Mergers and acquisitions

The UK private equity fund that acquired wide-format printer Gardners last month has finalised another acquisition as it continues to expand its display offering.

Brand delivery agency Brand Imaging Solutions has doubled the size of its business and bolstered its capabilities after acquiring flexo reprographics and platemaking specialist PPP Digital.

Heidelberg has acquired German software developer Crispy Mountain as the latest part of its ongoing digital transformation.

UK private equity fund Elaghmore has acquired wide-format printer Gardners.

Paragon Group has acquired various parts of the Howard Hunt Group in a pre-pack deal.

A new Signs Express franchise serving the Leicester and Loughborough regions has been opened by a husband and wife team seasoned in the commercial market.

Newly acquired NE printers Atkinson Print and Newcastle Print Solutions are to form the foundation of a new print group under the banner National Print Solutions Group.

Macfarlane Group has acquired protective packaging distribution business Ecopac (UK).

EFI has acquired BDR Boya Kimya, a Turkish manufacturer of reactive inkjet inks for industrial digital textiles printing.

The former chief executive of US paper merchant Gould Paper Corporation has acquired a majority stake in Denmaur Paper Media.