President and CEO of the remanufacturer, Gary Willert, said that three distribution centres have already been consolidated, and hinted that there may be another acquisition in 2016.
He told ENX Magazine that the deal will give more dealers a “one-stop shop” while allowing LMI to offer its MPS customers “the best quality, not only toner cartridges, but parts, fusers, and maintenance kits”.
He added that “better quality and higher yield is critical in that environment. That’s why Parts Now is a good fit”. Willert also said that the deal offers LMI the “best recipe” for matching cartridges with individual fuser types, and that combined with the “printers we’re refurbishing [..] we’ve got the whole gamut”.
The executive hopes that with thorough testing the remanufacturer can achieve the “lowest cost per page”.
Asked about future acquisitions, Willert said that LMI is still looking for “new opportunities”, within or outside of the industry, and that “we will be doing something” in 2016. LMI previously said of the deal that it would “extend benefits enjoyed by end users through identified opportunities to enhance efficiencies and responsiveness at the dealer level”.
The remanufacturer previously acquired two US printer remanufacturers, Printersdirect and Global Printer Services, in summer 2014.