Mergers and 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.

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...

Book printers Berforts Group and Information Press have merged to create a 10m business.

Chinese B3 press manufacturer Hans Gronhi has acquired Japanese rival Shinohara, which filed for bankruptcy protection at the beginning of the year.

EFI has unveiled Fiery Dashboard, a new cloud-based MIS for any digital presses driven by the Fiery RIP that gives access to real-time production data from a variety of web-enabled devices.

Danaher Corporation has made a cash offer for X-Rite, owner of design industry color provider Pantone, with the deal for the colour management specialist broadly welcomed by shareholders and senior...

North Plains has acquired rival digital asset management (DAM) vendor Xinet for an undisclosed amount to form "the largest pure-play DAM vendor" in the print industry.

Showcard Print, the Letchworth-based point-of-sale business, is set to undergo a 15.25m management buyout (MBO) from parent group Havelock Europa.

Domino Printing Sciences has expanded its direct mail sector reach after acquiring the customer database of Hamburg-based Mikrojet Systems.