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IG Design Group Acquires Biscay Greetings Pty

On September 21, 2017, IG Design Group acquired consumer products company Biscay Greetings Pty

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IG Design Group’s 2nd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is IG Design Group’s 1st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-09-21
Target Biscay Greetings Pty
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) IG Design Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

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Biscay Greetings Pty

Dandenong, Australia
Biscay Greetings Pty Ltd. is a greetings card and paper products business based in Australia. Biscay provides greetings cards and related products to an extensive base of almost 2,000 customers through regional, wholesale distributors, and independent retail channels across Australia and New Zealand.

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IG Design Group

Newport Pagnell, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1978
Sector Consumer Products
Employees2,766
Revenue 800M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

IG Design Group is a designer, manufacturer, source, and distributor of a wide array of products for life’s important occasions, to help transform moments into memories. IG Design Group was founded in 1978 and is based in Newport Pagnell, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-11 The LANG Companies Inc

Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States

The LANG Companies, Inc is a provider of art, design, and sports driven calendars (second largest participant in the U.S. calendar industry), back-to-school products, greeting cards and stationary. Products are marketed under three widely-recognized Company-owned brands: Lang, Avalanche and Turner Licensing brands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-20 CSS Industries

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, United States

CSS Industries, Inc. is a consumer products company primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, procurement, distribution, and sale of all occasion and seasonal social expression products, principally to mass-market retailers. These all occasion and seasonal products include decorative ribbons and bows, classroom exchange Valentines, infant products, journals, buttons, boxed greeting cards, gift tags, gift card holders, gift bags, gift wrap, decorations, floral accessories, craft and educational products, Easter egg dyes and novelties, memory books, scrapbooks, stickers, stationery, and other items that commemorate life’s celebrations. CSS Industries was founded in 1923 and is based in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.

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