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IT ALLSTARTED

WITH...

THESEGUYS

THENNOW

THIS

&THAT

PROBE

FOUNDED AS A-1 SCREENPRINTING IN MAY 2001

!!

WEST QUAD

1st newspaper ad

IN 2002 OUR HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO 1501 WASHTENAW AVE...

A.K.A. PI KAPPA ALPHA FRATERNITY

PIKE HOUSE

!! IN DECEMBER 2003 WE BECAME UNDERGROUND PRINTING

1st “REAL” OFFICE

1st “REAL” SHOP

IN 2004 THE PISTONSWERE NBA CHAMPS...

...AND WE BECAMEA CONTRACT PRINTER

BY 2005 WE OUTGREW THECHELSEASHOP...

…AND WE FOUND OUT MOVING A SHOP IS NO EASY TASK.

OUR NEW FACILITY HAD PLENTY OF ROOM TO GROW.

NEW CONCEPT

ANN Arbor

1st “REAL” STORe

... & WE BEGAN TO TEST OUR

Kalamazoo

East lansing

WE OPENED UP TWO MORE STORES IN MICHIGAN TO HELP PROVE THE MODEL

WE FOUND A SPOT JUST DOWN THE BUILDING...

NOW WE NEEDED TO MOVE THE SHOP AGAIN.

WE HAD MANY MORE PEOPLE TO HELP OUT.

...BUT THIS TIME

DONT FALL OVER!

press on wheels

IN 2011, EXPANDED THE SHOP AGAIN TO 55,000 SQ FT!

TIMBER!!!

IN 11 STATES19 LOCATIONS

MADISONEAST LANSING

CHAPel hillMinneapolis

LINCOLNiowa city

CHAMPAIGNKALAMAZOO

BloomingtonWest lafayette

EVanstonPittsburgh

MORgantownlexington

South umoes

AND THEN OURFOUR ANN ARBOR

LOCATIONS...

MAIN Street #2MAIN Street # 1