Company: Black Box Corporation
City: Lawrence
Country: USA
url: http://www.blackbox.com
n April 1976, Black Box was started with a gem of an idea. The company began selling connectivity devices-the "little black boxes"-that clients need to connect their primary data communications products. The idea was to sell a range of products from a single source, a catalog and to provide the technical help needed to solve clients' interface problems. The motto: "If you don't see it, ask for it."
The company was originally called Expandor, Inc, but it soon changed to Black Box because customers came to know the company by its catalog name. When the first Black Box® Catalog rolled off the presses in early 1977, it was six pages, contained nine products, and generated $170,000 in sales. Today the Black Box® Catalog-along with the Black Box Web site-features 90,000+ products. The latest "Big Book" catalog is an enormous 800-page book and has international versions published in 8 languages.
Headquartered in scenic Lawrence, Pennsylvania, 20 miles south of Pittsburgh, Black Box is now a leading worldwide provider of infrastructure services, communications equipment, and technical support. Black Box services 132 countries and employs thousands of people worldwide. It offers the broadest product line available anywhere and the best technical support and customer service in the industry. Black Box's services now include not only Free hotline technical support but also on-site structured cabling and telephony systems design, installation, and maintenance.
