Our story
Commercial print, quietly obsessed over,
since 1967.
Thunderbird Press is a family-run commercial print shop in Richmond, BC. We've been running ink on paper for five decades — offset, digital, bindery, and fulfillment, all under one roof.
50+ years on press
Since 1967, we've watched the industry shift from hot metal to offset to digital. One thing stays constant: obsession with what happens when ink meets paper.
Union-affiliated
Fair work, fair wages, every run. Our team has the stability and skill that comes from decades in the trade.
Sustainable options
FSC-certified stocks, vegetable-based inks, and responsible waste streams available on every job.
Three generations of print craft in Vancouver
Dave Forrest Sr. opened the shop in 1975. Decades later, it's still a Forrest family business — Dave Jr. runs it today, with his daughter Jade now part of the team.
What's kept the doors open for fifty years isn't just press work. It's the customers who keep coming back: the paint manufacturers who need their pail labels ready for the production line, the food brands getting products onto grocery shelves, the chemical companies shipping worldwide, the marketing managers who need a trade show banner by Friday, the office managers who just want the catalog on a pallet when they were promised.
We've grown by doing right by those customers. Same family, same values, same answer when something goes wrong: we make it right.
"Craft. Honesty. Reliability."
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- Hours
- Mon–Fri · 8am–5pm PT