Mergers and acquisitions

Leycol merges with DG3 UK
East London-based commercial printer Leycol Printers has merged with the UK operation of US-headquartered Diversified Global Graphics Group (DG3), creating a circa-£23m company.

Gilde acquires Albumprinter
Cimpress has announced the sale of its photo album business Albumprinter to European private equity investor Gilde Buyout Partners.

Updated: Cimpress expects new strategy to pay off
Cimpress has posted a bigger than expected loss after a year of substantial change, but chief executive Robert Keane believes the global print giant's fresh strategy has improved its future...

KJB launches wide-format division after buy
KJB Print UK has launched a new wide-format division, Creative Digital Printing Solutions (CDPS), after purchasing the assets and trading name of Creative Digital Printing, which went into...

Last Bros to merge and invest
Last Bros is to merge its two subsidiaries, Last Bros (Tabs Direct) and Last Bros (Labels), to form one company, along with initiating a £350,000 kit investment.

Blake embraces UK manufacturing with Rapid assets buy
Blake Envelopes has moved into UK manufacturing with the purchase of the plant, machinery and order book of Shrewsbury-based Rapid Envelopes, which recently went into administration.

Multi-Color in £1bn deal for Constantia Flexibles’ label arm
US-headquartered global label giant Multi-Color Corporation has acquired Constantia Flexibles’ Label division in a €1.15bn (£1bn) deal that gives it a UK footprint nudging £100m.

Better together: there’s strength in numbers
Mercury Packaging almost had the lot: printing, conversion, lamination, success. But almost is not enough in a sector as fast moving and technology-driven as print and packaging, says managing...

Grafenia ups its Image with largest acquisition to date
Grafenia has made a further acquisition with the purchase of Manchester-based wide-format printer Image Everything for £3m, its second and largest buy since it revealed its intention last summer to...

Elle Media Group takes on MPC assets
Elle Media Group has bought the goodwill of MPC Print Solutions, following the £7.5m-turnover business closing its doors last month as the result of a combination of a six-figure bad debt and an...