Business Management - M&A

Folks in the business of printing love the box. Unlike its troubled cousin, commercial printing, the box is reordered regularly.

It goes without saying that the rosier a company's financial picture is, the more attractive it will be when the time arrives for the owner to sell the business. That is why building business value must become job number one for owners, stockholders, and their managers in anticipation of a sale.

As a major consumer of paper, your business matters—to the forest industry, communities and governments. Your purchasing decisions influence R&D by forest companies, lead to product innovation and ecopaper options, bolster the adoption of forest certification, and ultimately help determine the fate of ancient and endangered forests. As we all know, forestry operations can sometimes be contentious and the landscape of competing claims can be confusing. That’s where Canopy comes in.

Circle Graphics has acquired Imagic, a large- and grand-format printing company focused on serving the transit advertising market.

The acquisition of Shuttleworth Business Systems will further extend EFI’s leadership in the U.K. market.

Expanding its capacity in Computer Generated Imagery (CGI), HudsonYards Studios is adding Shootdigital’s creative team to its company.

Jay Mandarino wants to become Canada’s largest commercial printer. His C.J. Group of Companies now comprises 24 firms—and growing.

Perhaps the biggest piece of news in the printing industry so far this year RR Donnelley’s announcement that it would split three ways.

Dover Engineering Systems (DES), a business segment of Dover Corp., will acquire JK Group.

For the first time, Canon U.S.A. has announced it will collaborate with RIT in offering a streamlined media certification process.