1993 - Metal Sign & Label Pty Ltd, a Brisbane based company, commenced as a distributor of MetalPhoto, a photographic printing process using silver compounds embedded into the anodic layer of anodised aluminium.
1994 - Started selling printed multi colour anodised aluminium, using light sensitive emulsion covered aluminium and screen printing techniques.
1996 - Initiated Research & Development of digital printing processes.
1997 - Applied for first patent relating to method of printing into aluminium anodic layer.
1997 - PrintMETAL Mk I machine started commercial production printing utilising 300 dpi 4 colour process.
1999 - PrintMETAL Mk II flatbed machine started commercial production printing.
2004 - PrintMETAL Mk III development commenced in conjunction with iTi (imaging Technology international, Boulder Colorado USA). Intention to design and build a speciallty machine suitable for international sale.
2005 - Moved to larger specially built premises with resultant improvement in productivity and ability to handle larger projects.
2006 - PrintMETAL Mk III prototype begins testing and limited production printing.
2007 September - Automation project of post production sheet cleaning completed with resultant productivity increase.
2008 January - Development commenced on new ink set formulations to take advantage of advances in ink jet technology and new print engine that will become PrintMETAL Mk4 machine.
2008 August - PrintMETAL MkIII project scrapped due to ongoing failures by American partners to provide a stable printing platform.
2008 August - PrintMETAL Mk 4 installed with new technology 8 colour print head.
2008 August - Second PrintMETAL Mk 4 machine installed enabling greater production flexibility.
2009 June - Ink colour profiles created to match PMS colours and create full colour photograhic quality printing into metal.
2009 October - Online store launched to coincide with Sydney World Masters Games merchandising.
2010 - International search starts for an integrated automatic cutting / vision recognition system to boost post print productivity.
