Mergers & Acquisitions

CEO Bill Muir said trying to keep up with Wall Street’s quarterly report-sales-growth cadence made it difficult to manage the business.

Electronics For Imaging Inc. (EFI), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation based in Fremont, Calif., has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Siris Capital Group LLC in an all-cash transaction valued at...

Ennis Inc., Midlothian, Texas, announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire the assets of Integrated Print & Graphics (IPG) in South Elgin, Ill., a suburb of Chicago...

Top 50 Supplier PDF Print Communications, Signal Hill, Calif., has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets of Phoenix-based Orion Press. The closing of the transaction is expected to take place on Feb. 28. “We are delighted to announce this acquisition as an expansion of our business...

The Sourcing Group (TSG), New York, has acquired Carpe Diem Sales & Marketing, an Orlando, Florida-based premium and promotional marketing company. “We are thrilled to bring Carpe Diem into our company for...

Last week, news broke that Taiwan-headquartered TSC Auto ID Technology, a global provider of quality Auto-ID solutions for transportation and logistics, manufacturing and health care, industry and retail, acquired Top 50 Supplier...

Advertising Industry Mastermind LLC (AIM) has been acquired by Altitude Group Plc, a publicly traded U.K. company with operations in the U.K. and U.S. AIM will continue to operate as AIM under the strategic leadership of Jamie Coggeshall (founder and president) and Nichole Stella (CEO)...

Corporate Development Associates (CDA) has announced the addition of label and pharma packaging industry veteran Dave Emmert to its deal-making team as an associate. Emmert has worked for some of the leading companies in this segment of the printing industry, including R.R. Donnelley and...

Showdown Displays, a North American supplier of portable lightweight event displays, announced it has acquired Xarisma, a provider of custom soft signage based in Huntsville, Ala. “Xarisma’s creative branding solutions and innovative display development is an...

As one might expect when it comes to a proposed, $1.4 billion all-stock mega-deal, not all shareholders will be on board—especially when the stock values of the publicly-held companies involved plummet following the Oct. 31, 2018, M&A announcement...