{"id":69053,"date":"2026-04-03T06:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=69053"},"modified":"2026-04-03T06:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:35:00","slug":"dex-imaging-bolsters-lone-star-holdings-via-sos-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/feature-articles\/2026\/04\/dex-imaging-bolsters-lone-star-holdings-via-sos-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"DEX Imaging Bolsters Lone Star Holdings Via SOS Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOS-2023-Platinum-Level-Service-Provider-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOS-2023-Platinum-Level-Service-Provider-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOS-2023-Platinum-Level-Service-Provider-100x41.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOS-2023-Platinum-Level-Service-Provider.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>DEX Imaging has made a significant addition in the Lone Star State with the acquisition of Southwest Office Systems (SOS), according to several sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Puente-Victor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34121\"\/><figcaption>Buddy Puente, SOS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Located in Euless, Texas, near the Dallas\/Fort Worth International Airport, SOS was founded by Victor Puente in 1964 as a typewriter repair company, and he was joined in 1972 by his sons, Victor Jr. (Buddy) and Vince. SOS is a multi-line dealer carrying Sharp, Epson and Formax products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Puente-Vince.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34122\"\/><figcaption>Vince Puente, SOS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A repeat <em>ENX Magazine<\/em>-recognized Elite Dealer and a Sharp Hyakuman Kai honoree, SOS posted sales in the $10 million to $20 million range in its most recent fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It marks the fourth Texas operation for Tampa, Florida-based DEX Imaging, which has branches in Corpus Christi, Dallas and Arlington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither DEX Imaging nor SOS immediately responded to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEX Imaging has made a significant addition in the Lone Star State with the acquisition of Southwest Office Systems (SOS), according to several sources. Located in Euless, Texas, near the Dallas\/Fort Worth International Airport, SOS was founded by Victor Puente in 1964 as a typewriter repair company, and he was joined in 1972 by his sons, Victor Jr. (Buddy) and Vince. SOS is a multi-line dealer carrying Sharp, Epson and Formax products. A repeat ENX Magazine-recognized Elite Dealer and a Sharp Hyakuman Kai honoree, SOS posted sales in the $10 million to $20 million range in its most recent fiscal year. It marks the fourth Texas operation for Tampa, Florida-based DEX Imaging, which has branches in Corpus Christi, Dallas and Arlington. Neither DEX Imaging nor SOS immediately responded to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":69054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1650,82,3187,87,1638],"tags":[1740,3009],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69055,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69053\/revisions\/69055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}