Nauticon Office Solutions Acquires Annapolis Office Products (AOP)

Gaithersburg, MD September 30, 2025 – Nauticon Office Solutions (Nauticon), a leading provider of office technologies and managed IT services proudly announces its acquisition of Annapolis Office Products (AOP), a Millersville, MD based office products dealer. The addition of AOP’s people and customers strengthens Nauticon, already one of the largest independently owned Toshiba and Xerox dealers in the Mid-Atlantic.

Established in 1994 and owned by brothers Bob and Jim Schalge, Annapolis Office Products distributes and services Xerox office equipment from its Millersville, MD location.

Carter Hertzberg, President of Nauticon, commented: “Our strategy is to partner with people and organizations that share our ServiceFirst ethos. Customer service must be the top priority for Nauticon to have an interest in acquiring. It was clear from the start that the Schalge brothers and AOP provided outstanding customer support and built a solid reputation for taking great care of their customers. Nauticon plans to build on this foundation and bring an ever-higher level of customer support and services to the AOP customer base.”

Bob Schalge, co-founder, and President of AOP remarked “The choice to join Nauticon just made sense for our company. We had maxed out our growth with our current structure and we wanted to provide more opportunity for our customers and our team members to succeed. Nauticon brings growth opportunities to our team and additional services and support for our customers. We could not be happier with this decision.”

About Nauticon

Founded in 1997 by Tom Cunningham and Gary Sockel, Nauticon Office Solutions will never stop until the customer is satisfied. For over 25 years we’ve made it our mission to provide the ServiceFirst experience to all our customers. This relentless dedication to customer service shows in Nauticon’s customer satisfaction ratings (97.8% Net Promoter Score, 4.8 stars of Google Reviews, 97% positive Smileback reactions, and 95+% customer retention).

Nauticon specializes in providing world-class customer service, office equipment (Toshiba and Xerox), and fully managed IT support. For more information please visit www.nauticon.com or email us at [email protected].

SOURCE Nauticon Office Solutions