Last Friday Blabber Duckie hit the road and traveled to visit Chris Ganc Account Manager at Miles POP Corporation. We were introduced to Chris thanks to Stephanie Schoening with Monarch Life Sciences as both are involved with INpact Medical Device Network. We too are a proud member of INpact and via a fellow member Jon Speer with Creo Quality we were recommended to connect with Miles POP. Wow, are we glad we received this introduction and made the trip to visit Chris.
We walked in the front door of HardingPoorman Group as Miles POP is also located under the same roof. We were warmly greeted by the front receptionist with a huge smile and some amazing glass bottled water from Norway “VOSS.” I was truly wowed from the very beginning and could not wait to experience more from these outstanding companies. As I was awaiting to meet Chris, I sat in the lobby sipping on my awesome water imagining in my head what was to come next.
HardingPoorman Group
Miles POP (Print On Plastic)
Chris greets me and off we go to a contemporary style conference room decorated with many of Miles POP (prints on plastics) completed pieces on display. Chris and I begin chatting about our companies while Chris noticed Blabber Duckie and made the comment “oh so you’ve seen our duckies as this is the year of the duckie for us here at Miles POP and HardingPoorman.” I looked at Chris and chuckled as I asked her to explain what she was referring to and then I explained BlabberDuckie.com (Blabber Duckie Blogs) to her. This was a very neat unexpected connection as throughout the building were signs of their duckie as they even had a Christmas tree with all of the duckies throughout the year proudly displayed on the tree.
BD with "Year of the Duckie Tree"
Chris continues our meeting by taking me on an amazing tour of their company (Miles POP) and HardingPoorman. Miles Press began operation in 1927 as a full-service commercial printer. In 1988 the organization developed a niche of specializing in printing on unique substrates such as vinyl, styrene, cling-z, static cling, and foils. On April 29, 2005, the company was purchased by SPG Graphics. To increase brand recognition, the name of Miles Press was changed to Miles Printing on Plastics (POP is also a spin off of “point of purchase”). On December 1, 2007 Miles POP became a certified 100% WBE (women’s business enterprise). Miles POP can handle the following print projects : Decals, Shelf Talkers/Danglers, Counter Mats, Signage, Schedules, Postcards with Removable Decals, Magnets, Frequent Buyer Cards, Static Cling/Cling-Z Decals, Membership Cards, Patented CD/DVD Packaging, Plastic Postcards plus many other endless pieces.
BD with a Printing Press at Miles POP
BD with a Printing Press at Miles POP
Needless to say, as a Graphic Designer, I was truly impressed and wowed by Miles POP plus cannot wait to use them for our client projects. In fact, I was so inspired that I have already contacted Chris with a small print on plastic of course project need we have currently on our plate for a client of ours. BD strongly encourages you too also contact Miles POP and check them out as you might also be very impressed.
