Image Data Conversion has been growing a lot since the economic recovery commenced a couple of years ago through both organic growth and acquisitions.
The Saline-based company specializes in digitizing documents. Think turning paperwork and microfilm into more readily accessible digital documents. That could be everything from newspapers to building permits.
"The business has been growing in the double digits since 2010," says Bob Palmerton, director of finance administration for
Image Data Conversion. "There is a lot of paper out there."
The 4-year-old company has also been acquiring or launching new divisions in the last few years. It acquired Beam Film in 2012 and launched Reveal Digital in 2013. It has steadily consolidated it sales efforts since then.
That has allowed Image Data Conversion to hire seven new people over the last 18 months, expanding its staff to 65 employees. Of those, 55 are based in Saline. That number could jump again in the near future as the company considers acquiring more firms in the not-too-distant future.
"We keep a short list of potential candidates that would fit in well with the company," Palmerton says.
Source: Bob Palmerton, director of finance administration for Image Data Conversion
Writer: Jon Zemke
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