Print industry news roundup: Pindar Agility, HP, Premier Paper, Macfarlane

Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Pindar Agility sold in MBO; HP could sell print division; Premier Paper buys Arc; Macfarlane in profits boost; DMA and Defra to sign new enviro agreement.

Pindar Agility sold in MBO Pindar's Agility software business has been sold out of administration to an MBO team and renamed Agility Multichannel.

HP could sell printing division within two years, reports claim HP could divest its $25bn Imaging and Printing Group within the next two years in a bid to become a low volume, high value-add product provider, according to Mergermarket.

Premier Paper Group expands south of England operations with Arc Paper acquisition Premier Paper Group has expanded its operations in the south of England with the acquisition of Dorset-based merchant Arc Paper.

Macfarlane Group posts 27% increase in pre-tax profit Packaging manufacturer and distributor Macfarlane Group has posted a 27% increase in pre-tax profit to £900,000 in its interim results for the six months to June 2011.

DMA agrees new targets with Defra The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is on the verge of signing a new agreement with Defra in a bid to reduce the industry's impact on the environment.