Mergers and acquisitions

Conqueror: historic letterhead brand lives on

Antalis buys Arjo brands

Antalis has acquired a portfolio of Arjowiggins brands including Conqueror, Curious Collection, Keaykolour, and Pop’Set.

National World is headed up by chairman David Montgomery

National World exploring Reach takeover

Publisher National World has responded to press speculation to confirm it is “at the early stages” of exploring a possible offer to buy media group Reach.

Ronnie Hart: Austriacard's merger will help Tag Systems' plans for growth

Tag Systems’ parent company agrees cross-border merger

Vienna-based bank card manufacturer Austriacard has declared it will apply for listings on the Vienna and Athens stock exchanges and merge with Inform-Lykos, a data management and digital/security...

Some surprising returns to October’s ranking of most read stories

While the ongoing battle between Royal Mail and the CWU dominating October’s listicle wasn’t much of a surprise, the presence of an August news article covering the falling out of Adobe and Pantone...

Buying with diligence

In the second part of our focus on MBOs, we look at the buyer’s perspective and assess the advantages and pitfalls of buying the business you are working in.

Reels of speciality paper at Guarro Casas

Fedrigoni is new owner of Guarro Casas

Fedrigoni has confirmed the acquisition of Arjowiggins’ Spanish mill, Guarro Casas.

Agilico CEO Simon Davey now heads up a 475-strong workforce

Agilico closes tenth acquisition

Agilico has closed its biggest acquisition to-date by revenue, headcount, and machines in the field (MIF) after snapping up independent managed print and document management provider Capital Document...

The Decor business is continuing as an independent company

Ahlstrom-Munksjö reorganises structure following Decor divestment

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has completed an ownership reorganisation after divesting its Decor business Munksjö.

Essentra is transitioning to a pure play components business

Essentra sells filters division, completes packaging sale and appoints new CEO

Essentra has sold its filters unit, therefore successfully completing the strategic reviews of its Filters and Packaging divisions, and has appointed a new CEO.

Sappi's Maastricht Mill produces 260,000tpa of coated woodfree paper and paperboard

Sappi to sell three European graphic paper mills

Sappi has agreed a deal with Aurelius – the investment group that's also in the process of buying Agfa's Offset business – to sell Sappi's Maastricht Mill in the Netherlands, Stockstadt Mill in...