C@rapelli Limited

	Carapelli Limited was founded in April of 1983 in Taiwan as a general merchandise export company. By 1987 Carapelli's export turnover had grown quite rapidly and the company's operations required the purchase of a large office in the heart of Taiwan's capital. By 1986 Carapelli was exporting various computer parts to Canada and India including computer casings, power supplies, motherboards & additional addon peripherals. By 1991 the company had started exporting notebooks from every OEM manufacturer under the Impulse brand moniker to Canada In 1987 Carapelli expanded its operations to Hong Kong (Espee Limited.) and Bangkok (Ashirwad International) in a move to expand the company's market share in general merchandise and computers. By 1997 the group's turnover had exceeded USD 50 Million and was still growing. In 1994 Carapelli further expanded its operations to the lucrative market of the United Arab Emirates by opening two import facilities: 1. Carapelli Trading L.L.C. dealing in general merchandise and 2. Carapelli Computers, dealing in IT products. Carapelli Computers was started at very prominent location on Khalid Bin Walid Street with both a retail and wholesale strategy. Amongst Carapelli Computers' top local suppliers are:
		1. Emitac (HP) 2. Al Futtaim (Toshiba) 3. Jumbo Electronics (Compaq/Acer) 4. Ashley L.L.C. (Creative) 5. TechData (Intel and Microsoft) 6. Aptec Gulf (Microsoft & HDDs) 7. National Trading (Canon) 8. Redingon ME (Compaq/Acer) 9. Al Masa Distribution (BenQ)
	Added to this list, HP has appointed Carapelli as Business Partners along with Microsoft'st appointment of Carapelli as Retail Partners. Apart from carrying every tier 1 brand notebook Carapelli has it own PC assembly division with PCs assembled under the Impulse brand name. One of Carapelli's major strengths is our vast selection of notebook and PC accessories import and exported through our Taiwan Headquarters. We are the exclusive agents for a multitude of manufacturers.
	In the year 2001, Carapelli once again expanded its operations by establishing a large retail and wholesale presence in the U.A.E.'s premier computer mall, Computer Plaza (Al-Ain Center). Added to this, in the year 2002 Carapelli created two more branch locations at the Jebel Ali Freezone port and in Abu Dhabi. The former being for exports to the whole of the Middle East and the latter was established in order to gain a larger retail and wholesale presence within the U.A.E.'s capital.