It is the first time that the UK supplier of pre-press and pressroom consumables has exhibited at the show and it is hoping to target the US market, having secured four distributors in South America.

Director Tony Brinton said: "At Print 09, we will be exhibiting many high-quality products, including our UV inks, which are state-of-the-art.

"Our pressroom chemistry also has more than 40 approvals of the international standard Fogra, which is a recognised mark for sheetfed and web offset printers."

He added that the company had been gaining new export business during the past few years at an rapid pace and now sells into 80 countries.

Brinton said: "We are confident that we will pick up new distributors in the areas and markets that we are targeting.

"I also believe that the Print 09 show will be a success. We also exhibited at Drupa 08, which added £2m of annual sales to our export figures."

Ultrachem manufactures UK inks and coatings, water based coatings, fount solutions, Fogra-approved washes and speciality chemicals.

Print 09 is due to take place on 11-16 September, in Chicago, US.