Visual Edge Technology Inc. has completed the acquisition of Benchmark Business Solutions, one of the leading independent office solutions and document management dealers in the United States. Benchmark Business Solutions is headquartered in Lubbock, TX.
It is Visual Edge’s seventh acquisition in 2017 and 17th during the past several years.
Austin Vanchieri, chairman and CEO, Visual Edge Technology
Benchmark provides sales and service of Xerox multifunctional products, MBM finishing equipment, Square 9 office solution software, Print Smart, managed print services, and IT/MNS solutions. Benchmark will give Visual Edge coverage across Texas with 11 branch locations and another in New Mexico.
Jeff Horn, president of Benchmark, stated, “In a rapidly consolidating industry, it is extremely important for us to operate from a stronger competitive position while remaining an independent business within the Visual Edge Office Solutions family.”
Benchmark has been serving Texas and New Mexico in the office solutions and managed provider service industries since 1994. Horn and his senior management team will continue in their current capacity in leading the company.
Visual Edge Chairman and CEO Austin Vanchieri related, “Benchmark Business Solutions is made up of high quality, dedicated professionals. This key acquisition of Benchmark will strengthen our market position across Texas and New Mexico. Benchmark enables us to focus on continuing to providing high quality managed network service solutions as well as office solutions sales and service to the small, mid-size and major account business community in Benchmark’s marketplace.”
The deal also enables Visual Edge to continue growing in new markets with a focus on multi-brand independent office solutions dealerships.
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About Visual Edge Technology
Visual Edge Technology, a family of imaging solutions companies, incorporates a strategy of operating through established dealerships across the U.S., focused on providing a broad line of office solutions including the sale and service of automated multifunction products, wide-format solutions, managed print services, document management software, network management services, Square 9 and IT solutions. Visual Edge sells products supplied by Microsoft, Cisco, Brocade, Konica Minolta, Canon, KYOCERA, Xerox, Ricoh, Sharp, Toshiba, Samsung, Lexmark, HP, Okidata and Muratec. Its acquisition strategy will continue to identify successful companies that focus on providing quality created solutions to complex challenges.
