Converge, NextPhase Help Customers Dispose of IT Assets

Converge, a Peabody, Mass.-based independent distributor of electronic components, technology products and supply chain services, has announced that it helped its large enterprise clients to dispose of more than 35 million pounds of excess, obsolete and retired electronic equipment in 2006.

Approximately 25 million pounds of that material was remarketed globally for reuse, generating residual value for Converge’s customers.

Through its disposition, recycling and remarketing programs, Converge says it helped keep almost 450,000 monitors, 66,000 printers, 80,000 computers and 67,000 servers out of landfills in 2006.

Organizations that work with Converge and its IT asset disposition services division NextPhase were also able to recover more than $28 million in residual value from their remarketed electronic equipment using Converge’s global exchange and distribution network.

In 2004, Converge founded NextPhase (www.nextphaseglobal.com), a division focused on demand for compliant IT asset disposal services among its Fortune 1,000 customers. NextPhase offers end-to-end electronics recycling, disposition and remarketing services, providing businesses a transparent view of their assets throughout the chain of custody using its online Asset Manager reporting tool.

Converge (www.converge.com) is a leading global independent distributor for electronic components, technology products and supply chain services. The company has a global network of more than 6,500 trading partners in 139 countries, with trading hubs in Austin, Texas, Singapore and Amsterdam and support centers throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas.