Mergers and acquisitions

Abbotts Creative Print set to be liquidated following site seizure

Abbotts Creative Print is expected to be liquidated following the seizure of its site by bailiffs over the weekend.

Press giants 'must shed assets if merger is to go ahead', reports claim

The rumoured merger between press manufacturers Heidelberg and Manroland could only go ahead if both manufacturers sold assets in order to secure backing from European Union authorities, new reports...

TMG's Acorn Web Offset sold to magazine printer

Magazine and catalogue printer Garnett Dickinson Group has bought Trader Media Group's (TMG) print facility Acorn Web Offset for an undisclosed sum.

Paramount Print Group takes on Qualitech print arm

A sale of the print business of Qualitech to fellow Manchester printer Paramount Print Group has been completed, however the graphic design arm has not been included in the sale.

Pega Print sold in management buy-in

Pega Print has undergone a management buy-in following the retirement of the company's founders.

Display business merger forms Midlands' 'biggest' signage company

Two digital display printers have merged to form what is claimed to be the Midlands' biggest signage company, Hollywood Monster.

Canon boosts document management offering with IRIS buy

Canon has bolstered its presence in document management with the acquisition of a 17% stake in Belgium-based intelligent document recognition company IRIS Group for $22m (13.4m).

'Rogue' valuations rife in print business sales, expert says

'Rogue' business valuers are giving unrealistic valuations in an attempt to win new business, an industry expert has warned.

In2print merges with Finishing Matters to create 'one-stop-shop' for the South West

In2print has completed a 250,000 digital spend after acquiring local company Finishing Matters to move into the "premier league of digital print".

Unite hits out over Walstead's Southernprint acquisition

Print union Unite has reacted with anger over Wyndeham Press Group owner Walstead Investment's purchase of Southernprint.