Sumner Group, Inc. has evolved from a man with a strong will to succeed and endless entrepreneurial spirit...

E G. "Bud" Sumner started his career with A.B. Dick Company, Chicago in 1937. His dream of owning a distributorship came true when he purchased the St. Louis A.B. Dick Distributorship in 1956. A.B. Dick Products Company of St. Louis was primarily a mimeograph and supply company, then expanded into the offset market in the late 1950's. During the 1960's, the company entered the copier machine market with the introduction of electrostatic copiers. It was after the introduction of the Minolta electrobond copier in 1975 that Copying Concepts was formed as a division. Sumner Group took another step forward by creating its own leasing company in 1975. The Sumner brothers took over the reign of management in 1979 and carried on the tradition of excellence that Bud Sumner instilled in his company.

1980 - Addition of Canon product line - Changed name from A.B. Dick to Datamax

1983 - Acquired A.B. Dick of Little Rock and changed name to Datamax -Arkansas

1990 - Established Datamax - Texas with offices in Dallas and Fort Worth

1996 - Acquired Business Supply Center, Hot Springs and merged into Datamax - Arkansas

2000 - Acquired Micro Computer Technology (MCT) and merged into Datamax - Arkansas
Datamax - Arkansas changed name to Datamax/MICRO

2001 - Acquired Ladicom, Lenexa (Kansas City), KS, changed name to Datamax - Kansas City

The demand for the latest in office automation has never been greater, and our sustained growth shows every sign of Sumner Group becoming one of the largest independently owned office equipment dealerships in the country.

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