“WELL DONE IS BETTER THAN WELL SAID”
This quote from craftsman Benjamin Franklin sums up our attitude. We are not easily satisfied. When most printers hit the wall or say “that’s the best we can do” we are just getting warmed up.
MET’s ability to listen and respond to clients’ needs is what sets us apart from other award-winning printers. We appreciate the power of print: its potential to serve as a marketing tool or evoke an emotional response. We also know that print alone is not the answer, our multi-faceted approach to beautiful work across many substrates translates into a complete integrated marketing solution:
- We work closely with our clients to understand their objectives and uncover the best solution from a wide range of offerings in our kit.
- Then, we draw on our craftsmanship and expertise to translate their vision onto the printed page.
- We draw on our technical expertise, experience and offer the right medium, be it digital, commercial print, large format, or a blend of traditional and new media.
- Our experience and your creative enable the creation of brilliant images and messages that jump off the page, wall or screen.
Our solutions are often straightforward, but sometimes they require some imagination and sleuthing to pull all the elements together. The common denominator is the craftsmanship that underscores every project. Taking inspiration from the artful lithographers of the past, our print production team draws on years of training in traditional and unconventional printing techniques and processes.
HOW MET PRINTER’S WORKS
The one award we are particularly proud of is our Ethics in Action award, the first given to a commercial printer in Canada. Our guiding principles come from our expectations of how we believe business should be concluded.
We expect the utmost integrity from our staff, suppliers and partners. We are committed to ethical business practices and expect that we conduct ourselves with the highest standards at all times. We strive to foster an environment of growth, safety and trust amongst our team, knowing that our greatest assets are our employees and clients.
We strive to protect the best interests and confidence of our clients, where confidentiality is paramount we will develop custom programs to support this action.
We support our community, there are many struggles in any community, MET has proven time and again that our commitment to community is an integral part of who we are. Our founding of Canstruction Vancouver (www.canstructionvancouver.com) in 2002 has been our Greater Vancouver Foodbanks single biggest contribution of the year, having received over 1,000,000 cans of food from this event. We continue to support education, sport and foster community engagement through volunteerism and in-kind print donations.
TECHNICALLY THE FINEST PRINTING
We also look to the future: our press operators are masters of the latest equipment and printing technology, setting pace of an ever-evolving craft, often pioneering new effects and techniques. They are constantly being trained in the most current production techniques and special effects. All are certified.
When MET set out in 2001 to take lithography to new limits, its resulting award-winning 1700 lpi (yes, lines per inch, you heard that right) “Impossible” poster prompted one judge to say: “I have no idea how they did that.”
Breaking new printing ground is a regular occurrence at MET: in fact, innovation is our middle name. We’re known internationally as printing pioneers, celebrated as much for stretching the craft’s limits as for our workmanship.
MET was one of the first printers in the world to adopt Computer To Plate workflow; as such, our experience is unparalleled with the use of 10 micron Staccato® screening. When Kodak was developing the technology they asked MET to help them refine this amazing tool two full years before it was released. As a result, every job we print, from fine coated to newsprint, uses the highest fidelity screening available anywhere in the world. In fact, we have won the prestigious “Best Stochastic” awards 3 years over. Our pre-media department is powered by Kodak’s most advanced Prinergy workflow system, making the smooth flow of your project a priority.
In 2004 we introduced MET ENVIRO UV a revolutionary combination of specialty inks and coatings that offer previously unattainable clarity, colour vibrancy, and range of finishes. We’re now among a handful of printers in the world using UV technology in combination with 10 micron Staccato®, day in and day out.
This innovative process realizes many new benefits beyond traditional “UV” gloss levels, among them the ability to virtually dry trap inks on uncoated stocks in a single pass, with almost no dryback. We can also create true half tone varnish techniques to print on a wide range of natural and synthetic sheets, from clear and translucent plastics. And, our impeccable10 micron Staccato® spotless printing enables clients to print their signature corporate colours without using special inks.
Add our 9 and 10-unit MAN Roland 700 presses and Eagle Eye® technology – the latest tool in quality control that detects imperfections in a single pass – and our capacity is virtually limitless.
