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Applied Imaging Acquires Lasers Resource

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Applied Imaging, which is based in Michigan, announced it’s acquired Lasers Resource, a Grand Rapids, Michigan, managed print services (MPS) specialist, for an undisclosed sum.

All Lasers Resource locations will now operate under the Applied Imaging brand, and its customers will have access to the full array of Applied Imaging’s products and services.

Lasers Resource is the fourth acquisition Applied Imaging has completed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, it acquired Kopy Sales in Traverse City, Michigan; ACR in Luna Pier, Michigan; and Upstream Office Solutions in Tampa, Florida. Applied Imaging said this acquisition is very strategic and will be important in adapting to changes in the industry.

Lasers Resource was founded in 1991 as a laser-printer toner remanufacturer, and evolved over the years to focus on helping customers effectively manage their printer fleets with MPS. It’s also an authorized HP Inc. printer reseller.

Applied Imaging also focuses on MPS with its PrintSmart offering and, with the acquisition, will add the HP lineup of printers to its list of represented manufacturers.

“We plan to keep the entire Lasers Resource staff to make the transition seamless for their customers,” said John Lowery, Applied Imaging founder and president. “They’ve had an excellent reputation in our market for almost 30 years, so we’re excited to bring both their employees and their customers into the growing Applied Imaging family.”

Laser Resource CEO Tom Senecal commented: “I’m excited that our customers now have access to many more products and services such as IT services, document management hardware and software products, document shredding, large format printing, facilities management and much more.”

Founded in Grand Rapids in 1987, Applied Imaging has since grown to over 450 employees with offices in Michigan that include: Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Muskegon,  Lansing, Traverse City, Flint, Petoskey, Alpena, Southfield, and Ann Arbor. It also has offices in Toledo, Ohio, and Tampa, Florida.

Its services include the sales and service of copier/MFPs, printers, wide-format products, document storage and retrieval products, shredding/document destruction through its ShredHub division, and facilities management. The NetSmart Plus division offers IT infrastructure, software, cloud, security, managed services, carrier and telephony solutions.

Manufacturers represented by Applied Imaging now include Ricoh, Canon, Kyocera, HP Inc., OnBase, Microsoft, Duplo and more.