“I was amazed with the overall quality exhibited by all 10 finalists,” said Tim Larsen, president of Larsen (Minneapolis, MN and Menlo Park, CA) and judge for the Quarter Four competition. “But the Nike piece stood out to me because of that fabric in the front cover. Combined with the use of uncoated paper and the honest photos and illustrations, you’ve got an engaging piece of communication that captures our attention and holds out interest.”

See the full article and video Nike Collaborates with Opolis Design and MET Fine Printers

MET Fine Printers keeps building Brands

Canada’s Premier Print Action Magazine celebrates MET Fine Printer’s Brand story in their February 2012 issue, highlighting the companies history and bold vision under the eye of Nikos Kallas and his team. The front page article is a result of MET’s stellar North America wide reputation in the design and communications industry for award winning environmentally innovative service.  The interview goes into detailed conversation with the team with President – Nikos Kallas , Chairman – George Kallas, COO Mike Winteringham, VP Sales Bob Faulkner and Director of Brand Scott Gray revealing the companies vision for a new world of Print Communications. Read the article for the full story. Print Action Feature Story on MET Fine Printers

For immediate Release

Peter Tom joins MET

MET Fine Printers is proud to announce the addition of Peter Tom as Technology Integrations Manager for our Vancouver based Pre-Media team.  Peter has a long history of award winning systems and colour management experience and is excited to join MET and push the boundaries of service and print innovation.

Peter has an exceptional understanding of what print is capable of and where it is heading. With over 20 years of industry experience with Blanchette Press, 3S Printers and ongoing teaching roles he continues to be fascinated with the potential of communications.

“Peter is one of those guys you can’t really put a label on; his experience and thought process is so diverse.” Says COO Mike Winteringham, “Today, Pre-Media is more than beautiful colour, it spans, remote proofing, web portals, one-touch workflows, mobile platforms, and the convergence of technology. I’m really excited about our future and the exceptional projects our team is working with.”

MET Fine Printers is one of North America’s most sought after commercial printing companies. Their family owned and professionally managed Carbon Neutral operations are based in Vancouver, BC.  Since 1977, MET Fine Printers and MET Resource continue serving the Environment, Design and Business communities of the Pacific Northwest with craft, technology and an unparalleled service commitment.

For more information please contact
Scott Gray, Director of Brand

scott@METprinters.com l www.METprinters.com

TED Global Conference Guide GOLD

MET came home with Bronze, Silver and Gold in the prestigious “Most Environmentally Progressive Print Project” category at the Canadian Printing Awards Gala in Toronto presented by Print Action Magazine.

Scott Gray, MET’s Director of Brand was on hand to accept the awards “This is a tremendous honor for us and shows how MET’s environmental efforts are paying off. This is the fourth year we have won in this category but the first that we taken all 3 awards. Our clients understand the power of the Green Economy; the MET process and our crafts-people are able to make Environmental Print production look gorgeous as it is part of our everyday lifestyle here.” Gray continues “ Our partnerships with Climate Smart / Pacific Carbon Trust , MAN Roland and Enviro Image Solutions have helped develop our Green Economy toolkit and our clients drive the process forward.”

The winning projects are:
Gold – TED Global Conference Guide, designed by Hybrid Design of San Francisco.
Silver – design mind Magazine, frog design of San Francisco.
Bronze – Spring 2011 issue of Montecristo Magazine published in Vancouver, BC

for more information, please contact
Scott Gray
Director of Brand
scott@metprinters.com
1 866 254 4201

The official training video of the 2011 Crazy Sustainable Commute is live! See how Canada’s top creative minds carefully craft the most sustainable method to commute for Sept 29th’s challenge. The MET team are in training and we challenge all comers to NOT use your car.

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

For more info go to www.crazysustainablecommute.org

Sign up, pledge your method and get your chicken on. er, perhaps something you find in your basement…

Traditional Print Direct Mail markets have been in decline for the past few years, now that the Canada Post Corporation dispute has been settled we project a short term push in DM production but this once again sets marketers thinking, what is next? When producing DM, MET has always stressed quality over quantity, our experience shows that something created well, with focus and environmental consideration has much greater impact than a flood of “normal”.

Savy marketers work with multiple media channels, print, email marketing, SEO, website link-building campaigns or PURL’s (personalized URL’s) leading to data driven multi channel marketing. Marketers define roles for each media channel but this has given cause to try new products and experience life beyond the routine.

MET’s increase in fulfillment and web-to-print offerings a number of years ago has paid off well, we were busy during the lock-out with alternate delivery modes and web enabled solutions to satisfy clients needs.

While today’s print market seems fairly active it is still sensitive to global and local events. While MET is known for the finest quality, service and environmental consideration, it is our expanded service offerings that pave the way of the future.

“Well,I had my %&$ fixed up yesterday and was back in the saddle for the 168 km day today. I rode really well, but by about 75km the $#&^%# pulled off. I then rode the next 25 km standing which was ok, big ringing it most of the way. Unfortunately by 100km I realized that standing for another 68km was not sustainable, so I had to bail, all in all happy with the day. Jon didn’t start today, he had bad gut rot. Adam suffered today and Richard wasn’t having any fun. This is a TOUGH race, very big distances which really wear you down. Tomorrow is another day, i’m taking them one at a time. Even Adam, Sam and Jon are middle packers.These young pro’s are very very fast. Thanks for keeping in touch. B ”

Bob, Team MET is 100% behind you, go take that next hill!

“Yesterday was a day from hell. The climbing was HUGE,it poured rain at 6000ft,almost froze,fell over the bars at high speed twice and ended up in the clinic getting patched up. On to the next. This race is a death march. ”
We are all rooting for you Bob, keep the cadence.

Team MET