Mergers and acquisitions

Inspired Thinking Group has been acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital in a £28m deal.

Vistaprint will acquire a 97% stake in Italian web-to-print business Pixartprinting for a base price of €127m (£105m) while the company's founder Matteo Rigamonti will retain a 3% stake.

St Ives has acquired digital marketing agency Realise Holdings bolstering its expanding family of marketing subsidiaries.

UK food and healthcare packaging firm Benson Group has been acquired by Graphic Packaging, 15 months after the US giant bought Contego Packaging’s UK and European food and drink carton operations.

EFI chief operating officer Marc Olin used last week’s Connect conference to reveal some of the R&D initiatives for its productivity portfolio of software products and pledge EFI’s commitment to...

Konica Minolta has entered into a strategic alliance with MGI Digital Graphic Technology and taken a 10% stake in the French manufacturer, which makes a range of digital print and finishing equipment.

Print management group Paperhat has bought a majority stake in education sector marketing firm Grebot Donnelly Associates and is planning to make three more acquisitions by May.

UK envelope manufacturer Encore Envelopes has acquired the UK production division of Spain-based envelope giant Tompla Envelopes in a deal that will add more than one billion envelopes to its annual...

Polestar has filed its first set of results since acquiring BGP and Stones, and chief executive Barry Hibbert has further joint ventures and acquisitions in his sights for this year.