RR Donnelley boosts cross-border logistics with acquisition
US printing and co-mailing giant R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company has acquired the international mailing company Express Postal Options International (XPO), it announced today.
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Print management – Sector seeks diverse new roles to play
As print managers move into mail and logistics, Barney Cox asks what else we can expect.
Last week’s deal by Deutsche Post for a 51% stake in Williams Lea raised questions about how printers and print management firms fitted into a broader market serving bus-iness communications needs.
As soon as the deal was done, eyes turned to Communisis, the last of the “big three” print management market alongside Williams Lea and Astron not to have yet been snapped up. Its recent announcement that talks with a potential buyer had ceased has done little to halt speculation that it is the next acquisition target in this sector. And with the ongoing review of Adare’s business there is a real possibility that its print management businesses may be in the hands of a new owner before too long.
Read MoreRR Donnelley agrees to sell package logistics business
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its package logistics business to Heritage Partners, Inc., a Boston-based private equity firm that is the principal owner of American Package Express (“APX”). The agreement is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close by the end of the third quarter, 2004.
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