CCL Industries, a world leader in specialty label, security and packaging solutions for global corporations, government institutions, small businesses and consumers, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Innovia Group of companies for approximately $1.13 billion.
SATO, a leading global provider of Auto-ID solutions that empowers workforces and streamlines operations, acquired a 100% share of UK-based in-line digital printing (IDP) leader, DataLase.
My personal involvement with M&As began when I was the president and CEO of a family business that originated as a newspaper publishing company in 1906. During my tenure, we sold our non-heatset web division and after that our sheetfed operation. Later, as president and CEO of the Printing and Imaging Association of Georgia, I worked with a number of our members who were considering M&A transactions of their own. This experience taught me two things.
When a business owner seeking to sell holds out for a higher price than what the market is willing to pay, it often comes at his or her own peril. Sound advice from M&A advisers, based on comparable recent sales, is typically the best way to understand a fair price in an acquisition transaction.
This session will provide an overview of the current environment and options.
After an October announcement that an acquisition was in the works, the Pritzker Group has completed its acquisition of ProAmpac, a leading flexible packaging converter, which consists of the Prolamina, Ampac and Tulsack brands.
As printers continue to seek out new, profitable production methods, wide-format printing has emerged as an attractive growth market. New Direction Partners explains why this is a market segment worth exploring.
As a trade association president, I knew that one of my most important jobs was to offer our members a friendly, well informed, third-party perspective on strategic business issues. Today, our New Direction Partners clients want the same thing: not just information about the mechanics of M&As, but also a genuine understanding of the industry and the mindsets of the people who own those companies.
Inovar Packaging has acquired multiple business in various parts of the country, including Murray Label & Printing, 21st Century Labels & Printing, SafePrints and LabelPrint America.
On Oct. 17, Prizker Group announced it would be acquiring ProAmpac for an undisclosed sum. One day later, ProAmpac announced it would be acquiring Vitex, expanding its flexible packaging.
