Mergers and acquisitions

Ricoh India pushes customer service through Pro Partnership Programmes

Training operators, educating sales team and planning business strategies to help its customers grow their business is what Ricoh India is aiming for through its Pro Partnership programme.

Blue Printing Company in talks to buy BD3

Commercial printer Blue Printing Company is in negotiations to purchase BD3, the digital printer owned by former Aldridge Print Group director Robert Aldridge.

Intent set to double in size with UBM Connect buy

Intent Media is to acquire UBM's Connect portfolio of trade magazines which includes <i>Music Week</i> magazine, in a 2.4m cash deal.

DS Smith Sacks sold in MBO deal and rebranded Forum Packaging

DS Smith has sold its paper sacks subsidiary, DS Smith Sacks, to a management buyout (MBO) team led by managing director Mark Spivey and finance director Rob Massey.

InnerWorkings acquires Audax Strategies

Chicago-based InnerWorkings has acquired Audax Strategies in a move that should boost its presence in the US Southeast.

RR Donnelley moves deeper into content with Helium.com buy

Moving into content creation, RR Donnelley has acquired Andover, MA-based Helium.com, which matches online and print publishers with writers and editorial ranging from feature magazine articles to...

Loveurope acquires Asset and eyes Russian expansion

Loveurope has bought fellow London-based creative production company Asset Graphics and appointed a new European business director to spearhead the group's push into Russia.

Canon and Océ merge Swiss operations

Canon and Océ have announced the decision to combine their print businesses in Switzerland.

Standard Group acquires DBO

The consolidation of the US-based printing industry continued its relentless pace this week as Reading, PA-based Standard Group announced it is acquiring Donald Blyler Offset (DBO) of nearby Lebanon,...

Northern and Shell refutes rumoured offloading of print division

Richard Desmond's Northern and Shell Group has again dismissed claims that it is seeking to offload its print division.