Now that the festivities of Christmas and the New Year have finally abated, Ascent Partners director and industry expert, Richard Rasmussen, looks back at the final big deals to pass through the marketplace in the lead up to 2013.
In Queensland, Fairfax was active in taking over Beaudesert Times and Jimbooba Times, and MBE Maroochydore purchased Queensland Complete.
Computershare, via share purchase, took control over Digital Post Australia after buying out Fuji Xerox’s 40% shareholding.
On the supplier side, Coverta Machinery was reported to have been liquidated in around 12 August. They were the local sales and service agents for machinery including Brausse diecutters and folding box gluers.
German finishing equipment supplier, Mathius Bauerle (MB), was rescued by an internal buyout and unnamed investors.
Kodak has received a joint bid of US $500 million from Apple and Google on their digital imaging patent portfolio on the market.
Machinery Sales and Installations.
Over in the West, Jay Pack has recently installed a K&B 106 Rapida six colour plus double coater (Aug 12) and Bobst Folding Box Gluer (June 12), whilst in Melbourne Madman installed a Heidelberg CD 74 six colour.
Other installations reported in Dec 12 were:
- Geon - EFI Vutek GS 3250 LX
- The Barrier Daily Truth(NSW) - G&J i CtP A1
- Mircha Print (QLD) – Epson 7900 CtP
- SOS (NSW) – Ricoh C901 Digital Printer
Further details of the above market movements and installations, can be found on the Market Wage page of Ascent Partners web site, www.ascentpartners.com.au
Businesses for Sale / Businesses Wanted
Ascent Partners has five businesses on the market and are actively seeking others to meet demand in numerous graphic arts segments. See www.ascentparnters.com.au