Mergers and acquisitions

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.

Screenprint & Display (S&D) has invested almost £250,000 in new kit as it targets growth following the acquisition of an online sticker specialist.

When Cimpress hit the acquisition trail again last month, buying European rivals Exaprint and Druck.at, some may have dismissed it as an attempt to accelerate its EU growth.

Mid-Wales commercial printer Welshpool Printing Group (WPG) has acquired NRG Direct Mail, an eight-staffed mailing house based across the border in Shrewsbury.

Cimpress has announced its second acquisition of 2015 in the form of Austrian web-to-print business Druck und Handelsgesellschaft (Druck.at).