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At the end of August, the Target Report focuses on M&A activity in the print-centric business segments over the past 12 months. This edition also includes the prior four years to provide a visual bridge over the pandemic period. Here is a snapshot of the biggest deal activity trends taking place in the industry.

Viewed from the perspective of M&A activity in the printing, packaging and related graphic communication industries, the pandemic is fading quickly into the rearview mirror, and most printing and packaging businesses are doing well. However, there are some ripples on the water. Deal counts are down, bankruptcies and non-bankruptcy closures have ticked up in the past six months, and the impact of higher interest rates is rolling in. Packaging is still the most active segment but has cooled down c...

Reprographers were some of the earliest adopters of fully digital workflows. Their familiarity with wide-format monochrome printing devices and digital workflows enabled a wide variety of services to a diverse client base. Clearly, this convergence is still eminent in modern-day printing companies and M&A activity.

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