LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®) 2016 set new tradeshow floor and west coast attendance records during its five-day run in San Diego, April 24-28, according to Jeffrey L. Portman, Sr., vice chairman, president and chief operating officer of LFI managing partner AmericasMart® Atlanta. “The convergence of light and technology marked every dimension of LFI 2016 with new product...
GSG, a distributor of consumables and equipment the apparel decorating, digital printing, commercial sign, and electrical sign industries, offers regular monthly classes as part of its GSG U program. The classes are held at one of six GSG regional offices. Here’s a look at the schedule for August. To see the full year or register, go...
GSG, a distributor of consumables and equipment the apparel decorating, digital printing, commercial sign, and electrical sign industries, offers regular monthly classes as part of its GSG U program. The classes are held at one of six GSG regional offices. Here’s a look at the schedule for August. To see the full year or register, go...
Keystone Technologies has received two prestigious product awards from NAILD, the National Association of Independent Lighting Distributors. Keystone’s FutureFit LED Retrofit Kits won the top prize for Best Overall Product, and also won in the Driver/Ballast category. According to Josh Brown, VP of Distributor Sales, “Our FutureFit kits were the center of attention at the recent...
FASTSIGNS International, Inc., the leader in signs, graphics and visual communications, announced it is seeking franchisees at the Epicomm Experience, the 2016 Annual Conference of Epicomm, the association for leaders in print, mail, fulfillment, and marketing services. The event will take place from May 16-18 in Savannah, Georgia. FASTSIGNS International, Inc. will be the official sponsor...
The Leverkusen-based materials manufacturer Covestro has set another ambitious sustainability goal: The company wants to halve its energy use per ton of manufactured products by 2030 relative to a baseline of 2005. Richard Northcote, chief sustainability officer at Covestro, announced the undertaking on Wednesday at the Energy Efficiency Global Forum in Washington D.C., where Covestro joined...
GMG, the leading developer and supplier of high-end color management software solutions, announces a new release of its award-winning multichannel profiling software GMG OpenColor. The highlight of GMG OpenColor 2.0.4 is the ability to create separation profiles which can be exported to other applications. Following shortly afterwards, GMG OpenColor 2.0.5 offers dot proof profiles for GMG proofing solutions. ...
Anne DePalma, lab manager of 3M’s Commercial Solutions Division, has joined the Signage Foundation Board of Trustees. DePalma is based in St. Paul, Minn. As lab manager, DePalma oversees product development and product support for Illuminated Signage, Specialty Film and Architectural Finishes products. Before assuming her current 3M position in 2008, she was a mechanical engineer...
Increasing government regulations around indoor air quality in passenger vehicles and more stringent automotive OEM standards are driving demand for a new generation of globally available, low volatile organic compound (VOC) thin attachment solutions. To help design engineers meet these growing global requirements, 3M has added two new products to its global portfolio of high performance, low VOC tape...
3A Composites USA is pleased to announce the following personnel appointments to support sales of the company's lines of graphic display boards – including Fome-Cor®, FiberMate™, Sintra®, Gator®, SMART-X®, KAPA® tech and Dibond® – as well as sales of Alucobond® aluminum composite material (ACM) in the Americas. Douglas A. Twitchell (pictured) has been named vice president,...
