Yorkshire-based XBM Limited has announced its continued expansion towards the goal of being a £30 million turnover business with the acquisition of the assets and customers of East Kilbride-based Managed Print Solutions (Scotland) Limited (MPS).
After rebranding in 2021, XBM announced plans to expand rapidly through new business and acquisitions. This is the third acquisition made in just 10 months and follows the successful completion of the acquisition of Epson and HP reseller iDoc Services in August 2022 and the Apex Workflows customer base, in November 2022, another Epson reseller.
MPS (Scotland) has a longstanding and loyal customer base with huge potential, which makes the business a good fit for XBM as it seeks to increase its presence across Scotland further with the assistance of the current Managing Director, Ross Archibald, who will join XBM (Scotland) as Regional Sales Director.
Archibald said: “We are happy to have agreed the sale to XBM, who we know have existing relationships with key partners, Ricoh and Epson. It will be my privilege to continue to serve our MPS (Scotland) customers and further grow XBM’s existing Scottish customer base.”
XBM is Epson’s second largest reseller in the UK by volume and one of only two Platinum Partners, a status Epson awarded based on a comprehensive set of criteria including product focus, expertise, sales, and the high level of support provided for customers.
The business also has a long relationship with Ricoh and is a Ricoh Gold Partner, putting it in an ideal position to provide ongoing support to the MPS (Scotland) customer base. XBM businesses are also accredited by Kyocera, Sharp, and HP and are trusted resellers for other product and solutions providers including SMART, DocuWare, Square 9, MyQ, PaperCut, and InVentry. www.xbmltd.com
