Redesigned PrintWeek unveiled… Eclipse Colour and the 4DM Group merged in a deal that created one of the UK’s largest independent commercial print and direct mail businesses…

Merseyside mailing house Character DPM Group (Character DPM) and its Stockport subsidiary Character Mailing Services (Mailing Services) went into administration, with 44 redundancies made…Southernprint confirmed that its finishing subsidiary Southern Binders would close as part of a restructure, which would lead to 101 staff being made redundant…

Pre-press and inkjet equipment manufacturer Agfa Graphics acquired consumables supplier Litho Supplies in a below-the-radar deal…

Heidelberg named Ricoh as its digital partner, entering a global distribution contract to sell and support the Japanese company’s Ricoh Pro C901 Graphic Arts Edition machine… JF Print, the former inplant of Haynes Publishing closed…

Administrators called in at Alito Color Group, with the company citing the fallout from its purchase of TPF Group’s manufacturing arm as one of the reasons for its failure… Alderson Print Group sealed a "multimillion-pound" two-year contract with Microsoft to provide a range of marketing, direct mail and point-of-sale print…

Label manufacturer Mercian Labels Group opened its newly refurbished factory after a £1m, three-year investment programme… Stephens & George (S&G) won a three-year contract with Haymarket Media Group to print the publisher’s weekly and monthly sheetfed B2B titles in a deal worth up to £4m… Journal Printing Company, the Scunthorpe-based magazine and journal printer, ceased trading with the loss of around 45 jobs…