Mergers and acquisitions

Where did 2017 go? Looking through our review of the year, it most definitely happened – and while it might not have been a vintage year for print, it was certainly an eventful one.

Stockport, Greater Manchester-based ID card company Digital ID has acquired Hove, East Sussex-based firm The Smart Card Store for an undisclosed sum.

Paper producer Sappi has signed an agreement to acquire the speciality paper business of Cham Paper Group Holding (CPG) for CHF146.5m (£110m).

HH Global has posted improved quarterly results after a recapitalisation of the business.

Leicester-based Mercury Packaging and Nottinghamshire-based CPS Flexible, who merged earlier this year to create a £16m-turnover business, have rebranded to become Fusion Flexibles.

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Visitor management and health & safety solutions specialist SG World has gained a commercial print foothold in the UK with the acquisition of Crewe-based The Printing House (TPH).

HH Global has acquired PostNL Print Management (PPM), the print management arm of the Dutch postal and logistics service.

Blake Envelopes has opened its fourth 'hub of excellence', on the site of London’s newly opened Postal Museum, and announced a new partnership with the institution.

Agfa Graphics has acquired Watford-based software developer and reseller Bodoni Systems.