Mergers and acquisitions

Manroland subsidiary ppi Media, which develops smart editorial, planning and production software for the print and publishing industries, is seeking new investors following Manroland's insolvency.

Manroland has today filed for insolvency protection with the German district court in Augsburg after negotiations with a potential investor "failed on the home stretch".

Manroland North America has said the division is operating in a "business as usual" environment, although expects to issue further information on the status of the parent company, which filed for...

Notable among this year's M&A activity is the amount of movement among the UK's biggest players.

St Ives has continued its spending spree with the purchase of a 1.5m, 15.75% stake in Evolved Group, a developer of e-book conversion software for the publishing industry.

Even the most optimistic members of the print industry would not have been expecting to open this supplement to find that the top 500 companies would have abandoned the lifeboats they had emptied into...

Despite another eventful 12 months for the industry, with a number of significant casualties, some of the movers and shakers have been consolidating, regrouping and even expanding on their past...

Digital printer Cova Colour Print has been bought by former Beacon Press man Mark Pryde in a management buy in.