Business Management - M&A

Sonoco announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the stock of Clear Lam Packaging, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of flexible and forming plastic packaging films.

Integrating your company and one you’ve purchased into one entity will be a stiff test of your executive skills — perhaps the most demanding test you’ve ever faced. But, with strategic planning and careful execution, you can make the merger accomplish everything you envisioned when you first decided to pursue it.

Not all that long ago, it seemed that investors seeking middle-market opportunities wanted to look at anything but printing. This, happily, has changed, and for the last several years, middle-market investors have shown that they now regard acquiring profitable, well-run printing and packaging companies as a smart play.

WestRock has announced its acquisition of Multi Packaging Solutions. The acquisition will expand WestRock's paper and packaging portfolio.

Heidelberg has reached another milestone in its digital growth strategy with its takeover of DOCUFY. DOCUFY develops professional software solutions for technical documentation and is the first provider of multi-level documentation. The acquisition is effective as of May 1, 2017.

Even if you're at the peak of your career as a printing company owner, and the decision to sell your printing business is years away, there's no time like the present to account for the necessary steps to be ready for the sales process.

EFI has announced its acquisition of CRC Information Systems, a provider of business management information systems (MIS) for commercial printers and packaging label and forms printers.

As the former president of a Printing Industries of America regional affiliate, I had the good fortune to work with many smart and successful owners of thriving printing businesses. I had the greatest respect for their abilities, but then as now, there is one thing that I would never have recommended that they attempt: selling their companies without professional representation and advisement.

If, as the owner of a printing company, you suddenly decided to stop showing up for work, could the business carry on without you?

ProAmpac has announced its acquisition of Trinity Packaging Corp., a flexible packaging company specializing in large format packaging for the lawn and garden, food and specialty industrial markets.