Mergers and acquisitions

Review of 2017: April

All the biggest stories from the past 12 months.

Review of 2017: January

All the biggest stories from the past 12 months.

Review of 2017: February

All the biggest stories from the past 12 months.

How. Can. It. Be. Christmas?

Where did 2017 go? Looking through our review of the year, it most definitely happened – and while it might not have been a vintage year for print, it was certainly an eventful one.

Digital ID acquires The Smart Card Store

Stockport, Greater Manchester-based ID card company Digital ID has acquired Hove, East Sussex-based firm The Smart Card Store for an undisclosed sum.

Sappi to acquire Cham Paper’s speciality paper business

Paper producer Sappi has signed an agreement to acquire the speciality paper business of Cham Paper Group Holding (CPG) for CHF146.5m (£110m).

HH Global recapitalises and reflects on 'exciting quarter'

HH Global has posted improved quarterly results after a recapitalisation of the business.

Newly merged Midlands packaging firms rebrand

Leicester-based Mercury Packaging and Nottinghamshire-based CPS Flexible, who merged earlier this year to create a £16m-turnover business, have rebranded to become Fusion Flexibles.

Take your first steps along the M&A trail

Transactional corporate finance is, in the words of printer Tim Black, a “movable feast”. Or should that be a ‘moving target’? Regulators have had a field day in recent years following the dotcom...

SG World brings commercial print in-house with acquisition

Visitor management and health & safety solutions specialist SG World has gained a commercial print foothold in the UK with the acquisition of Crewe-based The Printing House (TPH).