Mergers and acquisitions

UK's largest sheetfed commercial printer in administration
Anton Group has been placed in administration with more than 100 of its 300–plus workforce made redundant.

Hague acquires Solchar
Print management firm Hague Print has resumed its stroll on the M&A path with its first 2017 acquisition.
Solopress sale is an inspiring tale
Jo Francis salutes the hard work behind the Solopress success story.

Onlineprinters snaps up Solopress
Southend-based online commercial printer Solopress has been bought by German online trade and B2B print firm, Onlineprinters.

Black & Callow makes first acquisition
Financial printing firm Black & Callow has bought the assets of its London-based print partner Master Mail.

Strategies to land the perfect catch
The question of how best to grow a business is asked again and again and again. Organic or acquisitive – either way the intended end-result is the same: the greater efficiencies and profitability that...

Midlands-based packaging outfits merge
CPS Flexible and Mercury Packaging have merged, forming a £15m-turnover company.

Apogee makes biggest acquisition to date
Managed print services provider and kit reseller Apogee Corporation has acquired rival Danwood Group, taking group revenue above the £250m mark.

ACA Press Cutters' new owners eyeing up acquisition
The new owners of Scotland-based trade finisher ACA Press Cutters are looking to hit the M&A trail after their buy-in management buyout [BIMBO] of the company at the end of last year.

Profits and turnover up for acquisitive Macfarlane Group
Packaging firm Macfarlane has reported increasing group sales and profits in its 2016 year-end preliminary results, despite a slow start to the year in some areas.