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1992 |
Opened its doors in Buffalo Grove, Illinois selling Toshiba.
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1993 |
Opened a second office in Chicago Loop.
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1994 |
Opened a third office in Westmont, a Xerox production print company.
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1996 |
Opened a fourth office in Des Plaines.
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1997 |
Named by INC Magazine as one of 500 fastest growing companies in the Nation, ranking 219.
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1998
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Moved Corporate headquarters from Buffalo Grove to McHenry, where IMAGETEC Corporate now resides.
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2000 |
Acquired Nationwide Technologies.
Moved Westmont facility to Naperville.
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2001 |
Implemented an Automated Dispatch System (OMD), CRM tool for sales teams and PDA’s for service technicians.
Spearheaded graphics color sales in our channel.
Waste Recycling Program begins – implemented cardboard waste recycling program which equals approximately 1000 bin yards per year.
Awarded Konica Minolta’s Fastest Growing Dealer in Midwest.
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2003 |
Awarded Best Company to Work for by the Northwest Herald.
Opened 5th location in Tinley Park.
Launched HiTec Water Systems as part of the IMAGETEC solution.
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2004 |
Opened 6th location in Rockford.
Acquired Copy Systems Inc.
Rich Cucco, President, named Ernest & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.
Toshiba names IMAGETEC 2003/2004 Dealer of the Year.
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2005 |
April: Acquired ROSS Imaging, giving IMAGETEC an even larger coverage area, including most of Eastern Wisconsin and 3 more branch locations for a total of 9.
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| 2006 |
Moved our Des Plaines facility to Rosemont, where it currently resides.
December: Acquired HPS Office Systems, growing IMAGETEC’s employee size to 270 and a combined revenue of approximately $44M.
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2007 |
February: Ross Imaging, a division of IMAGETEC, acquired Office Technologies to expand Wisconsin territories.
July: Implemented paper recycling program – this amounts to approximately 16,000 lbs of paper over the course of a year.
August: CORE Print Solutions, an IMAGETEC Company, established a branch in Naperville, IL to sell and service the full line of Ricoh and HP products.
October: Migrated from OMD operating system to eAutomate – converted 3 companies in 3 months. According to eAutomate this was the fastest conversion for any company in our industry.
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2008 |
October: Sold HPS Office Systems to Toshiba, allowing IMAGETEC to have the strongest balance sheet in the company’s history.
October: Implemented Laser and Inkjet Toner Recycling Program for clients.
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2009 |
Earned record 16th consecutive Toshiba ProMasters Award and 7th consecutive Konica Minolta ProTech Service Award..
Launched proprietary e-INFO fleet management system for all clients.
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2010 |
Introduced the Lexmark printer and MFP series.
Earned record 17th consecutive Toshiba ProMasters Service Award.
Recognized as Elite Dealer by OfficeDealer Magazine.
Launch Social Media Marketing Initiatives including blog, linkedin, and twitter sites.
CORE Print Solutions ranked #2 Fastest Growing Ricoh Dealership in the U.S. by Ricoh Family Group.
Receive Better Business Bureau (BBB) 2011Torch Award for MarketPlace Ethics. |
