Chime Communications has announced that it has acquired London-based wide-format print specialists McKenzie Clark, following McKenzie Clark's year-long collaboration on a major UK sporting event with Icon Graphics, part of the Chime Sports Marketing (CSM) group.

As part of CSM, McKenzie Clark will continue to work closely with Icon Graphics and the other branding and consultancy businesses within the group, in a move CSM's deputy chairman Edward Leask describes as 'formidable'. The company will continue to operate from its London headquarters under the management of the existing team.

Graham Clark, managing director of McKenzie Clark, comments: "Partnering with Icon and sharing skills and experience has already resulted in a major project win and their proven expertise in delivering major event and corporate branding programmes world-wide provides the perfect complement to our skills in artwork, colour and quality management and large-format production, and will certainly position us as the leading branding and graphics business within the UK."

"[CSM] is delighted to be welcoming Graham and his colleagues into the business," adds Leask. "McKenzie Clark has an unparalleled reputation for delivering world-class branding and graphics solutions and their expertise surrounding artwork creation and control and large-format production is second to none."