Established in Barcelona, Spain, in 1997, photo booth manufacturer Digital Centre started life as a small family run business serving its domestic market. It has since enjoyed rapid growth, thanks to the development of cutting-edge digital photo booth amusement machines and now supplies product to more than 52 countries worldwide.

Digital Centre first exported to Portugal in 1999 and by the following year the company\‘s international sales accounted for 45 per cent of its annual turnover and it now exports to countries including the UK, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany to name a few.

2001 saw international sales grow again, this time to 80 per cent of its annual turnover as the manufacturer started to introduce more products and new markets emerged for the business - such as the US, Asia, Africa and Australia. By 2009 Digital Centre\‘s international business accounted for a massive 96 per cent of its annual turnover.

Josep Tarres and his family have worked hard to get Digital Centre on the map and the company has a solid, old-fashioned work ethic, always working to high quality standards. Its first ground-breaking photo booth was the very successful Dr.FACE, followed by the Baby Boom, Pix Mix Factory, Crazy Doctor, Instant Souvenir, Ping Pong Kombat, Photo ID and more recently the New Generation photo booth, which was first introduced at the IAAPA show in 2005.

"The New Generation photo booth has been an exciting addition the photo booth rental industry," Tarres told InterGame, "with operators able to increase their profits with a lighter and smaller machine. Along with hundreds of rental companies, the coin-vending operators are now enjoying increased profits from their coin-op locations due to the small footprint and reliability of its design. In addition, we maintain a continuous improvement programme to ensure we provide our customers with innovative technologies to guarantee their competitiveness in this dynamic growth industry."

However, while success is great in one respect, it does bring with it the temptation by some in the industry to copy machine designs. For Tarres, while the manufacturer is working hard to stop "unscrupulous copiers from stealing its work and investments," being copied could be seen as a compliment as it shows people think "their products are the best."

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Looking forward, having parted ways with Apple Industries, which promoted Digital Centre’s machines across the US, the manufacturer has established a new partnership with a company in Florida, which will continue the work of  expanding Digital Centre products across the US and  Canada.