LAC bought out by Ricoh
29 October 2018
Ricoh has strengthened its industrial printing presence with the acquisition of LAC Corporation, a company with inkjet technology that supports printing on three-dimensional surfaces. Founded…
Acquisitions
EFI acquires Escada Systems
3 October 2017
To extend its offering for corrugated packaging, EFI has acquired Escada Systems (Escada), a leading provider of Corrugator Control systems for the packaging market. Based…
Ravensworth a prime property for ZPG
1 September 2017
Suzie Pattison, MD of Ravenswood and Alex Chesterman, founder & CEO of ZPG Cramlington, Northumberland-based print and marketing company Ravensworth has been acquired by…
Blake to make envelopes in the UK
20 July 2017
Postal packaging company Blake has acquired an envelope manufacturing plant in Telford as part of its objective to strengthen UK-based manufacturing. Factors that influenced the…
Pensord acquires Cambrian Printers
1 June 2017
Darren Coxon (L), Pensord managing director and Karl Gater, operations director Blackwood, Wales-based magazine printer Pensord has bought family business Cambrian Printers to increase…
Zünd brings UK into the fold
22 May 2017
Stuart Cole, MD at Zünd UK – adding a British mindset to Swiss engineering Zünd Plotting Systems (UK) has become a subsidiary of Zünd…
W+D acquires Halm Industries
7 April 2017
Frank Eichhorn, MD of Winkler+Dünnebier Winkler+Dünnebier has acquired envelope printing equipment manufacturer Halm Industries. Part of the Barry-Wehmiller family, W+D offers a range of…
GI Solutions acquires Eclipse
9 February 2017
(L-R) Simon Moore, owner of Eclipse Colour and Eclipse 4dm with Patrick Headley, CEO, GI Solutions Leicester-based GI Solutions Group has acquired Eclipse Colour…
Premier Print & Promotions acquires Blueprint
6 February 2017
(L-R) Mark Wilson, managing director of Blueprint Promotional Products and Jamie Marshall, managing director of Premier Print & Promotions Ltd Essex-based distributor Premier Print…
Antalis invests in Swan Paper and new fleet
26 January 2017
(L-R) Brian McArdle, Swan Paper chief operations officer; Eoin Heagney, managing director of Antalis Ireland and Tony Swan, Swan Paper CEO Irish paper merchant…
SATO acquires DataLase
4 January 2017
Chris Wyres, DataLase CEO Tokyo-based provider of Auto-ID solutions, SATO, has acquired a 100% share of UK- inline digital printing company, DataLase. SATO held…
Apogee buys CityDocs
4 January 2017
Jason Collins, Apogee joint CEO Digital document services provider, CityDocs, has been acquired by Apogee Corporation. This is the third acquisition by Apogee since…
Cimpress to acquire National Pen
12 December 2016
Robert Keane, president and CEO of Cimpress Cimpress, the parent company of Vistaprint, Exaprint, Pixartprinting and Tradeprint, has bolstered its promotional products range with…
Kyocera acquires Annodata
9 December 2016
Hironao Katsukura, managing director of Kyocera Document Solutions UK Annodata, a managed print and document services provider, has been bought by Kyocera Document Solutions…
Inkjet driver specialist bought by Global Graphics
6 December 2016
Gary Fry, Global Graphics’ CEO Printing software specialist Global Graphics has bought inkjet printhead drive system specialist Meteor from fellow Cambridge based technology company…