Quark Inc, the enigmatic desk top publishing software house from Denver, Colorado, said Tuesday that it has signed a deal to buy a majority stake in German software developer, Silent GmbH, as part of Quark’s on-going $200m budgeted spend on new companies and technologies. Silent is the parent company of Vision GmbH, a German systems integrator which focuses on the publishing industry, Quark said. The investment, fits with our strategy of buying into companies that are financially strong and have great technology, a Quark spokesperson said in a prepared statement. Currently riding a wave of publicity after expressing a surprise interest in acquiring its much larger rival Adobe Systems Inc, Quark reverted to its more normal, secretive self on Tuesday by withholding all financial information relating to the deal. The company did, however, say that its financial position had strengthened over the past year, enabling it to bolster its search for new acquisitions. Quark said it would finance further deals through a combination of internal and external, venture capital backed, funding.
