{"id":7189,"date":"2014-08-01T08:02:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T12:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweekinimaging.com\/?p=7189"},"modified":"2014-08-01T08:02:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T12:02:34","slug":"between-the-lines-mergers-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/editors-blog\/2014\/08\/between-the-lines-mergers-acquisitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Between the Lines: Mergers &#038; Acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mergers-and-acquisitions.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mergers-and-acquisitions-300x300.png\" alt=\"mergers-and-acquisitions\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>What do you think the office imaging industry will look like in another 10 years as far as the players and the movers and shakers?<\/p>\n<p>I ask that after reading about the LMI\u2019s latest acquisition (Check out the interview with LMI President Gary Willert in this week\u2019s edition.) and after attending the Konica Minolta press and analyst event in New York City where it was noted that acquisitions remain a key element of Konica Minolta\u2019s growth strategy, not to mention, or to mention, <em>The Week in Imaging\u2019s <\/em>recent merger with <em>ENX<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019re on that topic, in the next few weeks you\u2019ll see <em>TWII\u2019s<\/em> newsletter merge with <em>ENX\u2019s<\/em> newsletter. If you\u2019re on the distribution list for both newsletters, you\u2019ll receive one combined newsletter per week rather than an average of six per month. The last thing we want to do is inundate your inbox. Once the merging of the two newsletters is complete, you\u2019ll see a merging of <em>TWII<\/em> and <em>ENX<\/em> Websites. The wheels for all of this are in motion now with some turning faster than others.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an exciting time in the imaging industry and for those of us who have been around for awhile, we\u2019ve witnessed many mergers and acquisitions over the years, some big, some small, some good, some less so. Although not always smooth, acquisitions and mergers are inevitable and what keeps the industry growing and moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s next?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you think the office imaging industry will look like in another 10 years as far as the players and the movers and shakers? I ask that after reading about the LMI\u2019s latest acquisition (Check out the interview with LMI President Gary Willert in this week\u2019s edition.) and after attending the Konica Minolta press and analyst event in New York City where it was noted that acquisitions remain a key element of Konica Minolta\u2019s growth strategy, not to mention, or to mention, The Week in Imaging\u2019s recent merger with ENX magazine. While we\u2019re on that topic, in the next few weeks you\u2019ll see TWII\u2019s newsletter merge with ENX\u2019s newsletter. If you\u2019re on the distribution list for both newsletters, you\u2019ll receive one combined newsletter per week rather than an average of six per month. The last thing we want to do is inundate your inbox. Once the merging of the two newsletters is complete, you\u2019ll see a merging of TWII and ENX Websites. The wheels for all of this are in motion now with some turning faster than others. It\u2019s an exciting time in the imaging industry and for those of us who have been around for awhile, we\u2019ve witnessed many mergers and acquisitions over the years, some big, some small, some good, some less so. Although not always smooth, acquisitions and mergers are inevitable and what keeps the industry growing and moving forward. Who\u2019s next? Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[405,503,328,388],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7191,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189\/revisions\/7191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}