tennessee united states april 1 1964 april 1 1964 number of locations 2 locations 3505 sutherland avenue knoxville tn 37919 4718 lake park drive suite 5 johnson city tn 37615 area served east tennessee and southwest virginia key people steve sumner president j. mark denicola executive director sales and marketing products office equipment and supplies data backup software and hardware services managed print services document management services office equipment service and support professional services cloud computing services print auditing services information technology auditing services number of employees 70 website thermocopy thermocopy thermocopy of tennessee inc. is the oldest and largest business technology company located in east tennessee . 1 the knoxville tennessee based company was founded in the early 1960s as an office equipment dealer later supplying information technology support document management consultation and printer fleet management services . the company s core office products are multi functional copiers printers and fax machines made by ricoh and kyocera . the company supports sustainable business practices and helped to establish gogreenet.com the annual business in the green contest and other environmental initiatives in the community . imagesource magazine named thermocopy its 2006 dealer of the year with its national perfect image award . 2 in march 2010 was designated a kyocera certified managed print services dealer . 3 thermocopy is a vendor neutral managed service provider with technicians trained to service equipment from many manufacturers . contents 1 history 2 community involvement 3 environment 4 training center 5 external links 6 references history edit the company s first logo designed in 1964 . on april 1 1964 randall sumner with two partners formed a company to sell office paper with an initial investment of us 150 and a 3 000 note for operating capital . the company began as a dealer for ncr thermocopy paper . later that year they began selling ncr adding machines . they shifted their focus from paper sales to office equipment as copier use expanded . by the end of the 1970s thermocopy was the leading local dealer for color copiers fax machines and overhead projectors . the company changed locations within the bearden area of knoxville several times throughout the 1960s until moving to their current location at 3505 sutherland avenue in 1971 . thermocopy experienced steady growth over the next several decades . in 1995 steve sumner purchased the company from its founder randall sumner . in the mid 1990s thermocopy increased its market share and expanded its operations in 1998 with an office in johnson city tennessee . thermocopy s mountain empire branch serves the tri cities region of northeast tennessee and southwestern virginia . in 2014 thermocopy marked five decades in business with its 50th anniversary celebrations . community involvement edit thermocopy has since its early days sponsored organizations and charities including the historic tennessee theatre boys and girls clubs of the tennessee valley give haiti hope mercy health partners foundation keep knoxville beautiful and covenant health s buddy s race for the cure . 4 thermocopy is a supporter of the knoxville oak ridge innovation valley . thermocopy s headquarters in knoxville tennessee . environment edit in 2008 thermocopy was one of ten local businesses certified by the knoxville area chamber partnership s green recognition program in its inaugural year . the company tracks and publicly reports the results of its environmental initiatives on its thermocopygreenworks website . thermocopy is one of the founding partners of gogreenet.com and co sponsors the greater knoxville business journal s annual business in the green contest . 5 thermocopy supports the conservation work of the fort loudon lake association . keep knoxville beautiful awarded the 2008 environmental achievement award for outstanding achievement by a large business to thermocopy for the company s internal efforts and community involvement . 6 the next year thermocopy received a keep tennessee beautiful the state chapter of keep america beautiful and tennessee department of transportation award of excellence for business . 7 thermocopy has been named a platinum level recycle champion by knox county tennessee . 8 training center edit thermocopy employs an onsite manufacturer certified trainer external links edit thermocopy official website 50th anniversary customer feedback forum thermocopy greenworks program gogreenet.com knoxville oak ridge innovation valley references edit knoxville book of lists . knoxville book of lists office equipment distributors suppliers knoxvillebookoflists.com knoxville january 2009 . alicia ellis . dealer of the year thermocopy blazes the way to success imagesource magazine davie fl 15 may 2006 . esource . thermocopy earns designation of kyocera certified managed print services dealer imagesource magazine davie fl 11 march 2010 . j.j. stambaugh . record number race against cancer knoxnews.com knoxville 17 november 2008 . shelley phillips . green car & courier wins business in the green award gogreenet.com knoxville 16 april 2010 . knoxville news sentinel . business journal honors knoxvillebiz.com knoxville 17 november 2008 . carolyn gray . thermocopy passing green practices on to customers knoxvillebiz.com knoxville 8 april 2009 . recycle champions knox county tennessee . recycle champions participating businesses knoxcounty.org knoxville 14 may 2010 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thermocopy & oldid 743077984 categories information technology companies of the united statesinformation technology consulting firmscompanies based in knoxville tennesseetechnology companies established in 1964 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation 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