Mergers and acquisitions

Opus Trust chief executive Tony Strong (L) with Critiqom chief executive Charles Sweeney

Opus Trust Communications acquires Critiqom

Multichannel customer communications specialist Opus Trust Communications has acquired print and mailing business Critiqom.

Xerox proposal focuses on cost synergies and revenue synergies

Xerox goes on the road with HP proposal

Xerox CEO John Visentin is meeting with HP shareholders this week as the manufacturer pitches the perceived benefits of its takeover plan.

GF Smith was established in 1885

GF Smith acquires RK Burt

Luxury paper merchant GF Smith has acquired fine art paper supplier RK Burt & Co.

HP's board is under attack from investor Carl Icahn

Icahn: Xerox-HP deal is a 'no-brainer'

Activist investor Carl Icahn has parked his tanks firmly on HP’s lawn with a no-holds-barred open letter to HP shareholders urging them to back the proposed takeover by Xerox.

Print’s major trends of 2019 show no signs of abating

It has been a lively – some would say tumultuous – year for print. Brexit aside, the sector saw a number of major trends in 2019, but perhaps most notably M&A activity, business failures, and...

The i had sales of £34m in 2018

DMGT buys i newspaper

Newspaper group DMGT has bought the i newspaper from JPI Media for nearly £50m.

Visentin: Xerox proposal is "compelling"

Xerox goes hostile with HP takeover bid

The gloves are off: Xerox has gone on the offensive and will now take its takeover proposal directly to HP’s shareholders, saying that HP’s refusal to engage in mutual due diligence “defies logic”.

KJB is understood to have been bought out of administration

WM Printing in liquidation; KJB lives on

KJB Print’s brochure division WM Printing Solutions has been placed into liquidation, while Printweek understands that its parent company has been bought out of administration.

HP: significant concerns about long-term viability of Xerox business

HP hits back at 'aggressive' Xerox

The war of words between Xerox and HP is hotting up, with HP responding to Xerox’s “aggressive words and actions” with some of its own, stating that Xerox had “essentially mortgaged its future for a...

Heidelberg sells coatings business

Heidelberg has sold its Hi-Tech Coatings division to US group Innovative Chemical Products in a surprise move.