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Mike Clarke - Mike Clarke was born in Toronto Canada in 1960. In 1972 Mike worked in the family trophy business until 1980. After graduating from University in 1984 Mike joined Canada’s largest awards manufacturer and sold finished award and promotional products end users. In 1989 Mike joined up with his father and formed MTM Marketing. MTM Marketing is a sales agency representing 4 companies all of whom supply the trophy and awards industry.
In 1991 he started selling Epilog lasers along with existing rotary engraving machine line. He has also spent 6 years selling Universal Lasers. For the last 3 years he has been selling Epilog Lasers.  Mike brings 15 years of experience working with and training people on laser machines.
Mike has also been quite avid in doing a number of CorelDraw help files over the years. He has also done a number of seminars in the US and in Canada.
Over the years Mike has made it a priority to help customers with CorelDraw issues so that they could get the maximum out of their laser machines. The production of this manual is a culmination of years of work. We present it to you to help you become a better laser user. If you have any questions we can be reached at Mike covers the province of Ontario. The population of the province is 19 million people.

MTM’s company representation and affiliation is with these companies.

engraversexpressEngravers Express is a supplier of engraving machines (Vision), laser engraving machines (Epilog Laser Systems) and sublimation equipment. They are also suppliers of plastic, metal, cutters, sublimation items, laser supplier and gift items. Engravers Express has offices in Mississauga Ontario and Vancouver BC.

 

cr-logoCaldwell Recognition is a large wholesale supplier of trophy parts, resins and award products. They also supply wood gift items such as wood pens, along with a large supply of acrylic blanks and shapes. They are located in Mississauga Ontario with a warehouse in Vancouver BC.

elitelogoElite Awards is a manufacturer of solid wood award items such as plaques, trophies and annuals. They are known for their high quality finished product. They also do custom laser engraving and are well known for their high quality laser finished items. They have recently brought in sand etching and now supply and stock a large number of glass and crystal items. Their plant is in Orillia Ontario.

 

valueriteAffiliate Site.Founded in 1990, Value-Rite Business Products Inc. began as a distributor of copier and laser printer supplies. Over years of continuous growth, our product line expanded to include supplies for narrow, wide and grand format inkjet printers, duplicators and fax machines, as well as storage media products, all backed by a distribution network spanning across Canada and the United States.
As technology quickly changes Value-Rite adapts to give its customers an alternative in today’s marketplace focusing on providing quality products and unparalleled service. All products are supported by well trained professionals in our sales, technical and customer service departments.

presto-crestAffilite Site. Presto-Crest has been in the sportswear industry since 1973! Over the years we have introduced many new products and services to our ever expanding lineup in order to respond to the needs of our valued customers. The constantly evolving technology in the sportswear industry is a challenge we have always met head-on. As the industry becomes increasing digital we take pride in our ability to adapt to these new processes as they become available. The end result is that can we provide the very latest product innovations to the customer.

Mike has been writing for the Engravers Journal for the last 9 years. Over this time he has been published almost every month. His areas of writing include CorelDraw and Laser Engraving.

Mike has published a 350 page manual that had been sold thoughout North America. The manual is focused on CorelDraw for the laser as well as specific laser engraving techniques. The basis of the free help files in this site are based on this manual.

Mike is an instructor for the ARA and regularly does seminars at the annual show in Las Vegas which occurs in late February. His seminars focus on CorelDraw and Laser Engraving.

Training – Mike offers specialized training in CorelDraw, Laser Engraving (for whatever laser system), Sublimation – small format, Rotary Engraving (Vision, Dalhgren and Xenetech systems). He also offers training in all Windows OS’s.

Network Setups – Mike offers installation for all networking setups for small and medium companies.


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