Westcoast Limited

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]

Westcoast Limited
Limited
IndustryComputing
Founded1984
HeadquartersTheale, 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]
Websitewww.westcoast.co.uk

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]

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gollark: I mean, what are paper signatures actually verifying? That you... can print/write, somehow, a vaguely correct-looking squiggle on the page?
gollark: cryptographic signatures > paper signatures
gollark: Write or you will be forced to read... *The Eye of Argon*, which according to TVTropes is the worst fantasy novella ever.
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References
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  2. "Westcoast snaps up Nottingham-based distie ArtSystems".
  3. Media, Insider. "IT firm secures £225m funding package". Insider Media Ltd.
  4. Waite, Jon (15 November 2017). "GiG UK".
  5. "Westcoast Announces Purchase Of Clarity Distribution, Ireland".
  7. Allsopp, Josh (2017-10-12). "Westcoast reveals cloud business boom | OPI - Office Products International". Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  8. "About us". www.westcoast.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  9. "About us". www.westcoast.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  11. "WESTCOAST LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
  12. "WestCoast buckles up Orion deal". www.theregister.co.uk.
  13. "Westcoast completes XMA merger".
  14. "Xma Ltd". Cylex UK.
  15. Ltd, Insider Media. "Viglen merger boosts sales at XMA".
  16. "Westcoast Group shuffles management deck".
  17. "Westcoast makes 'game-changing' 3D print acquisition | CRN". www.channelweb.co.uk. 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  18. Ltd, Insider Media. "Turnover surges to £350m at XMA".
  19. "Westcoast - About Us". www.westcoast.co.uk.
  20. "Westcoast - technology products distributer in Thames Valley".
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