The pre-press software company posted a 9% rise in first half profits, to 4.36m (6.37m), and took 308,000 worth of orders at the Graphitec exhibition in Paris, with its new packaging version of the Odystar workflow proving a success.

This year, Artwork Systems, along with its workflow validation and automation division, Enfocus, launched a range of new products at Ipex, and talked of expanding further into the design and pre-press ends of workflow automation.