The firm sold Xerox and KBA equipment to printers SR Digital, JW Northend and Fretwells. It has set its sights on a 25% increase in growth in the consumable sector this year.

Our customer retention this year has been very high and that is the basis on which we measure ourselves, said managing director Roger Stockdale.

He added that there was a significant growth in sales of Xerox digital printing equipment, which offset more static sales in pre-press.

CTP has remained steady without being spectacular and we are starting to see saturation in this sector, which is being nicely offset by the other areas of activity, said Stockdale.