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
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.
Canada’s Metropolitan Fine Printers is now quite simply, MET Fine Printers.
MET Fine Printers unveil their new corporate branding and introduce MET Resource, a project management division within the MET group of companies.
MET’s Director of Brand, Scott Gray explains, “We felt it was time to let our clients know what we have been up to. We continue to do what we do best every day, taking on the toughest print challenges in the industry and delivering the absolute finest results. Our Digital and Web based services have grown tremendously but we have not really talked too much about it. A fresh look and robust new website seemed a good place to start the conversation”.
MET’s branding and new website (visit www.METprinters.com ) were created to reflect MET’s 3 Pillars of engagement : Environment, Design and Ethical Business practices. The new website offers detailed studies of their Environmental and Business practices showcasing an expanded array of stunning projects in their gallery.
MET Resource recognizes the changing world of print and the necessity to provide a service that project manages print collateral from business cards through retail signage and installation that puts Brand Continuity at the top of the list.
“We feel the time has come to formally share our multidisciplinary expertise we have developed over the years.” reveals Nikos Kallas, President. “MET has always had a tremendous appreciation of Brand Design and has stamped this on our business model. Our MET Resource team ensures that multi-faceted projects maintain absolute brand continuity across any platform. Our experience with unwavering service, G7 colour management and environmental leadership translates well to this multi-discipline platform.” Kallas continues, “In addition, the logistics of storage, distribution and installation are managed, adhering to strict schedules and budgets.”
MET Fine Printers is one of Canada’s most decorated Commercial Printers with 30 Benjamin Franklin best of Catagory awards (The Oscars of the print world ). MET is a privately owned family business with a dedicated professional management team running 100% Carbon Neutral Operations from their Vancouver, BC, facilities. MET Fine Printers have representation in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Honolulu.
Following a record length filibuster (i’ve always wanted to use that word in context) royal ascent was given by the Governor General late Sunday evening to legislate the Canada Post employees back to work as of today. Mail processing should get back to normal in the next few days once the backlog is dealt with.
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”.
For those delicate readers, this dispatch has been lightly edited.
“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.
We came across a great local group of UBC students and eco entrepeneurs that are building Vancouver’s Tool Library in our Commercial Drive neigborhood and they are looking for tools. Help spread the news and come out to their open house Sat april 30th for a whopping pancake breakfast.
This week, Faulkner is heading off on yet another adventure, his first attempt at the Transportugal Garmin, a 1,150-km multi-stage mountain bike race crossing Portugal from north to south. The race gets underway in Bragança April 29 and wraps up in Sagres in the Algarve May 8.
While Faulkner has countless adventure races under his belt, it wasn’t something he got into until later in life. Focused on running a successful business, he realized he needed to make a change. “You get a little fat and lazy with the expense accounts and all the other things that go with it,” he says. “It was only when I turned 44 that I realized that there was no longevity to this stuff. It wasn’t an epiphany, I just realized I had to get fit again.”
Faulkner started training, did an Ironman competition, and the rest is history.
He encourages others to not let self-doubt, either in terms of their fitness potential — thinking they’re too old, or not strong or fit enough — or a perceived lack of time, get in their way. “You know what, you can do it,” he says. “You just take it easy in the beginning and you’ll do it in the end.”
“I want other people on the Shore to understand that at 63, you can still do whatever you want,” he adds.
