The print services group, which operates from Dublin, recorded an 8% growth in turnover to €173m (£135m) for the year-ending 30 June 2008, while operating profit jumped to €10m from €3m in 2007.

The group, which has UK offices in Sunderland, Normanton, Bradford and Lutterworth, employs 1,178 staff across Europe from 15 locations.

Conor Donnelly, executive chairman of Paragon Group, said: "Over the last 10 years the Paragon Group has been transformed into a cohesive, tightly managed and consistently profitable organisation, committed to its customers and markets whilst providing stable employment across our geographies." 

Paragon Group offers a range of services that include transactional print, direct mail, print management and print on demand.