The eight-staff business generates sales of around £500,000, but director Jason Cleary said the plan is to increase this by circa 50% within a year or 18 months thanks to recent kit installations and the planned purchase of an additional digital flatbed machine later this year.

The firm has allocated around £200,000 for the new flatbed, which it plans to install in the autumn. The company is currently evaluating the market before making the purchase, which will be in addition to an existing Canon Océ Arizona bought two years ago.

Much of the planned growth will be through improved large-format flexibility, product ranges and services thanks to the purchase a year ago of a DYSS X7-1630C digital cutter for £90,000 from AG/CAD, said Cleary.

His company in Banbury, Oxfordshire, chose the cutter after installing the Océ Arizona large-format flatbed printer with a 2,500x1,250mm bed.

At the time the firm’s existing Kongsberg digital cutter had a smaller bed size and cutting capacity that couldn't cope with jobs rolling off the Arizona, which prompted it to upgrade to the larger. more productive DYSS machine.

As well as litho and digital kit, KSP Group runs two Atma screen printing lines, an A2 semi-automatic model and an Atma 1200 semi-automatic flatbed with UV and warm-air drier and two platen die-cutters: a Viking VK and an Avocet Crosland.

As well as large-format, the firm offers digital print and finishing and produces polypropylene products, ring binders and divider sets

Cleary explained: “KSP has been established for over 30 years and has spent more than 10 years evolving its digital expertise alongside its traditional screen and litho operation.

“Our Arizona flatbed is only a couple of years old and we are already looking to install another 3m-wide digital printer in the next few months.

“As the new DYSS has a 3,050mm by 1,650mm bed with roll facility, it will accommodate jobs from our Arizona and the next machine we are planning. We will be ahead of the game for years.”