About Us

Everyone’s got an origin story. Ours starts in 1967…

A Part of Our Community for Over 55 Years

What began as a little envelope printing business has grown and diversified to become a full-service shop capable of producing everything you need in print & signage.

  • 1967Foundation

    Atlantic Systematic Envelopes Ltd. (ASE Print) was founded by A.H. Peter Doane in 1967, but prior to that Mr. Doane worked as vice-president of Truro Printing & Publishing Co. In his spare time he worked for 12 years developing the first church envelope printing press in the Maritimes.

  • 1973Growth

    Peter’s only employee, Doug MacDonald, purchased the business in 1973. Doug and his wife Bev grew the business over the next 25 years, becoming a major supplier for church envelopes across Canada and sheet fed printing in the Nova Scotia market.

  • 1998Expanded Print Capacity

    Arnold and Eleanor Melanson purchased ASE Print in 1998. The church envelope division was sold to a West Virginia company in 2000. This enabled ASE to focus on the commercial print market.

  • 2014Continued Advancement

    Now under the ownership of Ted and Andrea Dykeman, ASE Print continues to serve the printing needs of the Truro and Colchester County areas and beyond.

  • 2021Continued Diversification

    Addition of a full service sign shop opens ASE Print & Sign to another exciting market and deliver the quality and service people want from a printing company.

Over our 50 year history our focus has always been to provide a quality printing service for our customers. This basic principle has passed the “test of time” and we have a growing customer list with many 25+ year customer relationships still in place.

ASE Print & Sign has the skilled professionals, equipment and financial resources to complete any project. We produce products with a focus on excellence in quality, and our personal touch in customer service keeps us connected to clients so we can maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.

Ready to Serve You

Continued improvement and commitment to customers is what keeps us growing.
Computer file packrats or just really dilligent?

We're a bit obssessed with not throwing print files away.  We keep them in case you need them!

42 Years

of files since 1980

638727 Files

On our fileserver

97187 Folders

With files in them

1631 GB

Total data stored