Mergers and acquisitions

Italian paper mill Gruppo Cordenons has been acquired by Bain Capital Private Equity.

A Belgian paper mill, formerly the home of insolvent Idempapers, has been acquired by start-up Virginal Paper and is set to begin operation 12 months after it produced its last grades.

Sunline Direct Mail has entered administration after no buyer emerged for the business during an accelerated marketing process taking place over the past few weeks.

In its latest salvo against Fujifilm, Xerox has threatened that it may not renew its technology agreement with Fuji Xerox and could look to replace products in its portfolio developed under the joint...

St Ives has completed its exit from print and sold its print management division to Paragon Group for £11m.

Acquisitive Label and packaging press manufacturer Mark Andy has bought post-press and packaging kit manufacturer Brandtjen & Kluge.

Reach’s near-£200m acquisition of Northern & Shell’s publishing assets has been approved by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

Four Way Print and its subsidiary Blue Sky Design & Print have been bought by an industry newcomer.

The increasingly bitter feud between Fujifilm and Xerox has ramped up a notch with Fujifilm filing a $1bn (£760m) lawsuit against Xerox for damages over the collapse of the proposed merger.

Fujifilm is expected to turn to a judge to enforce its merger deal with Xerox in the next few days, according to a US press report.