Mergers and acquisitions

Positive ID Labels has acquired Limbus Labels, for an undisclosed sum.

Grafenia has made moves to angle its Nettl offering more towards web-first and signage due to challenges in traditional print, as it heads towards the end of its 2017/18 financial year.

C&D Print has rolled out a £400,000 investment strategy as it prepares to absorb print management firm Portland Media Print Services.

Haymarket Media Group has sold five of its titles to Future Publishing in a deal thought to be worth up to £14m.

Newsquest has outlined plans to close the printing operations at the CN Group in Carlisle, which it acquired last week, with more than 30 jobs at risk.

Japanese post-press equipment manufacturer Duplo Corporation has bought Duplo International, parent of Duplo UK and Duplo France and master distributor for the Europe, Middle East, Africa & Russia...

BCQ Group has bought Kidlington-based printer Hunts, taking on all of its staff and clients in a bid to expand the reach of both brands.

Trinity Mirror has been served a 'hold separate' order by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), pending an investigation into risks to press plurality resulting from its acquisition of titles...

Goss International’s printing press business and Manroland Web Systems are to combine, with Contiweb set to become a standalone company.

Trinity Mirror is understood to be drafting in its former chief operating officer Mark Hollinshead to oversee the integration of Northern & Shell’s newly acquired titles after shareholders voted...