Domino Printing Sciences is going to buy Photon Energy, the German manufacturer of solid state laser sources, in a deal worth £3.2m.... [more]

Happit, the Dunfermline-based discount clothing retailer, has been bought out of administration by 2nd Thoughts. The future of 233 jobs at 32 stores have been restored.... [more]

Cosalt has bought Myhre-Maritime, the Norwegian marine equipment supplier, for £12m.... [more]

Renold is to buy a 75% stake in LG Balakrishnan, the Indian chain manufacturer, for £5m.... [more]

Apollo Sheeters, the Bedford-based supplier of sheeting equipment for paper and board, is to be purchased by MarquipWardUnited of the US for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Greenstar UK has acquired Leicester Paper Processors, the Coalville-based recycling firm. Greenstar is planning more acquisitions and developments.... [more]

Chemring has bought Martin Electronics, the US manufacturer of pyrotechnically-activated devices, in a deal worth £35m.... [more]

Holidaybreak has recently bought Hertford Travel Group, the holding company for educational tour operator European Study Tours, in a deal worth £4m.... [more]

WM Lawrence & Sons, the Chorley-based textiles manufacturer, has been bought by Apex Textiles of Haslingden.... [more]

ACM Shipping Group is to buy the shipbroking business of Harris & Dixon Shipbrokers of London in a deal worth £2.5m.... [more]

Grahame Stowe Bateson has bought Robert Moore Culleton, the Leeds-based law firm with six employees.... [more]

Plumbstop has purchased Mannington Supplies, the supplier of plumbing products with branches in Swindon and Weston-super-Mare. Plumbstop now has nine sites.... [more]

Moy Park, the poultry processing group with operations in Northern Ireland, East Anglia and Lincolnshire, will soon be sold by OSI Group to Marfrig of Brazil.... [more]

VT Group has purchased Estech Europe, the West Midlands-based waste management firm with projects in Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Wakefield, in a deal worth £1.6m.... [more]

James Walker Group has purchased a 59% stake in Devol Engineering, the plastics moulding firm. Devol has sites in Greenock and Edinburgh.... [more]

Miller Graphics has bought Corniche Fine Arts, the Yorkshire-based printing firm, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Vantis has sold SP Packaging & Plastics of Basildon out of administration to Shalam of Israel. The future of 30 jobs has been secured.... [more]

Inisoft, the Glasgow-based software company with 20 staff, has been purchased by the Response call centre division of Murray International for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

The Manchester-based online gaming company with 20 staff, Million-2-1, has been bought by American company International Game Technology in a multi-million pound deal.... [more]

Faber Maunsell has bought Hamilton & McGregor, the Scottish environmental and building acoustics business.... [more]