Mergers and acquisitions
DS Smith's SCA Packaging acquisition clears competition hurdle
DS Smith's proposed acquisition of Europe's second largest packaging business, SCA Packaging, has been approved by regulators after it agreed to sell three production plants in the UK and France.
Accura partners The Oldham Group to grow US MIS base
MIS supplier Accura has appointed The Oldham Group as its exclusive partner to cover North America's mid-eastern states.
Optimus and Pitney Bowes partner on transactional workflow
Optimus has partnered with Pitney Bowes on an automated workflow solution for transactional printers, combining complementary features from the respective Optimus Dash and DFWorks MIS.
Ocean Outdoor bought for 35m
Advertising company Ocean Outdoor has been sold by initial investors Smedvig Capital to mid-market private equity house LDC for 35m.
Stationers' Company to stage mergers and acquisitions event
The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers is holding a round table evening to explore avenues for injecting capital into business development strategies.
Communisis makes Kieon and Yomego acquisitions
Communisis has announced the 1.1m acquisition of two businesses, Kieon and Yomego, designed to further boost the non-print services offered by its Intelligence Driven Communications division.
Think-tank urges insolvency rethink
Printers have cautiously welcomed calls by a Tory think-tank to bring in US-style bankruptcy protection, which allows the management of insolvent companies a fixed period of time to try to restructure...
Berforts and Information Press in merger deal
Book printers Berforts Group and Information Press have merged to create a 10m business.
Hans Gronhi acquires Japanese press manufacturer Shinohara
Chinese B3 press manufacturer Hans Gronhi has acquired Japanese rival Shinohara, which filed for bankruptcy protection at the beginning of the year.
EFI launches cloud-based Fiery Dashboard and boosts ERP offering with Metrics acquisition
EFI has unveiled Fiery Dashboard, a new cloud-based MIS for any digital presses driven by the Fiery RIP that gives access to real-time production data from a variety of web-enabled devices.