Mergers and acquisitions

Visual Print & Design acquires Go Digital

Visual Print & Design has acquired Go Digital for an undisclosed sum.

Reflex Group in double acquisition and £10m equipment spend

Reflex Group has continued to expand after acquiring two businesses, Progressive-ID and Century Art, for an undisclosed sum.

Global Graphics acquires URW Design & Development

Software developer Global Graphics has acquired the entire issued share capital of German font developer URW Design & Development.

Tullis Russell Trucard and Gemini sold to PG Paper

An Inverclyde paper company has bought the Trucard and Gemini brands from the Tullis Russell administrators KPMG.

Welcoming a new firm into the fold

Take his word for it, acquiring a company can be a great way of growing your existing one. In the last decade Witherbys’ managing director James Greene has helped secure not one but two takeovers of...

Macfarlane Group makes first of its planned 2015 acquisitions

Macfarlane Group is targeting one more acquisition this year after buying Nottinghamshire-based One Packaging in a £2.75m deal.

Allen Signs acquires Double Red printing division

Vehicle livery and signmaking specialist Allen Signs has acquired the printing division of photographic agency Double Red, for an undisclosed sum.

YPP to boost turnover with flag firm buy

Large-format print company Your Print Partner (YPP) has acquired a bespoke flag producer and installed a new print machine aiming to add £500,000 to its turnover.

Presstek owner to buy Goss International

Presstek’s private equity owner American Industrial Partners (AIP) is poised to buy web offset press manufacturer Goss after securing a definitive agreement with its current owner, Shanghai Electric...

Whistl poised for MBO

The main conditions of a management buyout (MBO) of Whistl have been provisionally agreed between its managers and owner PostNL, following an review of PostNL's UK activities