Inca Computer of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Buys Micon to Customize
Laptops
Aug. 5 (Detroit Free Press/KRTBN)--Inca Computer Corp. has bought Micon
Computers to assemble custom-built laptop computers.
Bloomfield Hills-based Inca is owned by Waad Nadhir, who brought
CarChoice used-car superstores to Detroit. He now plans to do the same
for personal computers.
"We've not only acquired a line of laptop computers to add to our
desktop product mix," Nadhir said Monday, "but also inherited
experienced technical and sales personnel and an operations facility to
accommodate our future growth."
Inca will take over the Micon laptop plant in Livonia and expand it
from 12 to 60 employees. Nadhir said a second assembly plant will be
opened next year in either Memphis, Tenn., or Louisville, Ky. Federal
Express operates its main cargo hub out of Memphis and United Parcel
Service out of Louisville.
Inca stores eventually will be built in Birmingham, Northville,
Dearborn, Shelby Township and Troy, Nadhir said. Inca plans to open 300
stores in five years.
The 12,000- to 15,000-square-foot stores will be designed for
businesses seeking comprehensive services, as well as for the
experienced individual computer buyer looking for a built-to-order
computer with advanced capabilities.
Inca will try to distance itself from mail-order rivals Gateway and
Dell Computer. "Gateway and Dell are just hardware companies," Nadhir
said. "We're well beyond that. Our machines also use open architecture.
Theirs don't. That means our customers can plug in what they want, when
they want it. When a piece of one of our machines becomes obsolete,
customers can upgrade it easily. Gateway and Dell solder in components,
making upgrades very costly."
By Mike Brennan
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