March

A Worldwide Online Printing franchise in Adelaide changes hands for a "record" price of more than $1 million

April

Paperlinx says its "customer-driven" merger of Spicers Paper, Dalton Paper and iMedia will not lead to any lay-offs or reduction in products

May

Kwik Kopy says it has provided a soft landing for a liquidated Sydney CBD printer after buying the business for a six-figure sum

May

BPA Print Group and TIC Group cherry-pick assets from distressed business Sands Print Group

June

Kalamazoo challenges Blue Star and Geon for the title of New Zealand's top print group with a string of acquisitions

July

An Adelaide printer celebrates a 30% boost in productivity after buying the business of a friend he did an apprenticeship with 40 years earlier

July

Melbourne finishing specialist Lorimier plans to grow itself out of a difficult market after acquiring a family-owned business just around the corner

July

Sydney firm Graphitype Printing Services sells its pharmaceutical arm to a Canadian multinational for $7 million

August

Good Impressions bounces back from its $1.2 million collapse after reaching what it says is a "handshake deal" to merge with Sydney Allen Printers

August

Prografica continues its evolution from print shop to production agency by acquiring the assets of a failed design agency

August

Fujifilm acquires Salmat's mail business for $375 million

August

A former Salmat and Fairfax senior executive acquires Melbourne firm Fineline Printing for $3 million

September

Melbourne offset firm Troedel & Co merges with digital house Docucopy to create a $6 million business

September

An independent Sydney printer acquires a Kwik Kopy CBD centre and joins the franchise

October

Brisbane firm Print Approach looks set to double its revenue in the 2012 calendar year after making its second acquisition in six months

October

A regional NSW printer expands its "hub and spoke" network by adding a liquidated business to its existing network of three shops

November

Ooh Media forecasts a rise in print volumes after acquiring out-of-home rival Eye from Network Ten for $113 million

November

TPS Venture acquires some of Brite Solutions' assets a fortnight before it is liquidated owing $2.3 million

November

The Printing Industries Association of Australia moves into print training with the acquisition of IPMG's training division, Intech Australia

December

The merger of the industry's two main trade bodies looks set to become operational from early 2013 following a successful ballot of GASAA member