COMMERZBANK TO ACQUIRE AND FLOAT LINOTYPE Commerzbank AG <CBKG.F> said it will acquire <Linotype GmbH>, Europe's largest manufacturer of type-setting and printing communications technology from Allied Signal Inc <ALD.N> and float off the shares in the company. Commerzbank declined to say how much it had paid for Linotype. Linotype's group turnover in 1986 rose 15 pct to more than 500 mln marks, the bank said. The group's net return on capital was seven pct.