Finishing equipment manufacturer Tech-ni-fold has said that its sister company Creasestream will be exhibiting alongside it at Northprint, for the first and last time.

Creasestream was created by Tech-ni-fold founder Graham Harris, as a range of creasing machines aimed at the digital market.

Although the development of the products came too late for Creasestream to have its own stand, the machines will be on Tech-ni-fold's stand.

However, Harris said: "In future we want to have more of a divide, next time Creasestream will have a stand of its own. Although the Tech-ni-fold name has helped to establish our new products, we want to make it clear that they are two products for two different markets."

Northprint will see the debut of the third Creasestream model, the Creasestream Mini. The 250 sheets per hour machine is a table-top creaser aimed at small to medium digital print runs, particularly in copy shops.

It joins the Creasestream Junior and the Creasestream Plus, Harris expects to add two more sizes to the range in the near future.

He added: "A lot of people have looked at the Mini and said it is antiquated, it has a handle that is turned by hand and it does look like something you would have seen back in the 80s.

"What people have to realise is the machine actually an upgrade on those kinds of creasers, it can crease three times as fast. It's horses for courses - its price point is £1,400 so it is incredibly cost effective for a copy shop that is doing maybe 200 in a day."