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Black Box Corporation

Logo: Black Box Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

American IT company

Black Box Corporation is an IT company headquartered in Texas, United States. The company provides technology assistance and consulting services to businesses in a variety of sectors including retail, transportation, government, education, and public safety. Black Box operates in 75 locations across 35 countries.3 Its shares trade on NASDAQ under the symbol BBOX.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1976Founded1

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  • TickerBBOX on NASDAQ1
  • Industrytechnology1
  • HeadquartersLawrence1
  • Founded inLawrence1
  • Websitewww.blackbox.com
  • Legal formDelaware corporation1
  • Incorporated inDE6
  • Business address1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, Pa 150556
  • Filer categoryNon-accelerated filer6
  • LEI2YLYI83B2DKLLYHZ7H424
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered addressC/O THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, 19801 Wilmington, United States4
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 21287024

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Black Box Corporation headquarters
Photo: Black Box Network Services, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons8

Black Box Corporation is an IT company headquartered in Texas, United States. The company provides technology assistance and consulting services to businesses in a variety of sectors including retail, transportation, government, education, and public safety. Black Box operates in 75 locations across 35 countries. In 2022, Black Box had more than 3,800 employees worldwide.3

Corporate structure

Black Box Corporation sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Black Box Corporation Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Black Box International B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Utrecht, Netherlands

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Black Box Corporation reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$108.0M9 Mar 31, 2017$118.8M9 Mar 31, 2016−9.1%
Accumulated depreciation$71.8M10 Mar 31, 2018$78.9M10 Mar 31, 2017−9.0%
Property and equipment, net$24.2M10 Mar 31, 2018$29.1M10 Mar 31, 2017−16.7%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$33.5M10 Mar 31, 2018$14.2M10 Mar 31, 2017+134.9%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$09 Mar 31, 2017$09 Mar 31, 2016
Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill)$50.2M10 Mar 31, 2018$68.8M10 Mar 31, 2017−27.1%
Finite-lived intangibles, gross$123.3M10 Mar 31, 2018$123.1M10 Mar 31, 2017+0.1%
Accumulated amortization$89.1M10 Mar 31, 2018$81.5M10 Mar 31, 2017+9.4%
Finite-lived intangibles, net$34.2M10 Mar 31, 2018$41.6M10 Mar 31, 2017−17.9%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$27.0M10 Mar 31, 2018$25.4M10 Mar 31, 2017+6.3%
Raw materials$1.8M10 Mar 31, 2018$1.7M10 Mar 31, 2017+6.3%
Finished goods$34.6M10 Mar 31, 2018$35.0M10 Mar 31, 2017−1.1%

The story

The company was founded in 1976 as Expandor Inc. by Eugene Yost and Richard Raub on Beatty Road in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. They soon moved to 1121 Sainte Claire Plaza, suite 300 in Upper Saint Claire Pennsylvania. The first Engineer was Tom McElroy, hired on Thanksgiving Day in 1978. In 1982, the company changed its name to Black Box Corporation and released its well-known Black Box Catalog.

Following a temporary dip in operations during Black Monday of 1987, Odyssey Partners bought the company through a leveraged buyout in 1988. In 1989, one of its divisions, “Interlan,” was sold to Racal.

1990s

After suffering losses from debt servicing, Black Box Corporation underwent a restructuring in 1990. Its telecom product business was divided into a subsidiary called Micom Communications Corporation. Under the name MB Communications, an initial public offering was registered at NASDAQ in December 1992. Micom Communications unit was spun off and acquired by Northern Telecom (Nortel) in June 1996. Micom had money troubles and did some kind of share buy back in 1988. All the other companies were gone and BB was left. BB was then considered the parent company of Micom.

In May 1997, Black Box Corporation’s board of directors authorized management to buy back the company's stock, depending on market prices and other factors. In 1998, the company started offering on-site data and infrastructure services in the United Kingdom that further expanded throughout Europe and the Pacific Rim.

The profitable catalog sales business changed its name to Black Box Incorporated.

2000s

From 2000 to 2010, Black Box Corporation formed partnerships in the USA with key IT service providers, including Cisco, Avaya, NEC, and Unify. There were about 120 acquisitions and mergers overall.

From Wikipedia’s article on Black Box Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Leadership

Who has led Black Box Corporation, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Ralph T. Blakemore2008–2012
  2. Michael McAndrew2013–2016
  3. Eslie C. Sykes2016–2017
  4. Joel T. Trammell2017–2019

President

  1. Ralph T. Blakemore2008–2012
  2. Michael McAndrew2012–2016
  3. Eslie C. Sykes2016–2017
  4. Joel T. Trammell2017–2019

Chief financial officer

  1. Michael McAndrew2006–2012
  2. Timothy C. Huffmyer2012–2016
  3. Anthony Massetti2016
  4. David J. Russo2017–2019

Chief operating officer

  1. Michael McAndrew2012
19801990200020102020
Board members and other officers (18)

Products and brands

  • IT service management

Listed on Wikidata.1

In Mumbai, AGC Networks Limited was established in 1986 under the name Tata Telecom Ltd., promoted by Tata Industries Ltd (TIL). Manufacturing electronic private automated branch exchanges (EPABX) was one of its main goals, and it also offered services like software integration, installation, commissioning, and service support.

With the Japanese company OKI Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (OKI), Tata Industries Limited signed a technical assistance and license agreement as well as a supplemental agreement. The company established new service facilities in Guwahati, Nagpur, Pune, Jammu, and Baroda in 1990. With Japan Radio Co. Ltd. (JRC), the business signed a technology transfer and license agreement in 1991 for equipment with 30 and 120 digital UHF channels.

In order to create a new business called "Trans India Network Systems Private Limited," Tata Telecom and AT&T Network Systems International Inc. USA entered into a joint venture agreement in 1994. Its goal was to produce OPTIMUX and 2Mb/S systems, MAR systems, SLC 120 network access systems, and related modules.

As AT&T left, Tata Telecom and Avaya Systems established a joint venture in 1996. In India, Tata Telecom introduced a line of call centre products in 2000 that it had purchased from its joint venture partner Avaya Communications (formerly Lucent Technologies). Tata Telecom, the joint venture between Tata and Lucent Technologies, was known as a Tata-Avaya. Once the Tata Group sold its 25.1% ownership in Tata Telecom to its joint venture partner, Avaya Inc., the company Avaya Global Connect was created.

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AGC Networks Limited was created in 2010 after Essar Group purchased Avaya Global Connect from Avaya Inc.

Transcend United Technologies, established in the US, was purchased by AGC Networks in 2011. Via this acquisition, AGC Networks widened its market reach to the States.

In 2015 AGC Networks acquired Ensource Business, providing services in healthcare vertical.

Rebranding

In 2019, Black Box Corporation was acquired by AGC Networks. In 2021, AGC Networks changed its name to Black Box.

From Wikipedia’s article on Black Box Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Former names

  • MB HOLDINGS INCJul 7, 1994 to Feb 14, 19946

Timeline

  1. Nov 21, 2017New chief executive Joel T. Trammell becomes CEO11
  2. Feb 29, 2016New chief executive Eslie C. Sykes becomes CEO12
  3. May 14, 2013New chief executive Michael McAndrew becomes CEO13
  4. Mar 10, 2008New chief executive Ralph T. Blakemore becomes CEO14
  5. 1976Founded Founded in Lawrence1

SEC filer profile

How Black Box Corporation is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARBLACK BOX CORP2
  • CIK0000849547
  • Employer ID (EIN)95-30865632
  • Filer statusNon-accelerated filer2
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsMarch 312
  • Industry code (SIC)3576 Computer Communications Equipment2
  • Business address1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 150552
  • Phone724-746-55002
  • Shares outstanding15,237,521 as of Oct 12, 201836
  • Public float$0 as of Sep 30, 201737
  • On EDGAR sinceFeb 14, 19942
  • Filings871 in all: 4 (275), 8-K (153), SC 13G/A (123), 10-Q (68), SC 13G (50), DEF 14A (24), S-8 POS (21), 10-K (17)2
    All 38 form types

    CORRESP (17), S-8 (17), 3 (14), UPLOAD (14), ARS (8), SC TO-T/A (7), SC 14D9/A (6), 10-K405 (5), 4/A (5), SC TO-C (5), SD (5), NT 10-Q (4), S-4 (4), 10-Q/A (3), 8-K/A (3), DEFA14A (3), PRE 14A (3), NT 10-K (2), SC TO-I/A (2), SC TO-T (2), SC14D9C (2), 15-12G (1), 25-NSE (1), 424B3 (1), 5 (1), S-3 (1), S-4/A (1), SC 13D (1), SC 14D9 (1), SC TO-I (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Jul 16, 2018
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Nov 19, 2018
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Jul 16, 2018
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Jan 7, 2019

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