Conner Peripherals Inc has fired its European master distributor, Peripherals Europe GmbH and is taking over direct distribution of its products to European distributors. Escom GmbH, Peripherals Europe’s parent, signed an OEM agreement with Conner to buy disk drives for use in Escom products over five years; separately, Conner said that it will open a new European logistics centre alongside its manufacturing facility in Irvine, Scotland.