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Northcliffe Newspaper Group (NNG) has confirmed plans to build a new 50m printing plant at Elsham Wold, south of the Humber estuary.

Its been a big week for Polestar, which has commissioned the second gravure press at Sheffield while other group plants were busy printing their first Sunday supplements for The Telegraph Group.

Attleborough-based Barkers Print & Design has bought a Heidelberg Printmaster PM 52-2, the first to be installed in East Anglia.

Encore Machinery has added saddlestitching and perfect binding to the range of post-press kit it carries.

Enfocus founder Peter Camps and the firms recent chief executive David van Driessche have returned to the industry with a new venture Gradual Software.

Goss has unveiled its Magnum press, which is the latest addition to its single-width newspaper range.

Finnish paper mills have extended their lockout of workers to four weeks, which could have serious implications for UK supplies.

Lloyds TSB has handed a contract to Adare Halcyon to print its welcome packs for new customers.

The first envelopes certified to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards are now available in the UK.

<i>Direct Response</i> has become one of the first magazines to use a personalised cover wrap.

Nyland Graphics has doubled the number of folders in its stock following the creation of a new showroom facility.

Mohawk Paper plans to increase its product offerings in the UK market, following its acquisition of International Paper (IP)s fine paper business.

Procurement software company eprintgroup has won a deal with serviced office firm Regus.

UK printers and publishers have been warned that strikes in Finland could cause a paper shortage.

The Royal British Legion has embarked on its biggest integrated campaign, for the 60th anniversary of VE and VJ Day, with print ma-naged by Target Direct Print (TDP).