Melbourne-based print and communication specialist Complete Colour is a 29-year-old business built on the strongest foundations.
Managing Director Tim Michaelides started the business in June 1992, servicing clients by day and operating the presses at night. The pillars were set and the foundation built for what we know as Complete today – a sophisticated leader at the forefront of cutting edge print and communication technology.
The business is no longer just about print, but the original pillars and foundations continue to inform every decision and action for Tim and his business partner Geoff Lawyer (Director and Head of Sales and Marketing) – and the other 30 team members at Complete.
The Complete Pillars
Service
Quality
Value
Trust
For the last three years, Complete has been an Associate Member of the Large Format Retail Association (LFRA), and has printed the last two editions on the Large Format Retail Directory (pictured above). This 820-page handbook is relied upon by hundreds of Large Format Retail businesses across Australia.
“Our team loves the [Large Format Retail Directory] project from the very beginning,” said Tim Michaelides.
“From colour matching and stock selection, to hand delivering the final directory, we’re very proud to work on such an essential publication.”
“With the 10 Year Edition (2018/19), we presented an alternative cover to enhance the durability of the Directory, moving across to a hardbound cover and adding some embellishment.
“We always look to improve our client products, offering service, quality and value.”
Complete understands the demands on each business in the LFRA. With a personalised approach, they are agile enough to deliver across digital and offset print – including variable data – and the logistics and storage solutions that come with projects.
During 2020 crisis moments, Complete worked with Beacon Lighting to regularly deliver POS merchandise materials directly to 113 (now 117) Beacon Lighting stores across Australia to combat delays caused by resource shortages or compromised efficiencies. This arrangement has continued into 2021, despite freight service improvements.
“Our door is always open,” said Director and Head of Sales and Marketing, Geoff Lawyer, who – like Tim – prides himself on always being accessible to staff, partners, and clients.
“We understand the Large Format Retail sector and all the logistics involved. We’ve worked closely with Beacon Lighting, Plush, Provincial Home Living, and others, so we know how to deliver on a tight, hard deadline. We also understand how the sector has changed over the last year, and we want to continue to support in every way we can.”
Compete was an early adopter in the digital print space, moving across with its first digital press from Fuji-Xerox Machine in 2006.
Through every evolution and transition however, the business has held fast to its purpose and focus on service, quality and value.
In October 2020, the business passed another audit with flying colours – in ISO 9001 (Quality) and ISO 14001 (Environment). Certified since 2007, the company has now moved to a top of the class model with the new Xerox iGen 5 Digital Printing Press and Colour re-Certification in January 2021.
Powerful digital equipment provides Complete with the ability to deliver higher-volume customised digital print runs to customers, which enables more economic pricing. It also presents greater security in assurity of supply.
Complete prints 45,000 menus for Fresh Food Service Melbourne (Recipe & Meal Box Delivery) every week. The whole project is completed within a 24-hour window; from receiving the file (with 30 variants) to delivering the menus.
It is a big job, but a consistent process has enabled the team to transition through change over the last 29 years so that they are ready to continue exceeding client expectations.
“One of the biggest outcomes of last year for Complete was the en-masse return of print to Australia,” says Geoff Lawyer.
“Due to our short production and shipping timelines – and pride in service, quality and value – we’re printing a lot of jobs that businesses previously sent offshore.
We build in time and value at every stage of the process.
“We build in value by using environmentally-responsible, quality material to ensure that the product is something everyone can celebrate and rely on.
Across the business, Complete works with zero compromise on quality and environmental accountability. This means the business is able to achieve the greatest outcomes with the lightest footprints.
The Melbourne print communications hub generated 236.71 megawatt hours (Mwh) of solar energy in 2020, thanks to its 200Kw LGC* (728-panel) rooftop solar power plant. This is sufficient power to run 34 average-usage Australian homes for a whole year. Since January 2021, Complete has partnered with GreenPower to ensure any top up energy is also responsibly, sustainably sourced.
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