Mergers and acquisitions

Bobst acquires Cerutti
Bobst Italia has acquired Italian gravure press manufacturer Cerutti.

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.

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.

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)...

DMGT: newsprint increases at levels 'not seen since 1996'
The owner of the Daily Mail is likely to implement redundancies – rather than put up the price of its newspapers again – as it looks to cut costs as it battles the biggest increase in newsprint costs...

Portals completes Fedrigoni security buy
Portals has completed the acquisition of Fedrigoni’s specialist Security business.

RRD to be acquired by LSC owner
RR Donnelley & Sons (RRD) is set to be acquired by affiliates of Atlas Holdings and go private in an all-cash deal worth around $2.1bn (£1.54bn).

Opus Trust acquires Adare SEC
Omnichannel communications specialist Opus Trust Communications will become a £110m-turnover business after acquiring Adare SEC.

Blake acquires All Colour Envelopes
Blake Envelopes has acquired All Colour Envelopes in a strategic move.

Hybrid Software buys colour specialist
Hybrid Software Group has acquired Germany’s ColorLogic to boost its capabilities in ‘beyond CMYK’ applications.