Umax UK ltd. was found in 2000. It is a subsidiary of the European headquarters Umax Systems GmbH, located in Willich, Germany, was found in 1993 as European headquarters and is the logistical and marketing center for the European market with a network of over 40 distributors and subsidiaries in France, UK, Czech, Poland and Russia.

The main focus lies on consumer electronic products for home entertainment, like 5.1 surround sound speakers, DVD player, DVD recorder, portable DVD player, LCD TV and DVB-T receiver under Yamada and Vaova brand.

For B2B and office use Umax and Avision set up a joint venture for exclusive European distribution of Avision document scanners, digital copiers and multi function scanners.

Since February 2004 Umax is also exclusively distributing Microtek scanners in Europe. From beginner up to professional scanners Umax coordinates and executes logistics, sales, marketing and services.

Umax products were tested by Mitsubishi EMC Competence Center.