AEI AND CRC SET UP SERVICE VENTURE IN EUROPE

   AEI and CRC Group, a repair service company for the computer and telecommunications industries, have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture in Europe.
   The joint venture will provide to computer and telecommunications manufacturers "service management" and logistics services from a single source. The services offered will include repair and replacement, inventory and logistics management across Europe.
   AEI and CRC said that the service will be launched officially early next year.
   CRC has over 400 employees at seven sites in Europe and provides repair management of over 800,000 high-tech electronics and telecommunications products each year.
   CRC said that it shares many of the same customers in the high-tech and telecommunications industries with AEI.