Nigel Moore Print Finishing in Ilkeston set itself the target of a £500,000 turnover for the first year, but has already adjusted that to £650,000.

The company recently completed a series of investments with a CP Bourg BB3002 single-clamp perfect binder and a Medalist 870 A3 folding machine – both from Terry Cooper Services.

The Medalist was installed in order to handle a specific contract, but it now takes on work that would not be appropriate on the company's larger folders.

The investment, which completes a £220,000 spend since the company formed, will help target small-run digital work that most finishers are not interested in, founder Nigel Moore said.

Moore is a former director of Phoenix Print Finishing in Nottingham but has set up on his own to work with the small- to medium-sized printer. His company employs nine full-time staff and around 25 casual workers.

The business offers binding, stitching, folding and miniature folding – specialising in small-run work.

He added: "I have made lots of contacts from my time at Phoenix and I am looking to satisfy those customers. It has been a very successful first six months for us."

Next on the agenda for Nigel Moore Print Finishing is a move to a bigger site and Moore believes this could happen by early 2009.