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UK collating machinery manufacturer Setmasters has been placed into administration.

Data management and document services specialist CDMS has acquired Shop Direct Groups mailing operations in Worcester, elevating it into the top 10 direct mail operations in the UK.

UPM is to build a 400,000 tonnes per year paper machine for the production of magazine grades as part of a 341m (euro500m) restructuring plan.

Car manufacturer Proton has rolled out a birthday card mailing campaign targeting existing owners.

Leeds-based Gecko has won the deal to handle Mecca Bingos estimated seven-figure membership business.

Communisis is undertaking a radical overhaul of its supply base with the introduction of its new Communisis Sourcing division.

Forscot has secured further equity funds, completing phase one funding of its 1bn integrated pulp and paper mill project.

Archival quality paper has been used to record radioactive waste information, and its use could now be widened as part of a decommissioning project.

John Clifton & Son has moved into perfect binding with the acquisition of the assets and goodwill of Books a Bound.

Box manufacturer TRM has installed a Martin 1228 flexo folder-gluer to cope with growing demand in the snack food market.

KAS Paper Systems is to launch a new entry-level folder/inserter, designed to sit between desktop and full production models, at Digital Print World (DPW).

ESMA is to hold its first Digital Printing Exhibition (DPE), after falling out with exhibition co-organiser Fespa.

Hewlett-Packard has extended its reach in the digital print market, snapping up super-wide format printer firm Scitex Vision.

Konica Minolta is to start making plates in the US after it signed a letter of intent to buy Michigan-based plate manufacturer American Litho.

Agfa has introduced two new CTP plates to the UK market, but is not planning a major sales push for the products.