The Quick-feed, which features a handle and feeder, and the Auto-feed, complete with feeder, handle and motor, are currently in production. The company has set itself a six-week deadline to produce an initial batch of 20 machines.

Seven machines have already been ordered by Technifold distributors in the US, Australia, Romania, South Africa and New Zealand.

Tech-ni-fold managing director Graham Harris said that the new machines had incorporated the high-end technology from the Tricreaser products into the desktop creasers at a competitive price.

The machines build on the Creasestream Mini’s desktop rotary creasing technology. Harris said he was hoping to "stir up" digital print manufacturers and was interested in discussing the products with potential partners.

The Quick-feed costs £2,650 and the Auto-feed is £3,997, which Harris claims is half the price of similar products.

But he added that he did not intend to compete on price and was focused on quality products instead.

He said: "People love the Creasestream Mini but they will take the handle off and put a motor in themselves."

He spoke to his South African distributors who said that they would be interested in selling a product already made by Tech-ni-fold that came equipped with a motor.

He added: "We went high-end with the Creasestream Plus but we have come back down to earth with something that is made in an easy format to get them out to a wide audience.

"We are in a market now where people want good quality but they don’t want to pay as much. And the Quick-feed creases 3,000 sheets an hour for £2,650, who can argue with that?"

He is taking the three products to Print World in Toronto this weekend to display at the front of the exhibition stand and expects that the show will generate interest. In the coming week, Tech-ni-fold is showing the machines at four separate events across the UK.