November 14, 2019

Equipment Leasing and Finance Industry Confidence Up in November

Washington, DC (Nov. 14, 2019) — The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the November 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment
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Tech Data Enters Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Funds Managed by Affiliates of Apollo Global Management for $5.4B

Clearwater, FL (Nov. 13, 2019) — Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of funds (the “Apollo Funds”) managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO), a leading global alternative
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Dealers Offer Glimpse of Digital Marketing Plans for 2020

As hard as it may be to fathom, a New Year and a new decade are just around the corner. In less than 50 days, dealers across the industry will embark on their 2020 initiatives. Suffice to say, inbound and outbound marketing strategies will be the ignition to adding net-new
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UBEO Business Services Acquires New England-based A&A Office Systems

UBEO Business Services—a premier provider of printer, copier and document management solutions—expands its operation, acquiring A&A Office Systems Inc. (A&A), a 58-year old company which provides print technology, document management, and cloud services from their
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Report: Xerox Offers to Open its Books to HP

Xerox Corp. has offered HP a four-week window for the respective organizations to examine their respective organization’s books as an enticement for the Palto Alto, California-based technology giant to accept its takeover bid, according to a Bloomberg report. Citing people
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Sales Ingrained in DNA of Copiers Northwest Difference Maker Gregg Petrie, but it’s All About People

It’s not hard to see why Gregg Petrie teamed with his brother, Mark, to form Copiers Northwest 33 years ago. After all, his father, Bob, sold 3M Thermofax copiers in the late 1950s. “He told us growing up that ‘sales makes the world go around,’” Gregg Petrie recalled, “and that
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Square 9 Named Best ECM/Document Management Software Provider at The Cannata Report’s 34th Annual Awards & Charities Dinner

New Haven, CT (Nov. 15, 2019) — The Cannata Report, an media resource serving the office products and workflow solutions industry, celebrated its 34th Anniversary Awards & Charity Dinner. This year Square 9 was presented with the award for Best ECM/Document Management
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Plustek Expands Scanner Portfolio With New Model that Speeds Digital Transformation

Santa Fe Springs, CA (Nov. 14, 2019) — Plustek announces the release of the SmartOffice PS3180U document scanner. This 80-page-per-minute scanner features a duty cycle of 8,000 pages per day, 100-sheet automatic feeder and can scan both sides of business documents in less than
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Mid America Display Becomes First Company to Operate Two EFI Nozomi Digital Corrugated Printers at a Single Facility

Fremont, CA (Nov. 14, 2019) — Mid America Display, the custom product display and signage division of St. Louis corrugated packaging provider Boxes, Inc., is expanding its leading-edge digital production packaging supply chain and display graphics operations with the purchase of
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