The UK newspaper publisher, which also prints the Evening Standard, has signed a four-year contract with Newsworld Corporation to distribute the newspaper in and around the New York area, seven days a week.

Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers will be produced by a preferred supplier of Newsworld Corporation from September.

John Bird, managing director of Harmsworth Printing, Associated Newspapers' print arm, said: "We are very excited by the opportunities that Newsworld's system has presented us with and we look forward to developing the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday brands with the UK expatriate community in the US."

Initially the papers will be the UK version but a New York edition, complete with local content and advertising, is planned for the future.

Around 50% of the 96-page newspaper will be in full colour, with the balance in black and white.

The Daily Mail will be printed on a Dai Nippon Screen Truepress Jet520 line and will be finished in-line with a Hunkeler newspaper finishing system.

Newsworld chairman John Ashfield added: "Previous attempts to establish the principle of printing newspapers locally have been compromised by speed, colour or quality.

"With our service, we can provide the quality, look and feel of the original brand product, coupled with significant time savings which allow the papers to be on sale on the same day."

The move is a reverse of News Corporation's decision in April 2008 to print the Wall Street Journal in London to distribute to ex-pats working in the capital.