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Weedon Holdings has acquired Rowpak Containers of Manchester from Jardin Corrugated Cases, with the transfer of about 100 staff. 23-Jun-2011

Loveurope has acquired Asset Graphics, the London-based printing company with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms. 14-Jun-2011

Opus Trust Marketing is to close its office in Swindon, in order to transfer its mailing services and some of the 25 staff to its site in Leicester. 06-Jun-2011

Stadium Packing is planning to extend its timber crate manufacturing facility in Gateshead by 20,000 sq ft, and also hopes to increase the 35-strong workforce by 15 by 2014. 06-Jun-2011

Esko Artwork is relocating its packaging software business and dozens of staff from Redditch to the Blythe Valley Park in Solihull. 24-May-2011

H-A Interiors has stopped production at its wall coverings factory in Cramlington, casting doubt on the future of 80 jobs. 19-May-2011

Beatson Clark is investing £16m in the expansion of capacity at its Rotherham-based glass bottle manufacturing business. 16-May-2011

ColArt is to relocate the London headquarters of its art supplies business and 56 jobs from Harrow to Notting Dale Village in Shepherd's Bush in November. 05-May-2011

World Flowers, the flower-packing firm with 400 staff, is to close its site in Hampshire this summer and transfer the work to sister company sites in Hull and Spalding. 26-Apr-2011

Plotters Plus, the Bolton-based printing equipment supplier trading as Pluss, has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a new management team. 19-Apr-2011

Boss Direct has acquired JM Roberts Print to create a combined Bolton-based printing group with 34 staff. 18-Apr-2011

A&R Carton of Sweden has acquired a majority stake in Speciality Paperboard Containers, the Rotherham-based packaging manufacturer. 07-Apr-2011

Marpak Extrusions is to open a new £1m 10,000 sq ft industrial packaging production facility in Leeds in July, with the creation of an initial 12 jobs. 07-Apr-2011

Thanet Press has ceased trading with the loss of 74 jobs at its Margate-based printing business. 04-Apr-2011

James Townsend & Sons, the Exeter-based label printing firm with 74 staff, has been acquired by Enniskillen-based Webtech NI for undisclosed terms. 04-Apr-2011

Harland has acquired Cobalt IS Auto ID, the Crewe-based printing equipment supplier, for undisclosed terms. 04-Apr-2011

Paperlinx is relocating its Northampton-based paper merchants business to a 7,700 sq ft office at the Pinnacle in Milton Keynes. 24-Mar-2011

Parkers is relocating its Knowsley-based packaging business to a 7,000 sq ft unit on Knowsley Business Park. 17-Mar-2011

Alito Color Group is expected to sell its East London printing business out of administration back to its former management team. 17-Mar-2011

MBL Group, the Leyland-based CD distributor with 320 staff, has appointed KPMG Corporate Finance to find a buyer, following the loss of a contract with Morrisons. 16-Mar-2011

Unicorn Graphics, the parent company of Glasgow-based printer Gilmour & Dean, has been acquired by Industria Grafica Eurostampa of Italy for undisclosed terms. 14-Mar-2011

IOT, the Wakefield-based printing consumables supplier with 173 staff, has been acquired by Sharp UK for undisclosed terms. 14-Mar-2011

Gerald Judd has acquired Tavistock Paper, the Wantage-based paper merchant, from Inapa of Portugal. 14-Mar-2011

Watermark Publishing, the Northamptonshire-based greetings card company with 250 staff, has been acquired by American Greetings. 07-Mar-2011

Label Apeel is looking to expand the 40-strong workforce at its label manufacturing business in Leicester with up to 20 new jobs. 03-Mar-2011

That Company Called If is looking to expand its Pickering-based gift supplies business with a new warehouse and production facility and ten new staff. 23-Feb-2011

Journal Printing Company is to go into voluntary liquidation through Calverley-Hughes, with the loss of about 45 jobs in Scunthorpe. 07-Feb-2011

Integrity Print has acquired Mooreforms, the Gwent-based printing firm with 11 staff. 03-Feb-2011

JF Print, the Somerset-based boom printing firm, is expected to go into liquidation. 27-Jan-2011

Doric Anderton has bought The Crimped Paper Works, the Derbyshire-based supplier of food packaging with 30 staff, out of administration. 27-Jan-2011

Print Off has bought the business and assets of JTM Print, the Preston-based printing firm, out of administration. 27-Jan-2011

Park Communications has bought the assets of Granite Colour out of administration, securing 20 jobs at its Southend-based printing business. 27-Jan-2011

Transactis is said to be considering plans to shed up to 254 jobs at its Liverpool-based document services and reprographics business, following its acquisition by RR Donnelley. 25-Jan-2011

Paton Brown has been bought out of administration by its management team, saving 20 jobs at its Manchester-based direct mail business. 19-Jan-2011

SV Two Digital, the London-based printing firm, has gone into liquidation through Smith & Williamson. 06-Jan-2011

Chamonix Private Equity has acquired Linpac Storage Systems, Linpac Environmental, Linpac Recycling, Linpac Metal Decorating and Intellident from plastic packaging supplier Linpac. 06-Jan-2011

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