The 65sqm facility will house almost every product in Canon's large format printer range, including the imagePrograf and Colortrac scanner ranges as wells as the imagePress C1+.

The product displays will be supported by skilled staff including a Fogra-certified technician qualified on the ISO 12647-7 Validation Printing System set up.

Velmex chief executive Mark Keeley said: "Canon accredited resellers will be able to demonstrate all the latest LFP models including all the software and consumables. With Canon’s support we have been able to grow our business and now we carry almost all of Canon’s full range of equipment. For us, this is a fantastic achievement in a very short space of time."

Matthew Searle, channel director, Canon UK said: "Velmex has helped support Canon’s growth in the large format industry and has been a key element in that growth.

"Our partnership with Velmex over the last eight years has been a model of how a vendor and distributor partnership should work."