Mergers and acquisitions

Ormside Press bought out of administration by Intoprint

Ormside Press has been sold by its joint administrators Cameron Gunn, Simon Harris and Mark Supperstone of Resolve Partners, to Sheffield-based Intoprint, an unrelated B3 litho, digital and...

CVC Capital Partners sells Flint Group to Goldman Sachs and Koch Industries

Flint Group has been sold by its private equity owner, CVC Capital Partners, to a joint venture between Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division (GSMBD) and Koch Equity Development (a subsidiary of...

HPM Group and Addo join forces

HPM Group and Addo Printing have merged, creating a print & design company that is expecting to hit sales of £5m this year.

Streamline owner Lockley beds in with second print firm

Former Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) director Mark Lockley, who bought Leicester-based Streamline Press last year, is eyeing further growth after completing the acquisition of local rival, John Baxter...

Inspired Thinking Group gains fresh backing for expansion

Inspired Thinking Group has been acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital in a £28m deal.

Vistaprint acquires Pixartprinting in €127m deal

Vistaprint will acquire a 97% stake in Italian web-to-print business Pixartprinting for a base price of €127m (£105m) while the company's founder Matteo Rigamonti will retain a 3% stake.

St Ives announces £40m digital marketing acquisition

St Ives has acquired digital marketing agency Realise Holdings bolstering its expanding family of marketing subsidiaries.

Benson deal proves there is still money in [some kinds of] print

Jo Francis puts aside the Facebook/WhatsApp hooplah to look at a significant M&A deal somewhat closer to home.

Benson Group acquired for £100m

UK food and healthcare packaging firm Benson Group has been acquired by Graphic Packaging, 15 months after the US giant bought Contego Packaging’s UK and European food and drink carton operations.

EFI details strategic and software roadmap for 2014

EFI chief operating officer Marc Olin used last week’s Connect conference to reveal some of the R&D initiatives for its productivity portfolio of software products and pledge EFI’s commitment to...