Mergers and acquisitions

Foil and laminate manufacturer API Group has acquired Netherlands-based Amsterdam Metallized Products (AMP).

Veriteva, the buy-and-build business set up by former Lateral Group duo Nick Dixon and Rick Taylor, has made its first acquisition as the pair lay the foundation for a new entrepreneurial marketing...

Packaging company Macfarlane Group has reported improved organic growth in its latest interim trading update and said it is continuing to benefit from its recent acquisitions.

Bristol-based printer Kingsdown has expanded its offering with the acquisition of local print and design firm Burleigh Portishead, for an undisclosed sum, and invested £1.1m in a new SRA1 RMGT 928P...

Digital and wide-format printer Xpress Group has acquired creative agency Calico, for an undisclosed sum, and purchased a new HP Indigo 7800 digital press.

Global packaging giant Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) has acquired AJS Labels as part of its latest expansion move.

Agfa has entered into “non-exclusive discussions” with CompuGroup Medical SE after the latter expressed interest in buying the business, and released its Q3 results, which show a dip in sales, but...

Smurfit Kappa UK has acquired Lowestoft, Suffolk-based Saxon Packaging, for an undisclosed sum.

Independent corrugated packaging supplier The Logson Group has acquired The Boxshop, a Scotland-based independent manufacturer of cardboard boxes.

German medical IT group CompuGroup Medical SE is in early-stage talks that could result in an offer to buy Agfa.