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April 1, 2009

Material handling integrator Boston Rack International Inc. has announced a merger with storage products maker Base Manufacturing, a move the companies say makes them the first to combine the capabilities of a full-service integrator and a storage systems manufacturer.

Following the merger, Boston Rack and Base will operate as subsidiaries of a holding company, Elite Storage Solutions, to continue to take advantage of brand identities within their marketplaces.

The deal will expand the merged company's sales force and resource base, giving it a broader reach into the material handling industry that would be difficult to attain as separate entities, Peter Murphy, Boston Rack's founder and president/CEO, said in a statement. "We felt the new combination would offer the industry a value that exceeds all others," he added. "In today's market, only the strong survive."

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Mark Solomon joined DC VELOCITY as senior editor in August 2008, and was promoted to his current position on January 1, 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain management fields as a journalist and public relations professional. From 1989 to 1994, he worked in Washington as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce, covering the aviation and trucking industries, the Department of Transportation, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he worked for Traffic World for seven years in a similar role. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Solomon ran Media-Based Solutions, a public relations firm based in Atlanta. He graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.

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