Mergers and acquisitions

Welsh manufacturer Printing Components has been acquired in a management buyout, securing 20 jobs.

Welsh label printer Reel Label Solutions' sales director Jonathan Wright has taken a majority stake in the business, as part of a deal worth £1.2m.

Privately owned Swedish corporate group Mindelon has acquired all the shares in Gateshead-headquartered Astley Signs, for an undisclosed sum.

EFI has acquired Spanish company Inèdit Software to extend its strategy to accelerate digital transformation in industrial print.

Fujifilm has boosted its bespoke inkjet offering with the acquisition of longstanding integration specialist Unigraphica.

YM Group’s accounts are, once again, flagged as overdue at Companies House.

Irish-owned global packaging company Zeus has acquired Swanline Group and its sister company BoxMart in an agreement worth more than €25m (£21.4m).

Agfa CEO Pascal Juéry said the group was “eager to get started” with the integration of Inca, with selective demos of the new B1 Speedset folding carton device set to commence later this year.

Digitally printable media manufacturer Soyang Europe has expanded its offering after acquiring wide-format equipment dealer Josero.

An Edwardian seaside house and printworks will be stripped of its antique machinery and sold after printer-publisher AH Stockwell was bought by Andrews UK (AUK).