The group's principal activity is to distribute specialty technology products and provide related e-logistics services. It markets and distributes products such as automatic data capture and point-of-sale products through its scansource sales unit, and business telephone equipment through its catalyst telecom sales team. The group's channelmax unit provides logistics services for customers who enter orders primarily over the Web. The group conducts its business under the trademarks and service marks 'scansource', 'catalyst telecom' and 'paracon'. Customers include manufacturers, value-added resellers and others in the specialty technology markets. The group operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin America and Europe.