Marlowe has signed up new distribution partners in Australia, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, France, Hungary, Israel, Lebanon, Malawi, Mexico, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Marlowe has also sold a refurbished Screen PT-R8000 mk2 CTP to Kettering-based commercial printer Portland Printers, in partnership with Fujifilm, which supplied the plates as well as the finance.

Portland sales manager Martin Allibone said: “We have been so impressed with the way in which Marlowe kept our initial Screen machine running at tip-top performance levels, we wanted more of the same. Another reason for the purchase was to buy a machine with which we are familiar without having the pressure to change plate supplier.”