The company was built via organic customer growth and corporate acquisitions.

This change started a period of expansion via acquisition, including:

He expanded it into a $2.3 billion firm via acquisitions and international expansion by the time he left in 1986.

In the late 1990s, the Dallas, Texas, company borrowed money to pay for expansion via acquisition.

Utilicraft is now seeking new products via mergers and acquisitions.

However, via mergers, acquisitions and sometimes bankruptcy the number of operating companies gradually declined to just one or two in each city.

DeRoyal continued to expand its domestic manufacturing operations throughout the 1980s via construction and acquisition.

EA later grew via acquisition of several successful developers.

Worldwide online matchmakers have explored entering the Chinese market via partnerships or acquisitions.

Another 40% comes from Europe, although it does aim to expand here via acquisition, and the remaining 10% is earned in the US.