Toshiba Expands SMB Reach

The company has acquired two dealers offering document imaging products and print management services.

Toshiba Business Solutions (TBS), a division of Toshiba, has acquired Cleveland-based Northcoast Business Systems and Northcoast Duplicating. These former authorized Toshiba and Lanier dealers have provided document imaging products and solutions, and print management services to small and midsize businesses in the northeast Ohio market for more than 20 years.

"Toshiba and the Northcoast companies have had a long-standing relationship that extends back to the mid-1980s, and as such, it’s a great tactical move for us to bring the tremendous assets of the Northcoast companies in as the cornerstone of a new Toshiba subsidiary," Wayne Wilkinson, vice president and general manager of TBS, said in a statement. "Northcoast Business Systems and Northcoast Duplicating have an excellent reputation for quality and service, with strong ties to the business community throughout northeast Ohio."