You know, the demise of the American Saxophone industry is kinda sad. NO Saxes are being made in the U.S. at all currently. And it all started when people started making Conglomerates.
A conglomerate is a corporation that is made up of several, smaller nearly unrelated companies. Disney, Boeing, Time Warner, are all examples of conglomerates. However the term conglomerate is also used in geology, though i'm not gonna explain that one.