Mergers and acquisitions
Paragon acquires Howard Hunt businesses
Paragon Group has acquired various parts of the Howard Hunt Group in a pre-pack deal.
Husband and wife open latest Signs Express branch
A new Signs Express franchise serving the Leicester and Loughborough regions has been opened by a husband and wife team seasoned in the commercial market.
New print group named
Newly acquired NE printers Atkinson Print and Newcastle Print Solutions are to form the foundation of a new print group under the banner National Print Solutions Group.
Macfarlane Group acquires Ecopac
Macfarlane Group has acquired protective packaging distribution business Ecopac (UK).
EFI acquires BDR in textiles inks move
EFI has acquired BDR Boya Kimya, a Turkish manufacturer of reactive inkjet inks for industrial digital textiles printing.
Former Gould CEO takes majority stake in Denmaur
The former chief executive of US paper merchant Gould Paper Corporation has acquired a majority stake in Denmaur Paper Media.
Cotton Traders acquires Prolog from administration
Catalogue and online clothing retailer Cotton Traders has bought Promotional Logistics out of administration.
Bow Design rebrands under new ownership
Bow Design has been acquired by Ministry of Furniture to become its graphics and print wing.
DS Smith to sell two packaging businesses to International Paper
DS Smith has agreed the proposed sale of two of its packaging businesses to International Paper for €63m (£54.7m).
EFI eyes next stage of evolution after $1.7bn sale
EFI is poised to be acquired by a US private equity firm in a deal that values the wide-format kit manufacturer and productivity software developer at $1.7bn.