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| History of EBE |
 EBE is a locally owned company that has been serving greater Kansas City and St. Louis metro areas for more than 70 years. EBE has been an Office Automation dealer since 1938 and was founded by Jerome Cohen under the name of Tempo Co. selling and servicing 3M duplicators. Over the next six decades, two name changes, and thousands of product and service placements, Mr. Cohen created a highly successful, award-winning, record setting dealership known for its quality products and outstanding service.
Over the years we have completely restructured our business and processes to create an infrastructure that could rapidly detect and react to change in the industry. EBE has focused on the development of services, software and network solutions that integrate with our Document Imaging hardware products. These measures enable EBE to provide a more comprehensive, consultative approach to assist its clients in getting more value from their Document Imaging and Management/Business processes.
In April 2004, 10 months after the death of founder Jerome Cohen, the Cohen family sold EBE to life-long friends, and experienced dealers, Cynthia and Chris Black. They have made a permanent commitment to honor and continue the legacy that Mr. Cohen and his family created at EBE. The Black's are second generation office equipment dealers, having served Oklahoma City and surrounding communities since Chris' parents, Bob and Lorraine Black (friends and contemporaries of Jerome and Jeanette Cohen!) founded RK Black, Inc. in 1955 Both families agree that a merger of these two great companies was always inevitable!
And like the business itself, our name EBE has evolved over the years as well. While it originally was an acronym for 'Electronic Business Equipment', today, we have enhanced the way we think about those letters to better reflect and highlight our core-business activities:
- Electronic Document Management
- Business IT / Print Services
- Equipment Sales, Service and Supplies
To stay relevant, EBE will continue to adapt to the evolving document imaging industry and serve our clients with consistently superior products and services. We pride ourselves on remaining flexible and adaptable so we can easily adjust to meet our client's document-related needs of today and tomorrow.
EBE Founded in 1938..............Refreshed in 2004!
We are a company that cares! We personify honesty and integrity! We are here to stay!
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