The company, which acquired The Midas Press last September to form an £11.5m business, has also taken delivery of a Stahlfolder KH66 and a Stitchmaster ST450 saddle-stitcher.

According to Nick Lee, managing director at LPC Printing, the company is already achieving 10-minute makereadies on the press, which has replaced an existing SM 74 model.

He said: "Inpress Control is absolutely fantastic in getting to and maintaining colour throughout a run and combined with Autoplate XL automated plate changing it eats through multi-section work and makes life much easier for the operator."

The company's increased finishing firepower has enabled LPC to replace an older ST100 saddle-stitcher while the new KH 66 combination folder has boosted capacity in its folding operation.

Both LPC and Farnborough-based Midas are Heidelberg houses with the latter specialising in B1 production.

Lee added: "There are three reasons why we return to Heidelberg repeatedly. They are substantially larger than rival suppliers and so the R&D continues to keep pace.

"The source of minders you can attract when you buy a Heidelberg is much broader. And finally the service and repair base is critical when we are working 24/7 across both sites."