Carol Stream, IL (Aug. 11, 2019) — Pulse Technology, a leading technology company serving the Managed Print Services, Managed Network (IT) and office supplies/furniture needs of the Greater Chicago and Northern Indiana business community since 1955, today announced that the firm will relocate its corporate headquarters to Schaumburg, Illinois, later this year.
Chip Miceli, president of Pulse Technology, confirmed that the company has acquired a 36,500-square-foot facility at 201 East Commerce Drive, Schaumburg, and is in the process of having the building retrofitted to suit the company’s needs. The building will be energy efficient and state-of-the-art. Miceli said that the new headquarters will have large, state of the art video walls for demonstrations and meetings, which will be complemented by a showroom featuring the latest in copiers, multifunction printers, and other office equipment. The Pulse Technology headquarters will also showcase the very latest in office furniture, as it expands its line of office furniture into Illinois.
For the last two years, the firm has used its Carol Stream location (262 Carlton Drive) as headquarters. Pulse Technology acquired the Carol Stream building following an incident in 2017 when a microburst came through Elk Grove Village and essentially destroyed the building on Bonaventure Drive which had served as corporate headquarters for 30 years.
Pulse is using the family-owned business Bear Construction to do the build out of the facility, which Miceli hopes will be ready for occupancy in September. “We have been welcomed with open arms by the City of Schaumburg,” Miceli said, adding, “This city and region has always been an important part of our market, and we’re thrilled at how they’ve done everything they can to accommodate and welcome us.”
Miceli said that Pulse Technology will keep and continue to use the Carol Stream location, primarily for warehouse functions, but will move their administrative, sales and technical personnel to Schaumburg. “Carol Stream has been great to us,” he said. “It’s a great community and a good location, but we’ve simply outgrown the space. After a thorough search, we have found a location that we believe will be ideal for our present needs and which will accommodate future growth.”
Pulse Technology, which is the new and re-branded name for Des Plaines Office Equipment, Kramer & Leonard and McShane’s, has
Over the years, the firm has acquired a number of smaller Chicago area Managed Print Services companies and recently brought the Northern Indiana firms McShane’s and Kramer & Leonard, which date back to 1921, under their umbrella.
Their new space was built in 1987 and previously housed an insurance company. When completed, the Schaumburg facility will house more than 20 individual offices plus a state-of-the-art showroom.
Schaumburg has been a prominent part of the Pulse Technology market. The firm sponsors the Boomers, the city’s baseball team; and hosts a number of events in the community, from Open Houses to Lunch
The new location is convenient to Route I90, with easy access. Miceli said that the company will plan an Open House later this year.
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About Pulse Technology
Pulse Technology is a leader in the field of print management, network services and other office solutions with a history dating back to 1921. It is the new, re-branded name for several well-known area businesses: Des Plaines Office Equipment, with three Chicago area locations; and Kramer & Leonard and McShane’s, serving Northern Indiana. With locations in Chesterton, IN, Chicago, Rockford and Carol Stream, Illinois, Pulse Technology serves the needs of businesses across the Midwest.
The firm provides products and services to a diverse client base that includes schools, hospitals, law offices, accounting firms, and financial institutions, among others. The firm has won the Sharp Document’s Hyakuman Kai award for sales excellence since 1988 and the Elite Dealer by The Week in Imaging since 2007, and was this past year named to the Inc. 5000 list for fastest-growing businesses across the United States.
