Westcoast Limited
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| Company type | Limited |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computing |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Theale, Reading, United Kingdom[1] |
Key people | Duncan Forsyth,[2] Alex Tatham[3]Joe Hemani |
| Revenue | £2.5bn [4][3] |
Number of employees | 1600[3][4] |
| Website | www |
Westcoast Limited, also known as Westcoast Group, provides IT products and services, including storage systems, servers and workstations.[5] It provides goods and services business to business and to the education sector.[6][7]
Established in 1984, the Westcoast Group remains privately held with its distributor arm, Westcoast Limited, distributing leading IT brands such as HP, HPE, Microsoft, Lenovo, Apple, and many others to a broad range of resellers, retailers and office product dealers in the UK and beyond.[8]
Westcoast Limited has grown to become the number one UK distributor for many vendors and customers. The Westcoast Group employs more than 1,600 people across a number of locations in the UK, Ireland and Europe.[9]
Westcoast Limited is the largest privately owned company in the Thames Valley.[10]
History
The company was founded in 1984 in Reading, United Kingdom.[11]
Orion Media Marketing, printer consumables distributor was acquired in 2005.[12]
In 2006, the company bought Irish IT distributors Clarity.[5]
XMA merger
Westcoast merged with XMA, a printer consumables distributor, in 2008. However, no operations were consolidated and XMA continued as a distinct brand and entity.[13] XMA also had a distribution centre in Milton Keynes.[14]
The XMA operation was merged with Viglen in 2014.[15][16]
Westcoast bought Nottingham, UK based ArtSystems in 2016. The company supply 3d printing equipment.[2][17]
By 2017, XMA had a turnover of £350m.[18]
Operations
Westcoast distributes to the UK and Ireland from its centres in Reading, Nottingham, Milton Keynes and Europe.[19] It has a data centre in Wales.[20]
References
- ^ "Westcoast Limited: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ a b "Westcoast snaps up Nottingham-based distie ArtSystems".
- ^ a b c Media, Insider. "IT firm secures £225m funding package". Insider Media Ltd.
- ^ a b Waite, Jon (15 November 2017). "GiG UK".
- ^ a b "Westcoast Announces Purchase Of Clarity Distribution, Ireland".
- ^ [1]
- ^ Allsopp, Josh (2017-10-12). "Westcoast reveals cloud business boom | OPI - Office Products International". Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "About us". www.westcoast.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "About us". www.westcoast.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ [2]
- ^ "WESTCOAST LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
- ^ "WestCoast buckles up Orion deal". www.theregister.co.uk.
- ^ "Westcoast completes XMA merger".
- ^ "Xma Ltd". Cylex UK.
- ^ Ltd, Insider Media. "Viglen merger boosts sales at XMA".
- ^ "Westcoast Group shuffles management deck".
- ^ "Westcoast makes 'game-changing' 3D print acquisition | CRN". www.channelweb.co.uk. 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ Ltd, Insider Media. "Turnover surges to £350m at XMA".
- ^ "Westcoast - About Us". www.westcoast.co.uk.
- ^ "Westcoast - technology products distributer in Thames Valley".