Mergers and acquisitions

YPP to boost turnover with flag firm buy
Large-format print company Your Print Partner (YPP) has acquired a bespoke flag producer and installed a new print machine aiming to add £500,000 to its turnover.

Presstek owner to buy Goss International
Presstek’s private equity owner American Industrial Partners (AIP) is poised to buy web offset press manufacturer Goss after securing a definitive agreement with its current owner, Shanghai Electric...

Whistl poised for MBO
The main conditions of a management buyout (MBO) of Whistl have been provisionally agreed between its managers and owner PostNL, following an review of PostNL's UK activities

CFH Docmail acquires BSS Scotmail business
CFH Docmail has acquired the assets of the Glasgow site of BSS Scotland, also trading as BSS Scotmail, for an undisclosed sum.

St Clements Press sold with FT to Japanese company
The Financial Times-owned printer St Clements Press has been sold alongside the newspaper, the FT has confirmed.

‘Identify where you are making money’
Normally a company boss cuts their teeth heading up a small business, graduating to bigger and bigger firms as they gain more experience before, perhaps one day, working for a multi-site,...

Barry-Wehmiller to acquire Bielomatik’s paper processing group
BW Papersystems, the paper and board sheeting and converting arm of US-headquartered equipment manufacturer Barry-Wehmiller, is set to acquire German manufacturer Bielomatik’s paper processing group...

‘I only want to be in a business that’s about growth’
Quite how a £42.5m business with around 350 staff can be a well-kept secret might not be immediately clear, but that’s exactly how Anton chief executive Malcolm Lane-Ley describes the Essex-based...

Thirlby joins Pureprint to accelerate growth
Anthony Thirlby has joined Pureprint Group as chief operating officer, a newly created role, as part of the £60m business’s growth strategy.

EFI acquires Reggiani Macchine and Matan
EFI has acquired Reggiani Macchine and Matan as it strides into the exploding textile market and extends its share of the superwide-format display graphics markets, in deals worth $188.4m (£120.6m).