Mergers and acquisitions

US font and typographic specialist Monotype Imaging Holdings has bought Northern Ireland-based web design company Design By Front.

Arctic Paper's public takeover offer to shareholders of Swedish pulp manufacturer Rottneros has been unanimously recommended by the Rottneros board.

CFH, the Somerset-based print and mail company, has acquired Slough-based Print For Business (PFB) for an undisclosed amount.

American Industrial Partners (AIP), the private equity owner of narrow and mid-web flexo press maker Mark Andy, has completed its $26m (16.2m) purchase of direct imaging press builder Presstek.

Neighbouring London-based pre-press firms Classified Central Media (CCM) and Camden Town Typesetter (CTT) have merged to form CC Media Group.

The assets of James Stewart & Co (Printers) have been sold to Graphite Creative Print, a company set up by Simon Timms, son of Len Timms - the founder of the Hertfordshire-based commercial printer.

Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has confirmed that it is in talks over the possible sale of its Northcliffe regional newspaper business.

Pearson and German media group Bertelsmann have agreed a deal to merge their respective publishing businesses, Penguin and Random House.

Tangent Communications, owner of Printed.com, is set to acquire rival web-to-print business Goodprint UK, for an aggregate consideration of £10.2m in a deal that represents a "step change" for the...