Mergers and acquisitions

VistaPrint remains a signature service within the Vista brand family

Cimpress creates Vista brand family, buys DIY design platform

Cimpress has announced a new over-arching parent brand – Vista – for VistaPrint and its sister businesses, and a fresh acquisition.

Packaging was Essentra's biggest business unit last year

Essentra refocuses, packaging ops likely to be sold off

Essentra plans to become a “pure play” components business, meaning its Filters and Packaging divisions are likely to be sold off.

Xaar 3D sale means Xaar can focus on its core business

Xaar's 3D sale is approved

Xaar shareholders have approved the firm’s plans to sell its stake in 3D printing business Xaar 3D.

Printweek editor, Darryl Danielli

The business case for sustainable production adds up on all levels

With the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 being hosted in Glasgow in a few weeks, sustainability will likely, and rightly, rise up the nation’s and the agendas of all sectors of...

TPPP is now trading as part of The Flow Group

The Flow Group acquires The Personal Print Portal

Direct mail and fulfilment specialist The Flow Group has acquired SAAS (software as a service) platform print management company The Personal Print Portal (TPPP).

Smith: Deal provides for the longer-term future of the business

CS Labels acquired by Belgian group

CS Labels has been acquired by expanding Belgium-headquartered labels and packaging specialist Asteria Group.

Stratasys H350 3D printer: first to use Xaar 3D’s powder-based SAF tech

Xaar agrees 3D disposal

Xaar has agreed to dispose of its stake in Xaar 3D to joint venture partner Stratasys.

One of Kuhnel's wide-format printers at its Ossett site. Image: Hilco

Long-standing family firm latest to fall victim to pandemic

A long-standing Yorkshire-based large-format printing business has gone into administration, with its assets subsequently sold to a fellow Yorkshire print company.

Pyramid Display Materials is headquartered in Manchester. Image: Google Maps

Pyramid Display Materials acquired by US distributor

Wide-format trade supplier Pyramid Display Materials has been acquired by US-based signage and display materials distributor Grimco Inc.

Slee (L) with Print Evolved founder Ivor Jacobs

Print Evolved acquires Mayfield Press

Web-to-print software developer and printer Print Evolved has acquired Mayfield Press (Oxford) to maximise the strengths of each business.