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Grenadier goes Dutch for carton deal

Expanding group has acquired a carton business in the Netherlands from packaging giant Mayr-Melnhof. Grenadier Packaging has completed its third folding carton acquisition and its first on the European mainland with the purchase of MM Packaging Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. The business has been part of the giant Mayr-Melnhof group which has facilities across the […]

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19 January 2026
Sheffield is second site for ePac
• EPac

EPac looks to fly through Butterfly effect

Private Equity business Butterfly has bought into the distributed digital print network for flexible packaging. A US P-E business has acquired digital print pioneer EPac Flexible Packaging from investors that have included global packaging giant Amcor. Butterfly Equity is a Los Angeles P-E business that backs food and beverage start ups, providing a neat fit […]

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19 January 2026
• Paper

Giant paper deal to shake up sector in Europe

Sappi and UPM Communication Papers are pooling their graphic paper interests in the face of falling demand and rising costs. Sappi and UPM caught the paper and print industry by surprise with the announcement that the companies are to create a €1.4 billion joint venture to house their graphical paper interests. If all goes to […]

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8 December 2025
• No Contact Print

DataLase finds supportive owner

The no contact print technology business has been acquired by a Swedish business known for taking the long view. UK photonic printing specialist DataLase has been acquired by Swedish industrial group Bergman & Beving five years after a management buyout from Sato.  The Swedish group will include DataLase as part of its safety technology division […]

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10 November 2025
• Penny Black

Penny Black collected by Stord

The UK start up that adds personalised messages to ecommerce boxes has been acquired by a US ‘customer experience’ unicorn. Penny Black, the commerce messaging start up backed by Agfa, has been sold to US warehousing specialist Stord. Penny Black’s business model of inserting a highly personalised printed message with every outbound package chimes with […]

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18 August 2025
• Landa

Landa attracts strong corporate interest

A string of well known companies have been named as interested parties in relation to Landa Digital Printing, but there is no guarantee that any purchase will result. A host of the the industry’s leading technology companies have been named as visitors to the data vault run by Japan’s Nomura Bank as part of the […]

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7 July 2025
Drupa

Plockmatic signs up for Renz deal…

Plockmatic is adding wire binding and calendar production to its expanding portfolio of finishing equipment. Plockmatic has signed the papers that will end 15 months of administration for Renz Gmbh and make it the latest acquisition for the expanding Swedish supplier of finishing equipment. Renz called in administrators in March last year, forcing it to […]

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30 June 2025
• Paragon

Paragon takes over Service Graphics

Paragon is buying its sister company to enhance its marketing services business with stronger large format footprint. Paragon has acquired Service Graphics from Grenadier Holdings, the common owner of both companies. The development follows on from Paragon’s consolidation of the former Communisis brand deployment business into Paragon Global Brands to become part of an enlarged […]

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9 June 2025
• Propelis

Propelis to be a new kind of brand agency

Packaging and print will be key to the merged SGS and SGK business as it seeks to create a new role for merged super business. The merger between two of the largest packaging prepress operations has been completed, making Propelis as “a global agency built for brand impact”. This is the combination of SGS & […]

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12 May 2025
Paragon unites routes to brands
• Paragon

Paragon unites routes to brand

After buying the Communisis Brand Deployment division Paragon has brought it fully into Paragon Global Brands. Almost 18 months after being rescued from administration, the Communisis name is being retired by Paragon which acquired Communisis Brand Deployment when the parent company failed in December 2023. The business has been fully integrated with Paragon Global Brands […]

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12 May 2025
Aidan Cahill

Paragon parent buys carton printer Kentmere

Grenadier Packaging has completed the acquisition of Kentmere Packaging as it aims to build a strong packaging presence. Grenadier Holdings, the business that owns the Paragon companies, has bought Kentmere Packaging to bolt on to its expanding packaging portfolio.  Kentmere is a privately owned carton printer located on the edge of the Lake District printing […]

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7 April 2025
BLL

Rapidity swoops on boxmaking expertise

By taking on former BLL staff, Rapidity has secured skills needed as demands for rigid box production grow. Rapidity has taken on five staff from British Looseleaf from the wreckage of the Reflections group. The move enables Rapidity to set up a box making operation at its site in Sidcup, across the yard from what […]

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31 March 2025
• Paragon

Paragon takes a German opportunity

The group continues to expand via acquisitions, but these are more considered than in the past. Paragon has taken over CCS Germany, the Munich print operation belonging to Australian company Computershare which provides services to the financial services sector. The two companies have been partners for some years so know each other well. Paragon CEO […]

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10 March 2025