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One of the biggest finance houses in the UK has bought a KAS Mailmaster enveloper to handle an increase in mail volume of 25%.

Trade finishing house Jimminsons Packaging Services is targeting the wider print market following a 200,000 investment in shrinkwrapping, die cutting and burger-clam erecting kit.

Ancient House Printing Group has installed 16-page Komori System 38S as part of 3.5m investment, the largest in its history.

Presstek has confirmed that it is restructuring its European operations, with the launch of a new company, Presstek-Europe.

Polestar Sheffield is locked in an eleventh-hour bid to hit its self-imposed target of putting ink on paper by the end of the month, even if that means running the presses until midnight tonight.

More than 99% of Creos shareholders have voted to approve the firms sale to Kodak for 520m ($980m).

Presstek has opened a European base in the UK, headed by AB Dick (UK) managing director Quen Baum (pictured).

The BPIF and Amicus Graphical Print and Media Sector (GPMS) have received 119,000 worth of funding as part of a new Skills for Life partnership assessment project over the next 12 months.

Domino Printing Sciences is still on the acquisition trail after reporting a record turnover of 178.3m, up 8% year-on-year, in its end-of-year results.

News International has confirmed that it is to move its supplement printing contract from Polestar to Arvatos new gravure site in Liverpool by 2009.

Wyndeham Press has picked up the print and repro contract for NatMags titles Cosmo Bride and You and Your Wedding.

Polestar Wheatons has appointed Graham Durrant as the journal, directory and catalogue printers new sales director.

Hewlett-Packard has merged its Imaging and Printing Group and its Personal Systems Group.

Further redundancies have been made by the joint administrative receivers of the Openshaw Group.

Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert has restructured the firm's main board with group operations director Mike Bartlett the major casualty.