Mergers and acquisitions

Phil Wilce will take over sole ownership of Formara Printers upon the retirement of business partner Freddie Kienzler.

Former Service Graphics and McKenzie Clark director Ben Moss has returned to print by taking a “significant” stake in Callprint Group.

EFI has further strengthened its Productivity Software Web2Print Solutions Group with the acquisition of DirectSmile for an undisclosed sum.

Tharstern managing director Keith McMurtrie has led an MBO at the MIS developer with two other directors as the firm targets rapid international expansion.

Russell Printers has bought embroidered workwear company BCR Workwear to expand its services.

Polestar owner Sun European Partners has confirmed that one of its affiliates has purchased River Group and expanded on its plans for the customer publisher to work in partnership with Polestar.

Investcorp, the Bahrain-listed private equity group that owned Polestar from 1998 to 2006, has acquired Netherlands-based screen and digital printing equipment manufacturer SPGPrints Group.

An affiliate of Sun European Partners, owner of Polestar Group, is understood to be on the verge of acquiring the contract publishing business River Group.

Millnet Document Solutions (MDS) has invested £700,000 to boost its digital firepower as the firm, a joint venture between Yolanda Noble and London-based document management business Millnet, rolls...

Thomas Montgomery, the former owner of the collapsed Scottish print group Montgomery Litho, has returned to print as part of a buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO) team at DS Smith Plastics Print...