殡葬公司曾认为能够通过合并以及合并所带来的支出减少而得到成长。
Funeral-home companies thought they could grow by acquisition and cut costs through consolidation.
这延续了美国的大公司与家庭式殡葬服务业之间长久而激烈的争夺战。
Thus continues the unending tug-of-war between corporate and family-owned funeral homes in America.
公司总经理霍华德·皮卡德接受采访时说：“对我们来说这非常不可思议，殡葬业已经很久没有出现新鲜的事情了，这种无烟智能火化尸体设备的市场前景究竟如何仍然有待观察。”
Managing director Howard Pickard, 44, said: It's potentially fantastic for us. It's such a new thing in an industry which hasn't had a new form of disposing bodies for a long, long time.
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