The print services and document management company fulfilled the job for the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) consultation, printing and issuing the packs to households and businesses in Greater Manchester.

In addition to 130,000 business newsletter packs that contained a duplex-printed letter and a 16pp booklet, Paragon produced 1.2m domestic consultation packs and 130,000 business consultation packs.

The packs included a carrier sheet, a response form with unique barcode and an OCR number, reply envelope and pocket guide.

The work was completed by nine printers using a combination of litho and digital kit over the course of eight days.

Charlie Lamont, account director at Paragon Services, said: "We all had to work together very closely for days at a time and we were delighted with how people really pulled out all of the stops to get the job done."

He said the success of the project was "testament to the team spirit" of the staff and their "tireless commitment".

Paragon also produced 5,000 information packs, each comprising of three Transport Innovation Fund booklets.

Sheila Stark, department manager for strategic research at GMPTE, said: "The contract team from Paragon Services worked particularly hard to meet and exceed our expectations and even provided advice that resulted in some significant cost savings."