Mergers and acquisitions

Breaking News: BBC Magazines sells its stake to Times of India owner Bennett, Coleman & Co
BBC Worldwide's 50% shareholding in Indian joint venture for magazine publishing, Worldwide Media, is being sold to Times of India owner Bennett, Coleman & Co.

SRF announces an entry into BOPP film market with Bruckner
Gurgaon-based SRF, an Indian multi-business entity engaged in the manufacture of technical textiles, chemicals, engineering plastics and packaging films, teamed up with Bruckner on 5 August 2011 for...

Quark bought by US firm Platinum Equity
Quark, developer of the iconic QuarkXPress desktop publishing software, has been bought by US-based private equity house Platinum Equity for an undisclosed sum.

IOS buys Lateral Group
IOS has acquired the entire share capital of Lateral Group, buying out co-founders Nick Dixon, Mike Hunter and Rick Taylor, who built the company into one of the UK's leading cross-media marketing...

Halstan boss details motivation behind Pindar map div purchase
Halstan Holdings chairman Chris Smith has said that the niche business still boasts growth prospects and key accounts made the deal viable.

EFI buys Prism Group to continue MIS consolidation
US-based MIS/ERP giant EFI has bought Prism Group Holdings, owner of the Prism WIN MIS and Prism QTMS automated shop floor management software, for an undisclosed sum.

Oberthur smart card sale could herald new bid for De La Rue, analysts claim
French security printer Oberthur could use the proceeds from the upcoming sale of a majority stake in its smart card business to finance a renewed bid for De La Rue, analysts have claimed.

Pindar cartography business sold to Halstan
Pindar's Aylesbury-based cartography business has been bought out of administration by Amersham-based printer Halstan Holdings in a deal that has saved 16 jobs.

Grafica and France-based Terascreen agree to market Nano series of screen equipment in Europe
Indian manufacturer of semi-automatic and fully automatic screen printing machines and allied equipment, Grafica Flextronica will collaborate with France-based company, Terascreen and a preliminary...

Mimeo expands into Europe with CLE acquisition
Mimeo, the US-based digital print firm, has acquired Cambridgeshire-based CLE Group, giving it its first European production facility.