Halstan Holdings bought Pindar’s map division from administrator… Unite called Thomson Litho’s plans to shift production away from East Kilbride "devastating" for its members and the area… US-based MIS/ERP giant EFI bought Prism Group Holdings, owner of the Prism WIN MIS and Prism QTMS… Administrator closed the Pindar Preston site after failing to find buyer…

Heidelberg acquired German digital press manufacturer CSAT as part of plans to expand its offering in the packaging sector… It was revealed that failed printer Aldridge Print Group owed more than £2m when it went into administration in June…

The BBC sold its magazine division to private equity house Exponent in £121m deal… IOS acquired the entire share capital of Lateral Group, buying out co-founders Nick Dixon, Mike Hunter and Rick Taylor… Bezier amalgamated its legacy customer IT platforms into a single, cloud-based offering called Bezier Connect… Sappi announced the successful completion of a three-year €360m (£319m) securitisation of its trade receivables for its non-South African businesses…

Norwich Colour Print and F Crowe & Sons announced plans to merge to form a new £7m-plus turnover company… Tangent merged its digital agency Tangent One with customer insight firm Snowball, which it acquired for £3.2m in 2009…

Webtech, the Irish company that owns packaging printer James Townsend & Sons, was to close the Exeter-based business, according to Unite… HP announced that it has shelved any further development of its Print Station programme despite only launching the service into the UK earlier in the year…