Mergers and acquisitions

Perspektiv joins forces with FCS Laser Mail

Direct marketing agency Perspektiv and mailing company FCS Laser Mail have merged in a deal that will see them continue operating from their existing locations.

PaperlinX reverts to Burgo and streamlines product line

PaperlinX has dropped two of its recycled paper brands and reassigned the manufacturing of surviving line Revive to Burgo.

Pixartprinting ramps up labelling and packaging after private equity firm buys majority shareholding

Online trade printer Pixartprinting is continuing to expand its range of services, following owner Matteo Rigamonti selling a majority stake in the Italian company to private equity firm Alcedo.

DS Smith's SCA Packaging acquisition clears competition hurdle

DS Smith's proposed acquisition of Europe's second largest packaging business, SCA Packaging, has been approved by regulators after it agreed to sell three production plants in the UK and France.

Accura partners The Oldham Group to grow US MIS base

MIS supplier Accura has appointed The Oldham Group as its exclusive partner to cover North America's mid-eastern states.

Optimus and Pitney Bowes partner on transactional workflow

Optimus has partnered with Pitney Bowes on an automated workflow solution for transactional printers, combining complementary features from the respective Optimus Dash and DFWorks MIS.

Ocean Outdoor bought for 35m

Advertising company Ocean Outdoor has been sold by initial investors Smedvig Capital to mid-market private equity house LDC for 35m.

Stationers' Company to stage mergers and acquisitions event

The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers is holding a round table evening to explore avenues for injecting capital into business development strategies.

Communisis makes Kieon and Yomego acquisitions

Communisis has announced the 1.1m acquisition of two businesses, Kieon and Yomego, designed to further boost the non-print services offered by its Intelligence Driven Communications division.

Think-tank urges insolvency rethink

Printers have cautiously welcomed calls by a Tory think-tank to bring in US-style bankruptcy protection, which allows the management of insolvent companies a fixed period of time to try to restructure...