Mergers and acquisitions
Investment delivers print's DNA upgrade
Even the most optimistic members of the print industry would not have been expecting to open this supplement to find that the top 500 companies would have abandoned the lifeboats they had emptied into...
Survival of the fittest is theme for 2011
Despite another eventful 12 months for the industry, with a number of significant casualties, some of the movers and shakers have been consolidating, regrouping and even expanding on their past...
RR Donnelley acquires Ohio packaging firm StratusGroup
Looking to further expand its consumer packaging capacity, RR Donnelley this week acquired West Chester, OH-based StratusGroup, which specializes in custom pressure-sensitive labels and packaging for...
Cova Colour Print bought in management buy in
Digital printer Cova Colour Print has been bought by former Beacon Press man Mark Pryde in a management buy in.
Pukka Pads makes double acquisition
Stationery and office products manufacturer Pukka Pads' managing director Chris Stott has returned to his first place of work to move his current company into the business forms sector.
Spandex to sell SwissQPrint UV printer in the UK
Signmaking and graphic arts kit supplier Spandex has been signed up as the exclusive UK distributor for the SwissQPrint Impala flatbed UV printer.
Manroland shareholders explore sale options, reports claim
Manroland's major shareholders MAN and Allianz are exploring options around a potential sale of the company, with a European engineering company from outside the industry said to be interested,...
German giant's tryst with Ricoh
Klaus Nielsen, managing director of Heidelberg India in a candid interview says economic benefit may encourage printers to choose digital device alongside a legacy offset system
Howitt centre of IOS sheetfed manufacturing as press rationalisation begins
IOS' strategic review of its operations following its acquisition of Lateral Group has begun with the relocation of presses to focus sheetfed manufacturing at Lateral's Howitt site in Nottingham.
Monotech enters finishing segment with Scodix 1200
Monotech System in alliance with Scodix launched Scodix 1200, the one of its kind digital finishing equipment in the Indian market.