Mergers & Acquisitions

Geiger, Lewiston, Maine, has acquired Fogelsville, Pennsylvania-based distributor Five Thousand Forms, dba GiveMeFive.com. The acquisition is part of Geiger's continued expansion strategy focused on broadening its client base and services nationally...

Westbridge Capital Ltd., through its subsidiary, Overture Promotions Inc., closed the acquisition of the business of promotional products company Overture. Westbridge Capital will be supporting a team led by Lou Weisbach and JoAnn Gilley...

PRINING United Alliance and Idealliance today announced that the two organizations have officially merged. Under the guidance and direction of the board of directors at each organization, which consist of representative printer and supplier members across the industry; and with the overwhelming support and...

Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC, a manufacturer of specialty papers in North America, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the carbonless rolls and security papers business of Appvion Operations Inc. The transaction is expected to close in April 2021 and will not include any Appvion production assets...

Consolidated Marketing Services (CMS), Somerville, Mass., has acquired the award-winning promotional merchandise agency Progressive Promotions. Progressive, which was founded in 1987 and had its strongest year ever in 2020, will retain its Englewood, N.J., office, personnel and contact information, and will...

BAMKO's decision to acquire Gifts By Design was influenced by the company's belief that awards and employee recognition products for people working from home will be a major piece of the promotional market in the near future...

S&S Activewear and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) announced a new partnership in which CD&R-managed funds will invest alongside current owners and management to acquire S&S Activewear, a leading North American distributor of imprintable apparel and accessories...

PRINTING United Alliance and Idealliance today announced the intent to merge the two organizations. The board of directors at each company have unanimously voted in favor of the merger...

ODP, parent company of Office Depot, has rejected Staples’ most recent acquisition proposal, coming back with a counter-offer to merge the two companies’ direct-to-consumer retail operations without including Office Depot's business-to-business operations...

Smart Source, Suwanee, Ga., has acquired the majority of assets of Grandflow Inc., Livermore, Calif. Grandflow was founded in 1973 as Grand Business Forms by Carl Rusca, and offers premier document management services, along with print and promotional products, to its clients...