Pacific Office Automation
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{{Infobox company
| name = Pacific Office Automation
| founded = 1976
| industry = Office automation
| products = {{ubl|Photocopiers|Computer software|VoIP phones|Information technology}}
| num_employees = 1,000+
| owner = Privately held company
| brands = {{ubl|Ricoh|Hewlett-Packard|Konica Minolta|Sharp|Canon|Lexmark|Muratec|Kyocera|Océ|Panasonic|Pitney Bowes|Francotyp-Postalia}}
| location = Beaverton, Oregon, United States
| website = {{URL|www.pacificoffice.com}}
}}
Pacific Office Automation (also known as "POA" or "Pacific Office") is a privately held office technology company based in Beaverton, Oregon. POA is the largest office equipment dealer in the United States, with over 1,400 employees and offices in ten different states.{{cite web | url=https://www.pacificoffice.com | title=Pacific Office Automation makes office printing and IT easy | accessdate=Jan 12, 2018}}
The company provides its customers with managed print services, enterprise level IT services, unified communications, software, and various types of office equipment. POA operates 25 locations in the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho and Texas. The company is managed by CEO Adam Pritchett.
History
Pacific Office Automation was founded in 1976 when Terry Newsom purchased APECO, a financially ailing photocopier company in Tigard, Oregon. Within two years, POA had opened offices in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington. In the 1990s, POA grew to become a prominent provider of facsimile and digital printing technology in the Pacific Northwest.
In 2013, POA expanded into Colorado with the acquisition of DOCUMation of the Rockies, Inc.{{cite web | url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10367054.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212060651/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10367054.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 12, 2016 | title=Pacific Office Automation Acquires DOCUMation of the Rockies | accessdate=Jan 30, 2013}}
In 2016, POA acquired Northwest Office Technologies, adding Spokane, Washington and Post Falls, Idaho to the company's regional footprint.{{cite web | url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/pacific_office_automation_acquires_northwest_office_technologies/prweb13328899.htm | title=Pacific Office Automation Acquires Northwest Office Technologies | access-date=Jan 19, 2019}}
In 2017, POA acquired Trans-West, a VoIP Phones and data solutions provider in Phoenix, Arizona.{{cite web | url=https://www.channele2e.com/news/pacific-office-automation-buys-transwest-mps-voip/ | title=Pacific Office Automation Buys Trans-West: VoiP Meets Managed Print Services | date=29 September 2017 | accessdate=Jan 19, 2019}}
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External links
- [https://www.pacificoffice.com/ Home page]
Category:American companies established in 1976