Mergers and acquisitions

While mergers and acquisitions are nothing new in print, the latest PrintWeek Top 500 found that there were at least 77 deals involving UK printers between March 2018 and March 2019 – the busiest...

As highlighted in this issue’s briefing pages, it seems that there has been something of a summer growth-spurt of M&A activity across the printing industry.

Rosehill Press has been put up for sale after the loss of its biggest customer resulted in a cashflow crisis at the business.

DG3 has made another acquisition and has also parted company with long-serving managing director Barry Page.

Paper merchant Premier Paper Group has been acquired by Japan Pulp and Paper Company (JPP).

Bell & Bain has acquired J Thomson Colour Printers to create a 300-strong, £30m-turnover Glasgow print group.

HP will acquire workflow software developer OneFlow Systems in a deal set to deepen an established working partnership.

Positive ID Labels is set to complete its second acquisition in under a week after it finalises the purchase of Oxfordshire-based Banbury Labels tomorrow (28 June).

City Images has acquired fellow London printer It Has To Be Brilliant (IHTBB) as it looks to drive growth through the synergies created by the merger.

Polypropylene sheet manufacturer and distributor Priplak has untangled itself from Arjowiggins following a management buyout led by its chief executive Thomas Godey.