Located just outside of Milwaukee, in Brookfield, Wisconsin, The Corners of Brookfield is a 400,000 square-foot, open-air town center with premier retail and dining, 244 luxury residences and a central market square. A joint project by IM Properties and Bradford Real Estate, the development opened in April 2017 after several years of construction. In its planning...
Provision Interactive Technologies, Inc. (“Provision”), a subsidiary of Provision Holding, Inc. (OTCQB: PVHO), has announced that the Company has entered into a multi-year partnership agreement with Discount Drug Mart, Inc., to install Provision’s proprietary 3D Savings Center kiosks inside Discount Drug Mart stores. This agreement represents the next major retail partnership for Provision. In addition to its...
Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) members and staff welcomed forty secondary and post-secondary students to the graphic imaging–sublimation and screen printing competitions at last week’s 2017 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC). Students represented thirty-five schools from around the U.S. SGIA has been involved with the SkillsUSA competition since 2012. In addition to setting up...
One Menasha Center, a gleaming new eight-story office building in Menasha, Wisconsin, was built to be a catalyst for economic growth. The $12.6 million, 115,000-square-foot tower anchors the downtown business district. Midway through construction, the developer said he wanted to highlight several signature elements of the building, including the “tiara” shape of the roofline, as well as a triangular...
Trotec is co-hosting a free seminar in August with IKONICS Imaging and JDS Industries to share insight on how three important technologies—lasers, sandblasting, and sublimation—can work together to give awards and engraving businesses a competitive advantage. Designed for beginners as well as advanced users, the two-day event will be held at Trotec’s U.S. headquarters in Plymouth, Mich., on August...
Trotec is now offering the MOPA fiber laser source as an option for its SpeedMarker galvo laser marking systems. MOPA technology opens up a new world of possibilities for marking metals and plastics because it allows the user to select pulse durations (between 4 and 200 ns), which provides a much wider range of laser parameters, more options for creating high-contrast,...
AXYZ International, a leader in global CNC router manufacturing, is proud to announce the delivery of its 6,000th machine. The company first started making CNC routers at its Burlington, Ontario facility in October 1994. Currently, AXYZ builds in excess of 400 machines per year for their customers around the world. Still going strong after 23 years,...
The annual Sign Invitational competition invites sign makers to submit proposals of dimensional signs following a certain theme for entry, with the best-of-the-best selected to participate (“Quite a Contraption,” July 2016). Since this year’s contest was going to be held in Las Vegas, event organizers—James Dawson, owner/creative director of Synergy Sign & Graphics in Strasburg, Ohio, and Dan Sawatzky,...
The 2017 SGIA Expo (New Orleans, October 10-12) is more than a technological wonderland for the printing industry. It’s the place to learn the latest about what’s moving the industry forward—and how to make the most of it to move your career and your business forward. In addition to its more than 540 exhibitors, the 2017 SGIA...
In August 2016, a large government agency began its search for new signage solutions for its Washington, D.C. facility. With 12 floors, 8,000 rooms, and ongoing renovations, guests and employees often had trouble navigating the vastness of the structure. While the agency had static signage in place, ongoing renovations and room changes made the information on static signage regularly...
