ITALY— Bobst Group has acquired Italian gravure press manufacturer Cerutti. Bobst said the deal, is “in line with its strategic goal of further consolidating our technology and market leadership in the global gravure printing market”. Through the deal, the Bobst group has acquired Cerutti’s brand, intellectual property rights, and all of the company’s intangible assets. 30 Cerutti staff will join Bobst Italia’s team at the site in San Giorgio Monferrato. Gruppo Cerutti was founded in 1920 in Casale Monferrato, in the northwest of Italy, and grew into a world-renowned manufacturer of rotogravure printing presses for packaging, publishing, and specialty printing and converting equipment. Bobst employs more than 5,600 people globally. BOBST is a supplier of substrate processing, printing and converting equipment and services for the label, flexible packaging folding carton and corrugated board industries world wide.