Mergers and acquisitions

Acquisitions, investments and insolvencies: all the action from a year in print

Acquisitions, investments and insolvencies: all the action from a year in print

Prospect Mailing Services has been acquired for £400,000 by sister company St Ives Direct Bradford, recently renamed as Global Media Production.

Chesapeake Services is to merge with Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) creating a $1.4bn (£864m) global print-based speciality packaging giant.

Wide-format digital printer Sign Man has sold a 50% stake in its business to marquee and gazebo manufacturer Gala Tent.

Following its fall into administration in August this year, Horner Brothers Print Group has now fully transferred to the ownership of Paragon Group UK.

EFI has acquired German MIS developer Lector Computersysteme for an undisclosed sum.

Global packaging giant Essentra Plc has acquired Dublin-based Dakota Packaging for an undisclosed cash sum.

Spandex Asia-Pacific has purchased two Australia-based suppliers to the wide-format signage and display industries.

Antalis has completed the purchase of Xerox’s €300m-turnover (£253m) European office and digital papers business, with UK, Ireland and South Africa managing director David Hunter saying the...