Mergers and acquisitions

Garnett Dickinson has restructured its board and is selling off one of its printing operations.

Plastic, foam and fibre products supplier Filtrona has today (19 March) announced its acquisition of Contego Healthcare for £160m.

Creative and packaging management firm Magnet Harlequin has acquired pre-press specialists Technik for an unspecified sum.

Mayer-Kuvert network has acquired the envelope division of Papyrus Deutschland by the end of March 2013.

St Ives has added to its growing marketing services offering with another significant acquisition.

The two formerly separate sales and commercial teams of 4DM and its owner, Eclipse Colour, have been restructured to create two group-wide teams.

Creative Print Group has been bought in a pre-pack deal by a new company set up by John Price Printers after it fell into administration last month.

KBA has acquired Italian flexo press manufacturer Flexotecnica for a "high single-digit million euro" sum in a bid to expand its portfolio in the growing print market for flexible packaging.

Xerox has bought industrial inkjet manufacturer Impika after being a reseller of the French company's products since 2011.

As part of the integration and rebranding of its two screen-print and large-format graphics operations, SSDM and Fenn Graphics, Aura Graphics has deployed a group-wide 40-seat Shuttleworth MIS.