Business Management - M&A

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The Garvey Group has acquired the wide-format printing division of Schawk Inc. The new facility will be rebranded as The Garvey Group West Large Format Facility, and will remain in Los Angeles.

The acquisition of Malahide Hot Stamping Presses, strengthens Spartanics’ line-up of full-sheet and roll-fed hot stamping systems by offering smaller, one-up hot stamping equipment designed to add security foil features, signature panels and full-color graphics to financial transaction cards, paper cards, loyalty cards, membership cards, poker chips, ribbons and many other promotional items.

MBO America has entered into a distribution partnership with IBIS Bindery Systems, the U.K.-based manufacturer of the Smart-binder Plus HS. The Smart-binder Plus HS is the perfect companion to the MBO Digital series of high-speed unwinders, sheeters, and specialty web finishing systems. With the addition of IBIS as a partner, MBO has increased the range of its offerings and strengthened its presence in the digital print and finishing sector.

As part of a new exclusive partnership agreement with Gruppo Cordenons, the Italian maker of high quality fine papers, Neenah Paper will market and distribute all papers from Cordenons to the United States and Canada.

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Twin Rivers Paper has announced the acquisition of controlling interest in the company by Atlas Holdings and Blue Wolf Capital Partners, and the formation of a new board of directors and leadership team. Adam Blumenthal, managing partner of Blue Wolf, Tim Fazio, managing partner of Atlas Holdings, and new Twin Rivers’ CEO, Tim Lowe, join existing board members in setting the strategic direction for the company.

Domtar Corp. has entered into an agreement with PrintEco, where it will be the exclusive paper company sponsor of PrintEco's flagship product. Domtar EarthChoice messaging incorporated into the program will allow PrintEco users to learn how their responsible choices made throughout the fiber lifecycle can lead to a more sustainable world.

Blue Wolf Capital Partners and Atlas Holdings have reached an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Twin Rivers Paper from Brookfield Asset Management. Together, both companies have a depth of experience in successfully collaborating with stakeholders to build investee companies into sustainable, highly competitive enterprises in both Canada and the United States.

KPS announced in April it was acquiring Thilmany Papers, which has mills in Kaukauna (WI) and De Pere (WI), from Packaging Dynamics. It announced previously it was buying Wausau Paper’s specialty paper business.

KPS now has definitive agreements to buy both operations it said in a statement Monday. The deal is expected to close by summer. “We are very excited to create Expera,” said Raquel Palmer, a representative with KPS, a New York-based private equity firm.

She said the combined operations of Wausau Paper and Thilmany will make Expera a leading manufacturer of specialty paper.