Mergers and acquisitions

Packaging wing specialises in secondary packaging

Essentra confirms strategic review of Packaging wing

Essentra has confirmed it plans to exit the packaging market, and has begun a strategic review of its £363m turnover Packaging division.

Davey: "We are delighted to be expanding our portfolio of products"

Agilico acquires Invu

Agilico has acquired document management software provider Invu as it continues on its growth path.

Heritage Envelopes will now employ 130 staff

Heritage to absorb Eagle in envelopes deal

Heritage Envelopes is set to merge with Eagle Envelopes to enable the two Mayer-Kuvert-network owned companies to better serve their customers.

Shares in RRD were up by nearly 40% in premarket trading

RRD receives revised takeover proposal from largest investor

RR Donnelley & Sons (RRD) has received a revised proposal from its largest investor to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the business that it doesn’t already own.

L-R: Edit managing director Jeremy Fisher, Dixon, Edit managing director Rob McGowan, finance director Stuart Fenlon.

Dixon returns with Edit buy

Nick Dixon is back in the business after acquiring the Edit agency from Kin + Carta in a £13.35m deal.

Fluence Automation offers a wide portfolio of products

BlueCrest acquires Fluence Automation

Equipment manufacturer and supplier BlueCrest has acquired Fluence Automation to accelerate its growth in the e-commerce fulfilment and parcel sortation markets.

Bobst Italia is the manufacturer's worldwide centre of excellence

Bobst acquires Cerutti

Bobst Italia has acquired Italian gravure press manufacturer Cerutti.

Stokes: ETrak offers clients delivery reliability at cost effective prices

The Delivery Group acquires ETrak

E-commerce and specialist mail services firm The Delivery Group has acquired 100% of ETrak Logistics, its prior joint venture with Parcel Monkey, to drive its international growth plans.

The Beetham mill employs around 140 staff. Image: Google Maps

BillerudKorsnäs divests Cumbrian mill

Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer BillerudKorsnäs has divested its Beetham mill in Cumbria after signing an agreement for the site with London-based investment firm Inspirit Capital.

Betts and Hall will continue to head the business

Whistl buys Relish business

Whistl has acquired sampling specialist Relish from Kin + Carta as the business, formerly St Ives, wraps up its divesture of non-core operations to become a pure-play DX (digital transformation)...