Mergers and acquisitions

Tharstern managing director Keith McMurtrie has led an MBO at the MIS developer with two other directors as the firm targets rapid international expansion.

Russell Printers has bought embroidered workwear company BCR Workwear to expand its services.

Polestar owner Sun European Partners has confirmed that one of its affiliates has purchased River Group and expanded on its plans for the customer publisher to work in partnership with Polestar.

Investcorp, the Bahrain-listed private equity group that owned Polestar from 1998 to 2006, has acquired Netherlands-based screen and digital printing equipment manufacturer SPGPrints Group.

An affiliate of Sun European Partners, owner of Polestar Group, is understood to be on the verge of acquiring the contract publishing business River Group.

Millnet Document Solutions (MDS) has invested £700,000 to boost its digital firepower as the firm, a joint venture between Yolanda Noble and London-based document management business Millnet, rolls...

Thomas Montgomery, the former owner of the collapsed Scottish print group Montgomery Litho, has returned to print as part of a buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO) team at DS Smith Plastics Print...

The past quarter brought such a flurry of global M&A activity that, with two weeks still to go, it had already reached a level not seen since 2007. In Europe, it was the busiest quarter for at least...

Over the past few weeks there seems to have been an unprecedented spike in the amount of print M&A activity taking place and, believe it not, I’m not just talking about distressed sales or worse, the...

Wyndeham owner Walstead Investments has withdrawn its interest in purchasing struggling direct mail business Global MP.