Interest from Australia, the US and Ireland was reported by software supplier Licom Systems at its stand.

The company said a number of visitors were looking at CNC machinery for window and door production and wanted to check out software packages.

Licom demonstrated its AlphaWINDOOR product, which features a library of designs to increase flexibility and productivity by removing bottlenecks in the design stage.

The company said a growing number of customers were buying its AlphaCIM business management tool as well as AlphaCAM production programs. AlphaCIM deals with quotations, sales, accounts and stock.