Mergers and acquisitions
Accraply acquires Harland and saves it from administration
US-owned Accraply has acquired Manchester-based label machinery manufacturer Harland Machine Systems, rescuing it from the brink of administration and safeguarding 70 jobs.
Page Overton bought by security print specialist
A head-hunting business focused on the paper, printing and packaging sectors has been taken over after its managing director sold the business.
Macfarlane continues acquisition strategy with Nelsons buy
Macfarlane Group has announced the conditional acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Leicester-based Nelsons for Cartons for £6.75m.
New ownership for The Magazine Printing Company
Enfield Printing Company, which trades as The Magazine Printing Company, has undergone a change of ownership and a significant restructure of the business is on the cards.
Nitecrest partners with Tag Systems for new banking division
Card manufacturer and printer Nitecrest has partnered with technology company Tag Systems to develop its banking division, which is now operating under the name Tagnitecrest.
Adare boosts multi-site offering with Applied Solutions buy
Adare has made its second acquisition in the space of 10 weeks and is now the new owner of Polestar Applied Solutions (PAS).
Business as usual, despite upheavals
Compared with the momentous events of late, the past couple of weeks have been fairly tame – all that seems to have happened is that we now have a new Prime Minister.
Boring.
Xerox kicks rumoured merger into touch
Xerox appears to have dismissed a possible merger with RR Donnelley, the world’s largest print group.
Acquisitive Macfarlane adds second Scottish distribution centre
Macfarlane Packaging has followed up a recent acquisition by opening a new distribution centre to help spearhead growth in Scotland.
Xerox reportedly in mega-merger talks
Xerox is in talks to buy the world’s largest print group, according to reports in the US financial press.