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Advised Typewriters.com on Sale to Carolina Wholesale

Philadelphia, PA – July 2016 – Mike Dudek and Rich Wisniewski of Zygoquest Group "seeking to unite" served as the advisor to Jim Riegert and Progressive Methods, Inc. on the sale of Typrwriters.com and the typewriter business to Carolina Wholesale Office Machines Company, Inc.  Terms of the transaction are confidential. 

About Typewriters.com (www.typewriters.com)
     Typewriters.com, located in Decatur, Georgia, was operated and owned by Jim Riegert and Progressive Methods, Inc.  Typewriters.com has specialized in the sale of new and reconditioned typewriters since 1958 for businesses around the world.  In addition to equipment sales, Typewriters.com has one of the best typewriter service departments in the industry.  Jim Riegert is joining Carolina Wholesale to run its typewriter business. 

About Carolina Wholesale (www.cwholesale.com)
     Carolina Wholesale Office Machines Company, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is owned and operated by Larry Huneycutt, President and CEO.  Carolina Wholesale, celebrating its 44th year in business is one of the largest wholesale distributors of office machine and supplies in the United States.  Carolina Wholesales’ product mix includes fax machines, printers, copiers, calculators, typewriters, dictation/transcribing, telephones, presentation equipment, paper handling, shredders, cash registers, time clocks, and supplies for each.  Carolina Wholesale serves all 50 states plus Canada and Puerto Rico and carries over 10,000 active items representing over 100 manufacturers.  Distribution centers are located in Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; and, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Carolina Wholesale is the largest typewriter distributor in the United States and is recognized as the primary wholesale distributor of Copystar (Kyocera) segment one copiers in the United States. 

About Zygoquest Group and Mike Dudek (www.zygoquest.com)
     Mike Dudek, an attorney and CPA, is the owner of Zygoquest Group "seeking to unite" which provides customized merger & acquisition services to buyers & sellers of companies.  Zygoquest is the #1 M&A authority in the office products industry.  Mike Dudek & Rich Wisniewski are authors of over 400 consummated M&A transactions including many technology services acquisitions during their careers.  Prior to founding Zygoquest, Mike Dudek was Vice-President of Acquisitions for IKON Office Solutions, a $5.5 billion NYSE company acquired by Ricoh Corporation.  Mike Dudek has evaluated transactions ranging from the smallest transactions to the largest deals in the office products industry – from million dollar deals to billion dollar deals.  The Zygoquest website contains deals you will recognize.  See www.zygoquest.com

About Law Office of Mike Dudek (www.mikedudeklaw.com)
     Mike Dudek also owns the Law Office of Mike Dudek which provides owners and executives with customized and affordable legal services on mergers and acquisitions and other complex business transactions.  See www.mikedudeklaw.com.