Mergers & Acquisitions

BH Media, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, announced its purchase of The Free Lance-Star, fredericksburg.com and Print Innovators.

Announcing its fourth acquisition in 2015, Barry-Wehmiller has brought Winkler+Dünnebier GmbH and POEM GmbH (W+D) into its family.

An Oklahoma company purchased Topeka, KS-based Southwest Publishing and Mailing earlier this month, but local operations won’t be cut.

Staples Inc. today gave an update on the status of its discussions with the FTC and the acquisition of Office Depot.

WIRmachenDRUCK, a Web-to-print company based in Backnang, Germany, has been acquired by Cimpress.

2015 was the best year of the century for mergers and acquisitions among printing and packaging companies.

Stylecraft Printing has announced its acquisition of fellow Michigan printer Highlite Printers.

Native retail network Aer.io has been acquired by Ingram Content Group. Aer.io is a service that allows publishers, retailers and authors to sell and fulfill print and digital books directly to readers via their websites, blogs and social networks. In addition, through Aer.io’s marketing platform Aer.io Flyer, publishers, authors and booksellers can promote ebooks and print books with a direct link to buy while taking advantage of Ingram’s global distribution network.

An agreement has been made between Cenveo Inc. and WestRock Co. whereby WestRock Co. will purchase Cenveo’s packaging business.

Commercial printers have struggled to redefine themselves as more than just another print shop.