In a move to complement its newly created marketing communications sector, printer Transcontinental has acquired custom publisher Redwood Custom Communications. Headquartered in Toronto and with offices in New York, Redwood is a full-service marketing and communications company offering custom publishing and branded content services for both print and digital platforms.

Printing and marketing services com­pany VistaPrint has launched a campaign with Marine Toys for Tots, creating six custom-designed cards for the upcoming holiday season. Half of the proceeds from card sales will benefit the charity.

Vertis Inc. has successfully completed its prepackaged Chapter 11 plan and its merger with American Color Graphics this week. The new combined company, headquartered in Baltimore and unified under the Vertis Communications brand, has 100 locations worldwide and nearly 8,000 employees.

Focusing on how it will capitalize on the transformation of print from analog to digital, HP announced partnerships with MTV, MySpace and other brands at the company's annual Imaging & Printing Conference in San Diego last week.

HP executives focused on how the company will capitalize on what they called the transformation of print from analog to digital, and announced key partnerships with brands such as MTV, MySpace and others to help achieve HP's goals, at the company's annual Imaging & Printing Conference in San Diego.

Integrating printing and production infrastructure with other channels can help nonprofits connect with an expansive donor base.

Printer Transcontinental Inc. has acquired Rastar Inc., which specializes in interactive database marketing and variable data printing. Rastar's proprietary database tools help it plan, design and implement traditional and variable data acquisition and retention programs.

Vertis Communications has received confirmation of its reorganization plan from the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Vertis said last month it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of its prepackaged reorganization plan to merge with competitor American Color Graphics.

Hewlett Packard said net revenue was up 10% for its fiscal third quarter ended July 31, reaching a total of $28 billion. The company's Imaging and Printing Group, however, demonstrated some weakness, with declines in hardware revenue and printer units shipped.

Quebecor World Inc. has renewed and extended its long-term partnership with Parade Publications to print 100% of Parade Magazine in the US. Parade, a division of Advance Magazine Publishers Inc., is distributed across the continent in more than 400 Sunday newspapers and is read in the US by more than 71 million people weekly.