Mergers and acquisitions

Denver-based EPS-Doublet has acquired nearby Think Big Solutions as it looks to grow its digital printing and marketing services operations.

UK Packaging film manufacturer Innovia Films has bought out its joint venture partner in Securency, after it failed to secure a "suitable offer" for the secure substrate business from external buyers.

MRM Associates has been dissolved, leaving unsecured creditors with no prospect of recovering 150,000 debts, according to the liquidator.

Entrepreneur Martin Reed bought White Horse Press Newbury in December 2012 after parent company Synergie group entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement on 17 August.

Morgana Systems has been bought by Swedish firm Plockmatic International.

Printers should not be threatened by spending reviews undertaken by their clients but use them to examine their own strategies, a print industry procurement specialist has said.

Ferrostaal Equipment Solutions North America has highlighted the potential upside of a combined Ryobi and Mitsubishi offset press business after the pair signed a letter of intent this week.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery and Ryobi are planning a joint venture that could result in the marriage of their sheetfed offset press operations worldwide.

Acquisitions have a murky reputation, as we have all seen too many pre-pack administrations to feel at ease with the subject. Do it well, though, and merging with another firm could be your best move...