Business Management - M&A

Peter Schaefer, a Partner at New Direction Partners, details the latest results from New Direction Partners' Printing and Packaging Stock Index.

Peter Schaefer, a partner at New Direction Partners, discusses the first quarter 2016 results of NDP's EBITDA Trend Chart, a chart that tracks the EBITDA multiples of the top eight publicly traded printing companies and the top seven packaging firms.

Peter Schaefer, a partner at New Direction Partners, reports on the merger and acquisition transaction trends for the first quarter of 2016.

After maintaining the business for nearly 100 years, the Scholler family has sold Times Printing of Random Lake, Wis., to Kappa Printing Group. Times Printing will maintain its name, employees and production facility. "We are delighted to add the talented personnel and modern Wisconsin-based production facility to the expanding Kappa Media group of affiliated companies," noted Nicholas Karabots, of Kappa Printing Group II.

In its second acquisition this year, Blue Software has bought Eastman Kodak’s Design2Launch software and services business.

In a new definitive agreement, International Paper (IP) has agreed to purchase Weyerhaeuser’s pulp business.

Taylor Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Staples Print Solutions, a division of Staples Inc.

The staff of Idealliance and Epicomm have begun collaborating to blend their individual offerings in preparation for the merger.

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The Department of Justice has entered the fray for the survival of printed news.