Mergers and acquisitions

Packaging manufacturer Glossop Cartons has almost doubled the size of its business by acquiring Stockport-based Contact Print and Packaging for an undisclosed sum.

It’s probably safe to assume that $790m (£515m)-turnover US company EFI has been after another UK MIS scalp for some time. Since acquiring compatriot Printcafe in 2003, itself a keen consolidator in...

Flint Group has agreed to acquire the majority shareholder of Xeikon, XBC BV, and use the press and consumables manufacturer as the basis of a new digital division.

Americk Packaging has acquired Adare’s packaging business, Adare Advantage, for an undisclosed sum.

It is one of the thorniest issues in business, and particularly in print, a sector that seems to have had more than its fair share of them – whether to pre-pack and what others think of those that do.

Shuttleworth Business Systems has called its acquisition by EFI a positive move that will provide its customers with "extended benefits".

EFI has acquired UK-based MIS developer Shuttleworth Business Systems, for an undisclosed sum.

DMA Print has been bought out of administration by its parent company in a phoenix deal completed yesterday.

Whistl has completed a management buyout (MBO) and appointed James Greenbury as a senior independent director.

OKI has stepped into the wide-format and inkjet markets with the acquisition of Seiko I Infotech (SIIT).