.paiste.com), one of the world’s most renowned lines of cymbals, hand cymbals, and gongs that includes the iconic Paiste 2002 Series and the highly respected Paiste Signature Series.

“The addition of Paiste to our already extensive percussion portfolio reinforces our position as the MI retailer’s only true one-stop source for all of their percussion needs,” KMC Music Vice President of Merchandising Roger Hart emphasized today.  “We are proud to be able to offer our customers the cymbals used by artists that include Stewart Copeland, Nicko McBrain, Ian Paice, and Alex Van Halen, among many, many others.” 

The success of Paiste can be directly attributed to the core philosophy that underlies all of its product development programs.  “As a family business, we have always been driven by the goal to constantly create new sounds with cymbals, gongs, and bronze percussion instruments that meet the unique needs of drummers and percussionists,” explained Paiste CEO Erik Paiste.  “And now, with the help of KMC Music’s extensive in-field sales, merchandising, and support teams, the Paiste line of cymbals and gongs is going to be more immediately available to the largest network of MI retailers in the world’s largest MI retail marketplace.” Key house accounts will continue to be served by Paiste America and its own sales team.

“Experimentation, integration, and revolution are all a normal part of the Paiste product development effort,” Erik Paiste continued.  “The art of percussion has evolved to a point where the technical and musical components that go into creating ‘sound’ have reached unprecedented new heights.  Today’s drummers and percussionists speak many musical languages and actively perform in several genres.  Paiste is committed to keeping up with these trends and, as a result, our product line today meets more musical styles and needs than ever before.” 

WHOOSH! Screen Shine Now Available from Roam Mobility

Three-year old Canadian company’s all natural screen cleaner strengthens its North American distribution network with addition of leading Canadian provider of talk, text, and data services for Canadian travelers. 

WHOOSH! Inc., the three-year old start-up that is leading the screen cleaning industry and promoting the importance of tech hygiene, today announced that its next-generation screen cleaner, WHOOSH! Screen Shine, is now being offered by Vancouver, British Columbia Roam Mobility (www.roammobility.com), one of Canada’s leading providers to talk, text, and data services for Canadian travelers.

“We are very pleased to add Roam Mobility to our growing network of North American resellers,” WHOOSH! Inc. CEO Jason Greenspan said today.  “Roam Mobility is prepaid wireless company that offers its customers unlimited talk, text, and data plans for Canadians travelling in the USA - to avoid expensive roaming charges. They totally understand the importance of practicing regular tech hygiene and they are now making WHOOSH! Screen Shine available to their customers from their online store.”

The addition of Roam Mobility comes less than two months after opening distribution in 2,500 Walmart stores.  Other partners include Apple stores, Target Canada, Staples Canada, Canadian Tire, and Shoppers Drug Mart stores.  “We are proud to say that WHOOSH! Screen Shine is now available at more than 5,000 retail locations throughout North America.”

WHOOSH! Screen Shine is the next generation screen cleaner that is made with non-toxic and biodegradable surfactants instead of with harsh chemicals that can damage mobile devices and pose a threat to health. Leveraging the latest advancements in formula development, WHOOSH! was specifically developed to be a safe yet powerful cleaning solution that not only cleans any screen but makes them shine like new while leaving an ultra-thin invisible coating that provides a resistance to dirt build-up, smudges, and fingerprints.  WHOOSH! does not contain alcohol, acids, ammonia, chlorine, petroleum distillates, phosphates or volatile organic compounds. 

WHOOSH! Screen Cleaner made its debut at CES 2014 where it became the only screen and device cleaner to be awarded two coveted CES Innovations Design & Engineering Awards.