Business Management - M&A

Menasha Acquires Portable Packaging
June 9, 2015 at 9:00 am

Like Menasha Packaging, Portable Packaging designs promotional packaging and displays for retailers and consumer packaged goods companies, and provides material sourcing, assembly, repacking, fulfillment and distribution services.

The Unexpected Happened—Now What?
June 2, 2015 at 9:00 am

Nobody likes interruptions to their best-laid plans, but they happen—and M&A deal making isn’t exempt from them.

MWV and RockTenn to be Named WestRock
May 26, 2015 at 12:58 pm

The pending merger of MeadWestvaco Corporation and Rock-Tenn will be called WestRock when the two packaging leaders complete their previously announced combination.

Bobst Group Acquires Majority of Nuova Gidue
May 13, 2015 at 9:25 pm

Bobst Group and the owner of Nuova Gidue Srl, an Italian manufacturer of narrow and mid-web printing presses, signed an agreement on May 13, 2015 by which Bobst Group acquires 65 percent of Nuova Gidue Srl, with the option to purchase the remaining shares.

Five Steps to Take for a Successful Merger
May 12, 2015 at 9:00 am

Like any other business transaction, a merger is a structured process with a series of steps necessary for its completion. As an investment banker to the printing and packaging industries, New Direction Partners has participated in scores of such transactions.

Tales of the Ticker
May 5, 2015 at 3:37 pm

With the printing and packaging stock index, New Direction Partners tracks the performance of 16 printing and packaging firms.

Brother Industries Acquires Domino
March 17, 2015

Brother Industries of Japan will acquire Domino Printing Sciences, a U.K.-based company, for approximately $1.55 billion. According to a report from I.T. Strategies, this acquisition could indicate that Brother has set its sights on the future.