Mergers and acquisitions

KBA is to merge its Trennfeld plant into its main Wrzburg facility 16 miles away, a move it said would save several million euros a year but lead to "almost all" 220 staff being offered new roles.

Regional newspaper rivals DMGT, Trinity Mirror and Yattendon Group have created Local World, a new publisher combining DMGT's Northcliffe division with Yattendon's Iliffe News & Media.

HP has called in the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Enforcement Division after it was forced to announced an $8.8bn writedown of its $11bn Autonomy...

Technique chief executive Paul Cooper has said it is "business as usual" following the MIS/ERP developer's sale to US-based EFI earlier this week.

Canadian label printer CCL Industries has acquired John Watson & Co, the 80-staff Glasgow-based label printer, in a multi-million pound takeover deal.

Drayton Press, has acquired the order book and customer list of former Kall Kwik outlet, Gaia Services and invested 100,000 in equipment.

EFI has acquired UK-based MIS provider Technique as it continues to expand its presence in the software market.

Print manager Charterhouse PM is being bought by Japanese document giant Konica Minolta.

Contego Packaging is selling its food and beverage cartons business to US food specialist Graphic Packaging in a deal worth 81m.

Rochester, NY-based Canfield & Tack Commercial Printing & Fulfillment this week announced the acquisition of Dellas Graphics of Syracuse, NY in a boost to its regional expansion plans.