Mergers and acquisitions

Copp (L with Lively): "This will prove a great addition"

KPM Group acquires TMB Mailing

Print production and mailing house KPM Group has acquired fellow Kent-based business TMB Mailing.

Burbidge (L) with Vergopoulos: "It's a brilliant move"

Fortoak merges with Ticketmedia and Purple Paper

The Fortoak Group has merged with Ticketmedia and Purple Paper after acquiring 49% of both businesses as it looks to bring smart technology to printed ticket rolls.

Sumner: there’s a lot of cross fertilisation opportunities for both businesses

Print pair target growth with new company

Two print bosses have joined forces to buy a personalised passes and ID and membership card manufacturer and leverage their combined expertise to grow the business.

99designs: enabling remote creative connections

Cimpress buys design platform

Cimpress has acquired creative platform 99designs, a worldwide design community.

CDS' Gair, SimpleUsability's Redwood and Bailie Group CEO Fergus Bailie

Bailie Group unveils first acquisition

Bailie Group has remained good to its word and completed the first acquisition shortly after announcing it was looking to hit the M&A trail.

Gamper: we are positioning ourselves for the long term

Durst expands range with US buy

Durst has acquired a majority stake in a rival manufacturer to expand its wide-format printer portfolio.

Top Track 250 ranks mid-market private companies by turnover

Industry firms make Top Track 250

Paddy Crean’s Paragon Group has narrowly missed out on the top spot in the latest ‘Top Track 250’ report published in the Sunday Times.

InnerWorkings will become a subsidiary of HH

HH Global's takeover deal gains green light

Shareholders at InnerWorkings have approved the firm’s mega-merger with HH Global.

Fergus Bailie: Our mission is to create an entrepreneurial collective

Baird Group rebrands and starts M&A hunt

Former print powerhouse The Baird Group has rebranded and relocated and set a course for aggressive growth partly fuelled by M&A.

Prinect network vision: one workflow to rule them all

Print, Prinect and paranoia, the long roots of Zaikio’s open promises

In early August, Printweek.com ran a story on Zaikio, a new open print connectivity technology being launched by a German company that previously had the wonderful name Crispy Mountain. It led to that...