Highlands-based Scangaroo brings unique mobile-scanning model to customers

 

Formerly a pharmaceutical sales rep with Merck, Hensley describes the lightbulb for the company from his days in Missouri. "When I was living in Kansas City, I had two big tubs of photos from grade school, high school, college. Some of them stuck together -- it was obvious they had a limited lifespan." Floods and other natural disasters often prove catastrophic to such collections, he adds.

 

Scangaroo converts tubs of photos and slide carousels into digital format with scanners on wheels. Instead of dropping off and picking up photos and slides, Scangaroo brings photo scanning to customers' homes and offices. "It's a new concept," says Hensley. "There are no other companies like this in the whole country."

 

Hensley says the company is unique because of the sheer breadth of the scanners he brings to customers in his Nissan NV2500 van: two high-speed photo-specific scanners, a handheld scanner, a high-speed slide scanner and two flatbed scanners. The Nissan's ample headroom comes in handy, Hensley says. "You can stand up and work in it," he explains.

 

Scangaroo now two full-time employees and three part-timers. Hensley says he hopes to expand in the future with another vehicle manned by additional employees. After a slow start, Hensley says that the company started hitting its stride and growing at a nice clip in spring 2013.

 

While it scanned 7,000 photos onsite in one job for the Jefferson County Historical Society, Scangaroo serves a primarily residential market. "Our mission is to help people preserve their memories," says Hensley.

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