Mergers and acquisitions

Howard Hunt will install eight Kodak Versamark DH9100 printheads next month to wrap up a 3.5m spend that does not include the Kodak Prosper 5000XL installed in early 2011.

Mathias Bauerle (MB) has been saved from closure by a buyout team including its existing management team, UK distributor and an unnamed Swiss investor.

EFI senior vice president and general manager of productivity software Marc Olin has said the company will continue to drive consolidation amongst MIS providers in the wake of its latest acquisition.

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.