Mergers and acquisitions

Agfa’s long-planned sale of its Offset Solutions business unit has finally been completed.

UPM has completed the sale of all of its Russian operations while Stora Enso has completed the divestment of its Hylte paper site.

A family of West Midlands-based entrepreneurs has taken over the Birmingham franchise of wide-format chain Fastsigns, aiming to quadruple the business’ size in five years.

Business forms specialist Easyforms has acquired the assets and sales book of KP Paper Convertors (KPPC), one of the few remaining manufacturers of computer listing paper in the world.

eProductivity Software (ePS) has acquired MIS provider Tharstern Group to further its inorganic growth strategy and enhance its customer offering.

The joint administrators of long-established Southampton forms and custom stationery supplier Snows Business Forms have outlined the circumstances that lead to the closure of the business, and...

Kyocera is expanding its offering for commercial and industrial inkjet printing with the acquisition of Nixka – the business formed by ex-Impika employees after Xerox shuttered that operation.

Smurfit Kappa has completed the disposal of its Russian operations after a process that has taken just under a year.

The future for Manchester Printers Group is unclear after the former owner of one of its string of acquisitions was forced to buy his business back out of administration.

UK plastics raw materials distributor Plastribution Group has acquired Leicester-based thermoplastics sheet supplier Eagle Plastics.