All about Systemax

You would be forgiven if you hadn’t heard of the name Systemax up until now. They as a company have only been going by the name for 13 years. They were actually founded in 1949 under the name Global Equipment Company and they worked in the material handing industry. It wasn’t until 1981 that they start dealing with computer equipment. In 1995 they changed names again and went to Global Directmail and also purchased Tiger Direct at that time. Later on in 1999 they finally switched to the name we now know Systemax. In 1997 they picked up Midwest Micro and Infotel, this included the factory that we took a tour of as well. A year later they went on a spending spree in 2008 and then 2009, picking up CompUSA and later Circuit City brands. That’s right, Systemax is Tiger Direct, CompuUSA, and Circuit City. This is actually a very short version of the relevant history of the company. You can find a more in-depth timeline HERE.

Systemax is a continually growing corporation with over 5000 employees and total sales over 3.5 billion in 2011 alone! Take a look at their sales over the past 10 years. You can see that they continue to grow every single year.