The purchases of two resellers in the United States and a consulting organization in Denmark this year boosted results for Columbus for the third quarter ended September 30. The Danish Dynamics VAR pointed to this year's pick up of InterDyn BMI and Sherwood Systems, along with the acquisition of MW Data in its home country the major factors in the uptick. For the year-do-date, profit after tax hit about $4.9 million, an increase of 13 percent from the prior year.