The following was written by Amy Weiss and appears on action-intell.com

When I read the news of the merger between Clover Technologies and MSE last week (see “Clover and MSE Announce Strategic Merger”), I was surprised but not shocked. Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is nothing new in the aftermarket supplies industry. Particularly over the last few years most of us have gotten used to seeing the news that one long-standing company was merging with or being acquired by another—so much so, in fact, that sometimes it is easy to forget exactly who began where.

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For instance, in reading Charlie Brewer’s analysis of the Clover/MSE merger (see “Mega Merger Mania: The Big Just Keep Getting Bigger!”), I had a couple of “oh yeah” moments—“Oh yeah, I forgot about Laser Imaging International,” for example.

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Amy Weiss, Editor

Amy Weiss is a freelance writer and editor with more than a decade of experience in the office technology industry. Currently she is also vice president of BPO Media and editor-in-chief of that company’s publications, The Imaging Channel andWorkflow.