Mergers and acquisitions

Packaging giant DS Smith has completed its acquisition of Austria-based recycled corrugated board packaging business Duropack.

Plastic packaging giant Coveris has acquired New Zealand-based flexible packaging company Elldex Packaging Solutions, in a deal worth NZ$30m (£14m).

The Tall Group has bought Lisburn-based DLRS (NI) Ltd allowing it to move into the standard cheque and credit books segment of the cheque printing market.

Brother's proposed 915p-per-share acquisition of Domino Printing Sciences has been approved by the European Commission, meaning it has now been cleared by all relevant competition authorities.

Macfarlane Group is on the hunt for another acquisition “to fill geographical gaps” following its successful purchase of Lane Packaging and Network Packaging last year.

Paperlinx has announced the sale of its European subsidiary Paperlinx Poland to a private equity-backed management buyout team.

Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired media agency John Brown Media for an undisclosed sum.

Surrey digital printer Four Point Printing has been acquired by a US-based company, in a deal brokered by specialist M&A advisors Evolution CBS.

A potential purchase of the stricken Tullis Russell Papermakers business has moved one step closer.

Global plastics and media group Vink Holdings has bought the assets of Paperlinx’s wide-format operation, Visual Technology Solutions (VTS), from administrators Deloitte.