Paper M&A

But Jerry Stumpf, the corporate print products manager at Sentry Insurance, in Stevens Point, Wis., disagrees. The $2.5 million, 25-employee operation has seen a direct impact due to consolidation.

"Some of the manufacturers have changed their product lines. Some have gone in and totally redesigned their lines and in some cases they've taken product lines and dumped them. We have had to deal with finding alternative stocks," he says.