Creative Labs (Ireland) Ltd .
European Operations and Technical Centre
Ballycoolin Business Park,
Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, Ireland
Tel: +353 (1) 820 6444 Fax: +353 (1) 820 5052
BBS: +353 (1) 820 3784/820 3818
Creative Labs (Ireland) Ltd, also known as Creative's European Operations and Technical Centre (EOTC), is the manufacturing plant and technical support base for Europe. This European distribution hub is where Creative's products are customised for the various European languages and then duplicated and assembled for distribution. Officially opened in July 1995, the EOTC is built on a 5-acre site with a 100,000 sq. ft. facility in Blanchardstown, a suburb situated north west of Dublin. This office sees an interesting cosmopolitan mix of staff from French, Spanish to Irish and English, providing multi-lingual, pan-european technical support to Creative's customers throughout Europe.
For efficient sales & marketing management of Creative's widespread European subsidiaries, the continent is divided into 3 regions - Northern, Central and Southern regions - with Creative Labs (UK) Ltd., located at Unit 2 Ruscombe Business Park, acting as the European headquarters.
Northern Region includes United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Baltic States.
Creative Labs (UK) Ltd
Unit 3, The Pavilions, Ruscombe Business Park,
Ruscombe, Berkshire, RG10 9NN, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1734-344 322 Fax: +44 (0) 1734-828 270
BBS: +44 (0) 1743-344 080
Note: The (0) is generally ignored for international calls into United Kingdom
As Creative's European headquarters, Creative Labs (UK) Ltd. is located in the small rural village of Ruscombe, about 35 miles from London. Creative Labs UK has 2 separate teams located at Unit 2 and Unit 3 in Ruscombe Business Park. Unit 2 houses the European senior management and staff who are responsible for the regional operations in marketing, legal and administration, MIS and developers' relations. The other team that is housed in Unit 3 comprises mainly of sales & marketing staff who oversees UK and Ireland, covering the responsibilities from distribution, OEM, retail/dealer support to technical marketing, channel marketing and marketing communications
Creative Labs A/S
V¢lundsvej 6A, DK-3400 Hiller¢d, Denmark.
Tel: +45 (48) 244 322 Fax: +45 (48) 244 323
Creative Labs (Sweden)
Spånga Center, Box 129, Stormbyvägen 2-4,
163 29 Spånga, Sweden
Tel: +46 (8) 795 7830 Fax: +46 (8) 795 7835
Creative Labs, A/S and Creative Labs (Sweden) are the Nordic offices based in Denmark and Sweden respectively. Key functions at these locations include local sales and marketing support for distributors and key resellers/retail accounts. The Danish office, situated in North Sealand, near Fredericksburg Castle, has a team of 9 people to cover Denmark, Iceland and Norway. The newly-opened Swedish office, 15 minutes from Central Sweden, is manned by a team of sales staff covering Sweden and the Baltic states.
Central Region includes Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovania, Romania and Poland
Creative Labs, GmbH
Feringastrasse 6, 85774 München-Unterföhring, Germany
Tel: +49 (89) 992 871-0 Fax: +49 (89) 992 871-22
Creative Labs, GmbH started operations on 1 April 1994. The office is located in Unterföhring, a north-eastern suburb of Munich and is situated at the midpoint between the city and the airport. As the local sales office for the Central Region, this office, with its current staff of 19 people, provides marketing and technical support to distributors and retailers for Central and Eastern Europe.
Southern Region includes France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Malta, and Cyprus.
Creative Labs, SA
Les Manèges, 12 avenue du Général de Gaulle
78000 Versailles, France
Tel: +33 (1) 3920 8600 Fax: +33 (1) 3920 8606
Creative Labs, SA is the main office for the Southern region. It is located in Versailles, close to famed Louis XIV Palace. The French office is equipped to handle the sales and marketing activities for France and to co-ordinate activities in the other southern regional offices.
Creative Labs SL
Constitución 3-3ro/2da, Edificio Diagonal 2,
08960 Saint Just Desvern, Barcelona, Spain
Tel: +34 (3) 499 0926 Fax: +34 (3) 499 0811
Creative Labs SL (Spain) was set up in October 1995 to oversee the sales, marketing and distributor support for Spain and Portugal. It is conveniently located in an office building that is near the city and about 15 minutes away from the airport.
Creative Labs N.V.
Regent Building Uitbreidingsstraat 46 - Box 5,
B-2600 Berchem, Belgium
Tel: +32 (3) 281 3570 Fax: +32 (3) 281 3580
Creative Labs, N.V. is located in Antwerp, Belgium. This office is
responsible for the Sales and Marketing activities in Belgium, Netherlands,
and Luxembourg.
Creative Labs s.r.l.
Strada 4 Palazzo A/3,
Assago Milanofiori 20090,
Milano, Italy
Tel: +39 (0) 2-5751 0774 Fax: +39 (0) 2-5750 0768
The latest to join the Creative European family on 1 March
1996, this Italian office setup will oversee sales and marketing in Italy.
Australia
Creative Pacific Pty. Ltd.
32-34 Dickson Avenue, Artarmon, NSW 2064 Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 9906 8887 Fax: +61 (2) 9906 5577
BBS: +61 (2) 9906 8392
Technical Support Hotline: +61 (2) 9906 1544 Fax: +61 (2) 9906 2388
Korea
Creative Technology Korea Ltd
5th FL, 32-11, 3ka Chungjung ro, Seodacmun-ku,
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Tel: +82 (2) 3149 4920 Fax: +82 (2) 365 4044