AGS sales and marketing manager Ross Gilberthorpe told ProPrint the two companies would be merged onto one site shortly after AGS officially takes over Allpoints in March.

Gilberthorpe added that no changes to headcount were expected as a result of the deal, which came about after AGS managing director Glenn Maynard (pictured, right) went on the hunt for merger opportunities.

“Glenn is always looking at increasing the business, and one of the areas we looked at was consumables,” Gilberthorpe said.

“In analysing businesses, we looked at the strengths and weaknesses of each company. One aspect of the criteria was that they had to be a Victorian company of a similar size.

“Allpoints came up with all the boxes ticked,” he added.

The result is a “solid business with a good offering for its customer base”, according to Gilberthorpe, with consumables-oriented Allpoints expected to complement the more services-focused AGS.

“It has no conflicting products that it sells, and in fact we’ve been going to similar customers on a servicing basis,” he said.

“The customer base that Allpoints deals with are mostly small offset, and they often have to use a servicing guy and here and a servicing guy there. This [merger] gives them one point to go to for their servicing requirements and consumables,” he added.

Allpoints is currently based in the Melbourne suburb of Blackburn, and has been supplying consumables to the Victorian industry for the last eight years. Allpoints owners Lindsay (pictured, left) and Diane Banks described the merger as an “ideal fit for the future of both companies”.

Allpoints’ five staff members will be integrated into AGS, which currently has 18 staff.

“Lindsay’s fairly proud about the business, he didn’t want it to be just be bought, torn up and thrown away,” Gilberthorpe said.

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