Mergers and acquisitions

Enfield Printing Company, which trades as The Magazine Printing Company, has undergone a change of ownership and a significant restructure of the business is on the cards.

Card manufacturer and printer Nitecrest has partnered with technology company Tag Systems to develop its banking division, which is now operating under the name Tagnitecrest.

Adare has made its second acquisition in the space of 10 weeks and is now the new owner of Polestar Applied Solutions (PAS).

Compared with the momentous events of late, the past couple of weeks have been fairly tame – all that seems to have happened is that we now have a new Prime Minister.

Boring.

Xerox appears to have dismissed a possible merger with RR Donnelley, the world’s largest print group.

Macfarlane Packaging has followed up a recent acquisition by opening a new distribution centre to help spearhead growth in Scotland.

Xerox is in talks to buy the world’s largest print group, according to reports in the US financial press.

Flint Group has acquired UK-based ink and blanket manufacturer and supplier Druckfarben for an undisclosed sum.

Flint Group has completed its take over of Siegwerk Druckfarben’s Heatset and Newsink production arm and acquired US-based American Inks and Coatings.

Packaging industry heavyweight Mark Kerridge has joined the board of acquisitive UK-based group Americk Packaging.