Business Management - M&A

Xerox and EFI Join Forces to Deliver Next-Generation Digital Front End
February 2, 2017 at 9:29 am

Xerox and EFI have announced a strategic partnership to bring to market a next generation digital front end to drive Xerox digital production presses. The agreement includes the sale of Xerox’s FreeFlow Print Server digital front end business to EFI.

The Satisfactions of Strategy
January 30, 2017 at 9:51 am

Probably no subject gets more attention from business writers and management gurus than strategy. That’s not surprising. Without a coherent set of objectives — a precisely defined goal to work towards — everything else is just going through the motions without actually getting anywhere.

WestRock Enters Agreement to Acquire Multi Packaging Solutions
January 24, 2017 at 1:53 pm

WestRock and Multi Packaging Solutions have announced that a definitive agreement has been reached for WestRock to acquire the outstanding shares of MPS for $18.00 per share in cash and the assumption of an estimated $873 million in net debt, for a total enterprise value of $2.28 billion.

M&A Momentum Continues Strong in 2016
January 20, 2017 at 10:22 am

The fast pace of transactions in 2016 tells us that the market is sound and many that are looking for opportunities to buy or sell have had little difficulty in locating them.

Why Six Is the Number That Counts in Successful M&As
January 13, 2017 at 10:46 am

At New Direction Partners, we have found that closing a deal is almost always the culmination of a number of steps — six, to be precise — in a process that applies both to buying and to selling.

Fortis Solutions Group Acquires Action Packaging Systems
January 3, 2017 at 5:38 pm

Fortis Solutions Group has announced its acquisition of Action Packaging Systems, a provider of pressure sensitive prime, promotional and thermal labels to customers across the country. It will operate under the Fortis Solutions Group name.

Year-End Recap: How Did We Do, and How Will We?
January 3, 2017 at 9:18 am

In our recent webinar, we were happy to report that the pace of dealmaking in the industry remains strong and that opportunities for buyers and sellers should continue to be abundant at least in the near term. How long these conditions will last is impossible to predict. For the moment, though, as M&A advisers, we like what we’re seeing.