The Newcastle-based firm, which was previously known as Norscreen, invested £4m in the press last April and promptly won an account with the footwear retail giant Foot Locker two months later to produce a point-of-sale campaign for Puma.

The retailer, which has 515 stores in 16 European countries, placed a second campaign for Nike which went direct to all its stores.

NSL now estimates that its turnover, which was around £8.5m for the year to 31 March 2006, has increased by 60% since it installed the machine.

It has also picked up work from clients that include Dixons Group, Woolworths and Millets.

Duncan Hesse, NSL managing director, said: “Litho is becoming the preferred option for the majority of our clients. We now have the capacity and confidence to expand our business further into European retailers.”
NSL employs a workforce of around 100.