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
TypeLimited
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]

References

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