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The Eight Group is expanding its marketing services offer with acquisition of Marketlayer to bring
29 April 2024
The Eight Group is expanding its marketing services offer with acquisition of Marketlayer to bring
PE backed Woodberry group has continued its growth by acquisition strategy with the acquisition of
Weedon has said yes to expanding Irish packaging group – not Smurfit, but fast growing
Arden Dies has extended its geographic reach as well as strengthened its offering for carton
Despite an agreed deal to join forces with Mondi, DS Smith has received a rival
Packaging packs a punch for PE purchases while commercial needs critical mass to attract consolidation
Printing has always been an industry where acquisitions have been important. The story of the
The acquisition a year ago of Wood Richardson by Northwolds has given the Pocklington business
Mergers and acquisitions are a key element of business life and it pays to understand
The combination of Newsprinters and DMG’s print operations will not damage competition in the newspaper
The demise of UK Bookbinders has provided the opportunity for Folio Print Finishing to expand
The independent UK merchant has acquired the largest independent paper merchant on the Irish market.
The North American paper mill makes one of the finest papers in the world. Now that and other grades join the Fedrigoni family. Fedrigoni has acquired assets from leading US fine paper mill Mohawk. It has worked with Mohawk for some time, expanding that relationship less than a year ago. However, Mohawk’s financial woes have […]
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A second acquisition in recent weeks is giving Remous a second production site in the
One of the world’s largest flexible packaging producers has changed hands, including two plants in the UK. One Rock Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Constantia Flexibles, six months after announcing an agreement to buy the packaging business from another equity backer Wendel and other shareholders including Maxburg Capital Partners. Constantia is an Austrian […]
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ESP Colour is on a mission to become one of the country’s most successful print groups and has acquired Severnprint as a big step on that journey. Almost a year to the day that Simon Smogur completed the long planned management buyout of ESP Colour, ESP has acquired Severnprint and its two associate companies. This […]
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The Italian high end paper and board provider has invested in an agency committed to adding interactivity and connectivity to packaging. Fedrigoni has taken a stake in SharpEnd, a London marketing agency that develops connected solutions for brands. It claims to be the world’s first Internet of Things agency, developing a proprietary software platform that […]
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Both companies are already interlinked and are neighbours in Zofingen. Now the two are under common ownership. There will be no immediate changes following Muller Martini’s surprise acquisition of Hunkeler. The move appears to have caught everyone off guard. Partners, distributors and customers found out only when a statement was issued on Wednesday afternoon. Despite […]
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The display graphics substrate distributor has been sold to a Portuguese manufacturer of fabrics for print and other purposes. Portuguese materials producer Endutex has acquired Ultraflex Europe and has changed its identity to Endutex UK. The deal was completed on 27 November and the name of the business was changed on 1 December. The purchaser […]
Spectra Systems has acquired Cartor in a deal to take a jointly developed polymer for currency to commercial status. The company that prints the King’s head on millions of stamps each year has been acquired by US company Spectra Systems in a deal worth £10.5 million. The acquisition of Cartor paves the way for further […]
US group Moss Inc has acquired MacroArt in a deal that will accelerate plans for the Huntingdonshire large format business. US large format graphics printer Moss Inc has bought MacroArt in what is thought to be the first transatlantic deal of its kind. US companies have picked up UK label, flexible packaging and carton printers, […]
The map production arm of Halstan group has acquired the business and assets of Oxford Cartographers, one of the best known names in map making. Pindar Creative has acquired the trade and assets of Oxford Cartographers, one of the best known names in map mapping. It will integrate a business that has a reputation for […]
Ambitious envelope group is buying one of the best known brands in the global printing industry. Envelope producer and direct mail printer Mail Solutions has agreed a deal to buy Kalamazoo from Adare SEC. The Telford business will acquire Kalamazoo as a going concern with the deal for an undisclosed sum scheduled to complete on […]