Jardine Onesolution (JOS) has not ruled out tapping the equity market to fund expansion. Chief executive Steve Lo said Jardine Matheson's information-technology arm could acquire adequate funding, but 'a listing would help build the right corporate spending structure'. 'With the new plans and development in mind we will need capital,' he said. A listing for JOS - formerly Jardine Office Systems - would help it attract new business and retain quality staff. Mr Lo said the company had not set a timetable or selected a board for a potential listing. The re-branded JOS is designed to distance the company from its old office equipment supplier image. It began life in the 1960s as Hong Kong's sole agent for Canon copying machines. Now it employs more than 2,500 people and provides integrated information technology solutions in Singapore, Malaysia and the mainland. It is also Hong Kong's largest supplier of computer hardware. Mr Lo, a graduate of the University of Hong Kong who started his career with Jardines in 1981, said the company would not abandon its physical technology distribution business but wanted to develop its cyber technology side. 'We should not throw away the heritage that gives us a position in the market . . . but will use it to reposition ourselves,' he said. Acquisitions in Singapore and Malaysia had expanded its client base and there would be some 'major' announcements in a month. Mainland restrictions prohibited similar expansion there.