Melbourne commercial printer PMI is partnering with online graphic design website Canva for its new venture, Canva Print, the Australian-founded global design site which has ten million users.
Chris Zapris, CEO at PMI says he has known Canva co-founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht for a while, “I met thema few years ago and we always maintained an open communication and dialogue about our respective businesses. Late last year we got excited about opportunities of print, we formalised a partnership. We are working with them now and are already getting orders.”
Canva Print is a new project for the online graphic design website, where people from all over the country have the ability online to design and order high quality digital prints like posters, business cards, flyers, postcards, invitations, and letterheads – all from within Canva’s online design platform.
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Zapris says this is one of the most exciting businesses he is partnering with, “Canva has a fresh and exciting culture, we are strapped in and ready for take-off. The quality of the product is second to none, the customer consideration of the quality of the paper and packaging lends itself to be an amazing user experience. Personally, I have never seen anyone tackle print this way.
“This promises to be bigger than anything I have seen during my time in business. Canva have taken an amazing view of the print industry and considered every possible facet to deliver products and make connections with its customer.”
Zapris says the future for PMI is bright, “PMI has oodles of blue sky, our playground is e-commerce fulfillment and businesses that empower our customers, and lends itself to dealing with global customers who want local fulfillment and local quality product.”
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In June, Canva began a partnership with US based RPI Print, the tie up with PMI is the company’s second partnership with a print manufacturer
Founded in March 1998, PMI is a commercial printing company who says its focus is based on producing the highest quality digital print. PMI has five HP Indigo presses and a fleet of wide format HP presses.
Zapris says PMI offers a variety of products to customers, “We have a photo lab, we have large format, Indigo print, we have dye sublimation and we also perform direct to garment.”
PMI group has over 100 employees and rely on casual workforce of at least another 100 plus staff on any given year. Zapris says on any given day the company is producing 10000 orders per day in peak season between November and January it produces 100000 orders a day.
The company says anyone who needs professional prints can order them with a simple click, and can expect delivery within three to five business days.
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