PENNINGTON, NJ

Direct Group, a fully integrated direct marketing solutions provider, announced today that it will install a second Océ JetStream™ 2200 system at its facility in Swedesboro, N.J. this month. The JetStream 2200 is a high-speed, fully variable, color inkjet, continuous press that provides some of the most advanced digital printing capabilities available in the world. The company installed the first such system in the U.S. at the same facility in May of this year. The new system will feature magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) capabilities, a highly precise check-printing tool that has become increasingly important to direct marketers.

PENNINGTON, NJ—January 8, 2007—Direct Group, a full-service provider of high-volume direct marketing services, announced today that the company has acquired HintonHill, one of the nation’s leading full-service direct marketing management and consulting companies. The move brings to Direct Group the knowledge and leadership of well-known industry executives Don Hill and Barry Hinton, the service expertise and data service resources of the HintonHill team, a diverse national client base and a broad network of specialized industry partners. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Frederick, MD, HintonHill quickly built a leadership position across a wide array of segments within the direct marketing industry, including nonprofit,