Packaging 2006 - Company News Summary

Rosewood Packaging has acquired Alexander Box Company, the Cumbernauld-based supplier of printed corrugated packaging with 39 staff, for undisclosed terms.
20-Dec-2006

Ex Pac, the West Yorkshire-based glass printing firm with 90 staff, has undergone a management buy-out under the name of KSA.
15-Dec-2006

CCA, the Preston-based greetings card maker with 180 staff, has been acquired by The Taylor Corporation of the US.
15-Dec-2006

Keenpac, the Leicester-based retail packaging company with 700 staff around the world, has been acquired by Bunzl for an estimated £60m.
15-Dec-2006

Antalis, the paper products company, is to relocate its finance department and an undisclosed number of jobs from Basingstoke to its site in Leicestershire by September 2007.
08-Dec-2006

Tecnolink, the Milton Keynes-based reprographics company with 35 staff, is to be acquired by LTG Technologies for £1.4m, and LTG plans to change its name to Imagelinx.
08-Dec-2006

Europackaging, the Birmingham-based supplier of bags and disposable products, is expected to be acquired by MidOcean Partners for about £180m.
07-Dec-2006

Potts Printers is planning to create 70 jobs at its Northumberland-based carton packaging business over the next two years, following a £4m investment programme.
29-Nov-2006

Moorgate Paper has acquired Fredk Johnson Paper Group, the Enfield-based paper merchant with nine staff.
24-Nov-2006

Corporate Document Services of Leeds has won a print management contract from the Ministry of Defence worth up to £12m a year, which is expected to lead to the expansion of a number of sites.
24-Nov-2006

Spectrum Printing Services, the Leicester-based printing company with 22 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
22-Nov-2006

Simpson Group of Tyne & Wear has won a £4m contract to supply point-of-purchase display material for Thomson travel agencies, which will create ten jobs in 2007.
21-Nov-2006

Williams Lea is to acquire The Stationery Office, the Norwich-based printing and publishing company, from Apax Partners for undisclosed terms.
16-Nov-2006

C3 Imaging, the digital printing company with ten branches, has been acquired by O'Flaherty Holdings.
07-Nov-2006

St Ives has acquired Service Graphics, the supplier of point-of-sale material with 400 staff in London, Bristol, Edenbridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hayes, Nottingham, Salisbury, Skelmersdale and Wales, for £18m.
07-Nov-2006

The Box Room, the Tamworth-based printing company, is to be acquired by SGS International of the US.
03-Nov-2006

Rexam has confirmed the sale of part of its food plastic packaging operations in Gloucestershire, Sweden and Denmark to an undisclosed buyer for £25m.
30-Oct-2006

The Wren Press has acquired Papyrus, the London-based stationery printer with outlets in Chelsea and Bath.
27-Oct-2006

BBA Group is planning to spin off its Fiberweb non-woven materials business with a flotation on the London Stock Exchange in November.
25-Oct-2006

Groupe Guillin of France has acquired Premier Packaging, the Canterbury-based supplier of thermoformed trays, for undisclosed terms.
24-Oct-2006

Littlewoods Shop Direct is to shed 86 jobs at the former Kays business in Worcester in February, in order to relocate its print and mail services to the CDMS site in Whiston on Merseyside.
20-Oct-2006

Pinders has secured planning permission to expand its digital printing business in Sheffield.
20-Oct-2006

Bezier has acquired Pointer, the Leicester-based supplier of point-of-sale material with annual turnover of £15m, for undisclosed terms.
13-Oct-2006

Pakfin is to create up to 100 new jobs in Colchester, having won a number of new print finishing contracts.
10-Oct-2006

Jarrold Publishing has sold its calendar printing business to Ajanta Offset of India, with the transfer of ten of the 14 Norfolk-based staff.
09-Oct-2006

Riverdale Paper has expanded its paper recycling business with the acquisition of the former Severnside processing operation at Thornley in Durham for undisclosed terms.
05-Oct-2006

Bunzl has acquired Cole Harford, the US supplier of disposable products, for undisclosed terms.
05-Oct-2006

Sharp Interpack has confirmed the acquisition of Rexam Plastic Packaging, the Bristol-based food plastic packaging business with 150 staff, from Rexam.
04-Oct-2006

Macfarlane Group is to acquire Bloomfield Supplies, the Gloucester-based packaging distributor with 22 staff, for up to £2m.
03-Oct-2006

Domino Printing Sciences is to acquire Mectec Electronik, the Swedish print and labelling equipment company with net assets of £1m.
03-Oct-2006

Samuel Grant Group has sold CL Plastics, its Bradford-based polythene extrusion and converting business, to Povoas Packaging in a multi-million pound deal.
03-Oct-2006

Green Light Products is setting up a new 14,000 sq ft biodegradable packaging factory at the Capital Business Park in Cardiff, where it will employ 30 staff.
18-Sep-2006

Duco International, the printing blanket manufacturer with 130 staff in Slough and Swindon, is to be acquired by Day International of the US.
15-Sep-2006

Jourdan has acquired Clinipak of Buckinghamshire for £2.2m, in order to expand its Westfield Medical sterilisation packaging material business.
12-Sep-2006

Abbot (Kings Langley), the Hertfordshire-based stationery supplier with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
08-Sep-2006

Delling Group is to acquire Printcenter i Linkoping, the Swedish printing company, for £0.4m.
01-Sep-2006

Reed Printers, the Penrith-based commercial printer with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
30-Aug-2006

Bunzl has acquired Morgan Scott, the Canadian food service distributor, and United American Sales, the US safety equipment supplier.
30-Aug-2006

Menzies Corporate Restructuring has sold the Pims printing plant in Somerset out of administration, and the business will be combined with London-based Garden House Press.
25-Aug-2006

Character Print & Design, the Essex-based printing company with 24 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
25-Aug-2006

Rexam is to acquire Truepack, the Indian pharmaceutical packaging company, for £5m.
22-Aug-2006

The Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland has published the results of a feasibility study that recommends the development of a tissue mill to boost the recycled paper market across Northern Ireland and the Republic.
15-Aug-2006

Fine Colour Packaging of Nottingham has been bought out of administration by a management team operating under the name of Simply Cartons, securing the future of more than 100 jobs.
07-Aug-2006

MetalFX, the Guiseley-based developer of metallic colours for printers, is to be acquired by Ciba Speciality Chemicals of Switzerland for undisclosed terms.
07-Aug-2006

Security Printing & Systems, the Manchester-based security and passport printer, is to be acquired by 3M of the US.
07-Aug-2006

Wayzgoose Print has acquired Clearpoint Colour Print of Nottingham for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 55 staff.
07-Aug-2006

Polimoon is to acquire Plastohm, the French industrial moulding and packaging group with a site in Washington, Tyne & Wear, for about £27m.
21-Jul-2006

Graphoprint, the Flintshire-based printing company, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.
21-Jul-2006

Deloitte & Touche has sold the Fine Colour Whitham packaging business out of administration to Southern Enterprise Group, securing the future of 83 jobs.
21-Jul-2006

Audus Noble has sold its PVC jars and cap moulds operation out of administration to Northumbria Blow Mouldings.
13-Jul-2006

Bobst has sold Apollo, its Bedfordshire-based packaging machinery business with 15 staff, to a new company called Apollo Sheeters.
12-Jul-2006

Complete Product Company has acquired APB Colour Printing of Bristol for undisclosed terms.
07-Jul-2006

Valpak has acquired the Waste Management Group's waste plastics sorting site in Preston, in order to expand its Valient Recycling operation.
06-Jul-2006

Smith Anderson has sold its Securecycle waste paper collection subsidiary out of administration to management for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 23 jobs in Fife.
05-Jul-2006

A&M Plastic Solutions, the Fareham-based vacuum forming company with 22 staff, has been bought out of administration by a management team, and will now be renamed Mimtec.
29-Jun-2006

Marland is looking to expand the 80-strong workforce at its packaging factory in Lincolnshire, having won a number of new contracts.
22-Jun-2006

Tesco is to invest £9m in the installation of 100 recycling centres for its supermarkets by the end of 2007.
15-Jun-2006

Creative Print & Design is to relocate its book manufacturing business to a 55,000 sq ft building in Blaina next year, with the creation of up to 70 jobs, and has just been acquired by Norhaven of Denmark.
09-Jun-2006

Cambrian Printers is investing £5m in the expansion of its Aberystwyth-based printing and publishing business, which will take the workforce to 100 by 2008.
08-Jun-2006

Benson Box has acquired Print Design & Graphics, the Tyneside-based packaging company with 158 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Jun-2006

Charterhouse has acquired Intelligent Print Solutions, the Kent-based print management company, for undisclosed terms.
31-May-2006

Symbiosis Group, the London-based print services company, has been bought out of administration by a new company called Arcnor Media, saving 23 of the 35 jobs.
29-May-2006

Domino Printing Sciences has acquired Enterprise Information System, the US-based developer of RFID track and trace solutions.
17-May-2006

Moorgate Paper is to relocate staff from three branches in Luton, Chelmsford and Stratford to a new £3m site in Enfield, north London, over the next three months.
12-May-2006

Vale-Tech has acquired Inovex Systems, the Corby-based supplier of ink dispensers with annual turnover of £0.7m.
10-May-2006

Kingsley Cards, the Skipton-based greetings cards supplier with 209 staff, has been bought out of administration by a management team, and will now trade as Riverdale Publishing.
10-May-2006

Robinson has acquired VR Plastics, the Nottinghamshire-based plastic injection moulding company with 85 staff, for £2.8m.
08-May-2006

Merlin Packaging has acquired four businesses from Mondi Packaging, including sites in Great Yarmouth, Stoke, Glasgow and Gateshead, creating a combined corrugated sheet board group with annual turnover of £20m.
08-May-2006

Wyndeham Press has acquired JGA Design Strategies, the Essex-based packaging design consultancy with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms.
05-May-2006

Paragon Group has acquired Aiza, the Lutterworth-based print management company with 42 staff, for undisclosed terms.
27-Apr-2006

Smurfit Print, the Denbighshire-based envelope manufacturer with 135 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Smurfit, and will be renamed Dobson & Crowther.
14-Apr-2006

Bunzl has acquired Allcare Disposable Products, the Australian supplier of disposable products to food processors with annual revenue of £10m.
07-Apr-2006

M&H Plastics has acquired HPL Jars & Containers, the Liverpool-based manufacturer of injection-moulded jars with 70 staff.
07-Apr-2006

Image Data Group is to set up a 67,000 sq ft digital printing facility at the Ozone business park in East Riding, with the creation of at least 50 jobs.
07-Apr-2006

Fulmar, the book and commercial printing company, is to be acquired by CPI for about £33m.
05-Apr-2006

TripleArc has sold part of Stream GWC, its Swindon-based direct mail business, to Formpro Mail Marketing of Bristol for a nominal sum.
04-Apr-2006

British Polythene Industries is to create up to ten jobs following a £2m investment in the expansion of capacity at its plastics recycling plant in Dumfries.
04-Apr-2006

Scorpio Print Finishing of Pudsey has been split into two businesses, forming new companies called Alpha Media and Scorpio Print Finishers and securing the future of 230 jobs.
30-Mar-2006

Adare Group, the printing company with 1,200 staff at 17 sites, has undergone a £120m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland Corporate, and its headquarters will relocate from Dublin to Leeds.
29-Mar-2006

Boxmore Plastics has sold its Lurgan-based operation in Northern Ireland to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, and the new business will be renamed Beverage Plastics and relocated to the Silverwood Business Park in Craigavon.
29-Mar-2006

APP Group has acquired Stowes the Printers of Stoke-on-Trent for undisclosed terms, creating a combined printing and publishing business with 29 staff.
28-Mar-2006

BSW Timber is to acquire the Arjo Wiggins paper mill at Fort William, and will invest £25m developing a new sawmill at the 67-acre site with the creation of 45 jobs.
28-Mar-2006

IMEX has acquired DWJ Colourprint, the commercial printing company with sites in Port Talbot and Baglan, for undisclosed terms, and will consolidate the business at its site in Swansea this summer.
27-Mar-2006

Wyndeham Press, the printing company, is set to be acquired by Dagsbrun of Iceland for £81m.
27-Mar-2006

Charisma Colourprint has bought Cherry Print, the Leeds-based printing company with 31 staff, out of administration.
24-Mar-2006

RR Donnelley has acquired OfficeTiger, the US print management company with a sales office in London, for £142m.
21-Mar-2006

Cardinal Packaging has secured a further £1.6m from the Royal Bank of Scotland to fund the expansion of its Ebbw Vale-based plastic bags factory, with the creation of 30 jobs.
16-Mar-2006

Nevisprint of Fort William and Highland Printers of Inverness have been acquired by NBH Holdings, creating one of Scotland's largest printing groups with 100 staff.
14-Mar-2006

Glatfelter of the US has bought the JR Crompton paper mill in Lydney, Gloucestershire, out of administration for £37m, securing the future of up to 240 jobs.
14-Mar-2006

Letts Filofax, the Midlothian-based diary maker with 510 staff, has been acquired by Phoenix Equity Partners for £45m.
13-Mar-2006

Antalis is to sell its two envelope manufacturing plants in Aberdeen and Dagenham to Mayer-Kuvert of Germany for undisclosed terms.
08-Mar-2006

Richard Harsher, the Romsey-based bookbinding and printing company, has been acquired by private equity firm Media & Print Investments.
02-Mar-2006

Wyndeham Press has acquired Icon Reproduction, the London-based pre-press company, for an initial £2m.
28-Feb-2006

Avad Group has acquired a 60% stake in Lynx DPM, the Oxfordshire-based printing company with 45 staff.
28-Feb-2006

Hannibal, the Leicester-based labels company with 58 staff, has been sold by the administrator of TP8 to MSO Group.
24-Feb-2006

Rexam is planning to acquire Airspray, the Dutch manufacturer of foam pumps with 140 staff and annual sales of £31m.
23-Feb-2006

Cats Solutions is to open a copy shop in the City of London in April, with the creation of 16 jobs, and is also considering further sites in Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle.
17-Feb-2006

Storey Evans, the Bradford-based pharmaceutical packaging company with 183 staff, has been acquired by MSO Group of Belfast for undisclosed terms.
14-Feb-2006

Williams Lea, the London-based print management company with more than 6,500 staff at 400 locations, has agreed to sell a majority stake to Deutsche Post World Net of Germany for £252m.
14-Feb-2006

Borcombe SP, the Hampshire-based commercial printing company, has been acquired by private equity firm Media & Print Investments.
10-Feb-2006

Celloglas Manchester has acquired the assets of Specialised Cutting & Creasing, the Stockport-based company that recently ceased trading.
10-Feb-2006

Magnadata has acquired Norprint Labelling Systems, the Boston-based labels company with 250 staff.
09-Feb-2006

New Jarrold Printing has secured outline permission to set up a new 25,000 sq ft printing plant near Beccles, having put on hold plans for a £40m plant at an alternative site in Wymondham.
06-Feb-2006

Bunzl has acquired The Midshires Group, the vending machine operator with sites in Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Loughborough and Northampton, as well as Master Craft Packaging Corporation of the US.
02-Feb-2006

Smith Anderson has sold Eagle Envelopes, the manufacturer of envelopes at sites in Bathgate and Walsall, to Mayer-Kuvert of Germany for undisclosed terms.
02-Feb-2006

Rexam is to acquire Ecanco, the Egyptian beverage can manufacturer, for £61m.
31-Jan-2006

Horner Brothers Print Group, the Rotherham-based stationery printer with 170 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
26-Jan-2006

Rexam is to acquire FangXin's beauty packaging business in China for £42m.
26-Jan-2006

Autobond has acquired the assets of Lamtex, the Sheffield-based laminating kit manufacturer, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
24-Jan-2006

Goulds, the Heywood-based tissue manufacturer, has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of at least 120 jobs.
24-Jan-2006

Ambroplastics, the Telford-based polypropylene packaging manufacturer with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Celsur Holdings.
20-Jan-2006

Diamond Corrugated Cases is investing £2m in new printing and diecutting equipment at its packaging factory in Londonderry, with the creation of seven jobs.
20-Jan-2006

Wyndeham Press is to relocate its Wyndeham Blacketts screen printing business from Epping to the site of sister company Wyndeham Westway in Luton.
19-Jan-2006

Resource Print Solutions, the Leeds-based printing company with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
17-Jan-2006

Redcar & Cleveland Council is to consider plans from Ecco Newsprint for the development of a £275m paper recycling plant at Wilton, which could create up to 170 jobs.
16-Jan-2006

John Dickinson is planning to set up a new stationery distribution centre in Royston in January 2007, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
16-Jan-2006

Macfarlane Group is to sell its Hungarian packaging business to Nefab of Sweden for £2.3m.
16-Jan-2006

Field Lithoprint is to relocate its labels and commercial printing business to a new two-storey site near its existing Hillington Park factory in Glasgow over the next few months, and the 87-strong workforce will increase by ten.
13-Jan-2006

HighWater Designs, the Cheltenham-based pre-press workflow manufacturer, is to be acquired by Printware of the US.
13-Jan-2006

Benson Box has acquired Medica Packaging, the Crewe-based carton printing company with 170 staff, for undisclosed terms.
06-Jan-2006

DS Smith has sold BSK, its Kent-based plastic coating and laminating business with 117 staff, to BSK Materials.
04-Jan-2006