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A Wichita company specializing in assembling and selling personal computers and servers to the education and retail markets says it expects to increase its sales by 50 percent and add 25 more employees, doubling its work force.
The owners of Cybertron International Inc., a seven-year-old firm operating out of an 18,000-square-foot building at 1122 E. Osie, say they expect sales to increase by $5 million and employment to top 50 by year's end as they expand their market.
That expansion will focus on selling its Cybertron-branded desktop PCs, servers and service to companies.
"We're finally at the point in our business that we can focus our energy on local business," says Emad Mekhail, one of three partners in Cybertron, which posted sales of nearly $10 million in 2003 and employs 25.
'A small Dell'
Ahmed Aziz and Shadi Marcos started the company in January 1997 with $5,000 from their savings.
They set up shop in a two-room suite at the American Financial Center at Kellogg and Rock Road with a single product offering - a $999 PC system.
At the time, they say, most new personal computer systems were priced well above $1,000,
They say well-known makers of personal computers like Dell, IBM and Gateway were making high...