Funds managed by CVC Capital Partners (CVC), a leading European private equity firm, acquired the printing inks and printing plates operations of BASF, which consist mainly of BASF Drucksysteme GmbH and other printing system companies,  and ANI Printing Inks (ANI) on Sept. 30. The transactions are subject to regulatory approval. The new company will have annual sales in excess of R830 million ($1.03 billion).      The sale covers all the BASF printing system facilities and activities, includi...