Other important news from the company is that they are set to boost business in the Middle East by securing the services of Cairo based agent Mohamed Zikri to represent their interests in Egypt. The arrangement has already led to talks with companies there.

 XJF’s Paul Fairhurst and Ashley Tasker were invited to meetings with the Ministry of Defence and Egyptian Navy in Alexandria, responsible for 2,000km of coastal navigation, as well as the Suez Canal Authority in Ismailia over a five day period.

 'It was great to meet and present to the Navy’s Hydrographic Department and the Suez Canal Authority and we look forward to deploying our buoys there in the very near future, said managing director Paul Fairhurst.

 'It was vital that we had native representation in Egypt to get us into the places we couldn’t do from our office in Worksop and Mohamed knows the industry inside out. His input will really help us make our mark in yet another international market', he added.

The move follows contracts to supply specially designed lightweight buoys to Trinity House, the authority responsible for aids to navigation in British waters, and the Gambian Ports Authority in the last six months.

The rotationally moulded polyethylene buoys, a product of XJF’s Global Marine arm, are environmentally friendly, require very little maintenance and are a third of the weight of steel buoys

 XJF has invested heavily in new equipment and has one of the largest moulding machines in the UK.