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In 2003, Former promoter Steve Webb, Metropol’s founder and CEO, launched a gig poster delivery service—Metropol Event Poster Services —to fill a need in Victoria’s event marketing space. With a system of fair and equal representation through a managed core poster service, Metropol operated from a gymnasium in the Duck Building on Broad Street as a poster printing company and publisher of Metropolitan Magazine, a local music and art publication.

Metropol Print, the first street-level location, opened October 2010 in the Atrium building. At 300 square feet, Metropol made a name in the print industry by offering quick turnaround and extended hours. In early 2012, the postering and design departments relocated from the Duck Building to a space in historic Chinatown on Chatham Street to form Metropol Studios. Metropol entered the large-format printing market in late 2012 and opened Metropol West in Langford in 2013, the operation for extra large prints, signage and sticker jobs.

In October 2019, Metropol signed off to move into one comprehensive building. Today, we are greater than the sum of our parts with the amalgamation of all four locations into the two-storey 28,000-square-foot heritage-designated Powerhouse building near Rock Bay in Victoria’s Historic Old Town district.

member contribution

Members receive ongoing 10% Discount on all Print Jobs

collaborations

A recent packaging campaign to announce our new label printing press showcased the collaborative making talents of Drumroaster Coffee and Whistle Buoy Brewing in a flavourful espresso stout. Valkryian can filling/labelling made sure that the liquid product and the Illustrative talents of Lisa Korz of Hyde Design's labels shone front & centre. A unique 2 pack package was also printed and formed at Metropol.