Schaumburg, IL (July 31, 2020) — Pulse Technology, a technology company serving the IT, Managed Print Services and other needs of businesses throughout the Midwest and beyond, was ranked #11 in the category of area family-owned businesses in a recent Daily Herald Business Ledger list appearing in their July 2020 edition.
Pulse Technology was listed in 11th place in a ranking of year that the business was founded. The list includes family businesses founded as early as 1912 and as late as 2013. Pulse Technology traces its roots to 1955 when it began under the name Des Plaines Office Equipment. The firm employs 120 people and its ownership is second generation, although there is also a third-generation currently filling key roles. The firm was founded by the late Vincent Miceli, father to current owner and president Chip Miceli.
“We are pleased to be included in this comprehensive list and to see the number of family-owned businesses in the Greater Chicago area which are still thriving, some of them for more than a century,” said Chip Miceli, president and CEO of Pulse Technology. He added, “We also thank the Business Ledger for its strong commitment to covering the news of local business and all they do to help support our region.”
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About Pulse Technology
Pulse Technology is a leader in the field of print management, network services (IT) and other office solutions including furniture design and sales, office products and promotional products, with a history dating back to 1921. Pulse Technology is the re-branded name for several well-known area businesses: Des Plaines Office Equipment, McShane’s, and Kramer Leonard. With locations in Chesterton, Indiana, and Chicago, Rockford and Schaumburg, 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 has been named to the Inc. 5000 list for fastest-growing businesses across the United States.
