Mergers and acquisitions

UNI Packaging has acquired Merseyside-based flexible packaging printer Arteb.

Communisis has bought The Communications Agency (TCA), a London-based multi-channel agency, for £7.3m.

Heidelberg is taking 100% ownership of Gallus in a deal that will see Gallus owner Ferdinand Rüesch become Heidelberg’s largest single shareholder.

Callprint Group has acquired London-based digital print and repro rival Premier Reprographics to boost its presence in the capital and broaden its international reach.

Graphic Packaging, the US-based packaging multinational, does not expect there will be “any major restructuring” at Benson Group after it completed its acquisition of the UK company.

Prestige Group, the UK-based packaging pre-press specialist, has merged with the Creative Business Unit of US-based YFYJupiter to create Jupiter Prestige Group (JPG).

Xeretec has bought £19.5m-turnover rival Bytes Document Solutions (BDS) in a deal that creates the largest Xerox reselling organisation in Europe.

St Ives has made its biggest marketing services buy yet, and will pay up to £50m for healthcare communications specialist Hive Group.

UK-based substrate manufacturer Innovia Group, which produces polymer banknotes material and packaging films, has been acquired by private equity group Arle Capital in a €498 million deal.

Commercial printer In2Print has sold a majority stake in its business to £40m-turnover facilities, IT and print management specialist Commercial Group, with the latter hinting that more print...