The company, based near King’s Cross, bought the Striebig Standard TRK1 4216 to cut various sheet materials including hardboard, MDF, Perspex and aluminium board. Printed vinyl is then mounted onto the sheets.

Newman’s Striebig replaced a 13-year-old saw which had been breaking down regularly.

"Mechanics had to be called out almost every month to fix it, and as panel cutting is the first stage in the production process this was causing serious bottlenecks in the workshop," Newman said.

Newman production manager Gary Brooks initially used Google to check out replacement saw technology and received a favourable report on Striebig from one of his plastic sheet suppliers.

Striebig UK agent TM Machinery then set up a viewing of a Striebig saw in action at a B&Q store.

Mr Brooks said the Striebig had improved the cleanness of cutting and reduced waste, as the former saw could only process 3×1.9m board sizes even though the sheets measured 3x2m, which required a strip cutting of each panel to fit.

The Standard TRK1 4216 features a cutting range of 3.3×2.1m and a maximum cutting depth of 80mm.