WIFAG Polytype Group recently announced its acquisition of L&P Digital Technologies and Spuhl Digital Printing from Leggett & Platt Inc. WIFAG Polytype, headquartered in Berne, Switzerland, supplies rotary offset presses for newspapers (WIFAG); container-decorating equipment for the food, cosmetics, and packaging industry (Polytype); and consumables and equipment for the graphics industry (WIFAC).
WIFAG Polytype Group acquired L&P Digital Technologies/Spuhl Digital Printing businesses, products, technologies, and staff and will integrate the companies as a new division of the WIFAG Polytype Group under the name WP Digital AG in Switzerland. WP Digital AG will continue the development, sales, and service of the former Spuhl digital printers and distribute these products via its subsidiaries Polytype America Corp. and Polytype Asia Pacific. Polytype America Corp. will continue the service and customer support of the Leggett & Platt printers in North America.