Mergers and acquisitions

The WS Print manufacturing facility near Nuremberg

Langley expands print wing with consumables buy

Langley Holdings has expanded its Print Technologies division with the acquisition of a specialist printing chemicals manufacturer.

Mondi: disposals are conditional on approval from Russian Federation officials

Mondi order books improve amid challenging environment

Mondi CEO Andrew King has described the group’s performance last year as “resilient” amid a challenging trading environment, with the figures also revealing €13m (£10.75m) in costs related to its...

Mortons sells media wing, printing operations retained

Kelsey Media has acquired Mortons Media Group’s publishing and events divisions, while its print and mailing business does not form part of the deal and is set to continue separately.

Cerm boosts cloud offering with Omikai Systems buy

MIS supplier Cerm aims to fast-track its cloud offering after acquiring Swedish developer Omikai Systems.

Fastsigns Hammersmith sold to Ukrainian investor

Fastsigns’ successful Hammersmith branch has been sold to Yurii Petrushko, a Ukrainian investor living in the UK.

Shareholders agree National World takeover terms

Newspaper veteran David Montgomery is set to lose control of National World after shareholders voted in favour of the takeover offer tabled by Neo Media Publishing.

Simian has a 23,000sqm production facility near Groningen in the Netherlands

Print.com parent acquires online printer Simian

Print.Group, the holding company behind European print platform Print.com, has acquired online printer Simian.

Meshtex sells up in orderly exit

Cheshire fabric and wallpaper printer Meshtex Limited has sold its intellectual property, kit and goodwill as it prepares for an orderly wind-down later this month.

Customark acquires Goldcrest from ESP

Industrial labelling firm Customark has acquired eight-person labelling operation Goldcrest (Adhesive) Products from Handel Group, the parent company of Swindon’s ESP Colour.

UPM Raflatac snaps up Metamark

UPM Raflatac has made another significant acquisition with a £146m deal to take over UK manufacturer Metamark.