In June 1997 Rick started a Calgary based digital services company, Color Right Now, with no budget, no clients and one employee. In ten years, Rick grew Color Right Now to over 50 full time employees, supplying services to companies ranging in size from independent businesses to national corporations.

Early on Rick’s eyes were opened to the benefits of Variable print; in June of 2001 he purchased the first license of "V.I.P.P." for Color in Western Canada. Putting Color Right Now in a leadership position with the ability to print true data driven graphics in full variable format onto paper without printing on letterhead. Understanding that one day printing forms would be non existent and that using the Web as a tool for billing, invoice presentations, and payment would become the standard Rick continued his focus on ‘invoice/statement’ research.

Then in 2004 he incorporated Critical Document Services. A state of the art facility was created at 312 Meridian Road. The facility was designed to handle several different aspects of the mail industry, including billing applications.

In the first half of 2005, Rick signed his first major contract with a national corporation to scan, compose, print, insert and mail approximately 300 million dollars of invoices per year.

On October 1st, 2007 another addition to The CRN Group was Established: Citywide Printing. This marked a new era for Rick, he had progressed from digital print to offset printing with his new 52 DI press. Housed inside Citywide Printing (along with several AB Dick 360’s) this new press produces the highest quality offset printing in the city.

Just another way The CRN Group can help your company.