SA International (SAi), is celebrating a double-milestone having just achieved the landmark of one million software solutions sold as it marks its twenty-fifth anniversary year in business. The sale of SAi’s millionth software package is from the company’s industry-leading Flexi family of professional signmaking products Possibly the most-widely-known and popular signmaking software available, the anniversary package...
Ideas have always been big at Bloomingdale Signs By Tomorrow. As one of the largest full-service sign shops in the country, the company takes pride in being able to give businesses of all sizes the advantage of premium quality grand format printing. Now, it is rebranding to ensure the name reflects its ideology of “bigger and better.” As of...
Last issue, I pointed out the considerations that had to be made for channel letters when updating from neon to LED. Now I want to focus on another LED retrofit option—fluorescent sign cabinets. First, as most of you know, fluorescent lamps are powered by a ballast and LED modules by a transformer, so typically the power...
In the business world, who hasn’t heard that “cash is king?” Someone (no one really knows who) coined the phrase a long time ago in the late ’80s. The phrase stuck, and it is now ingrained in our financial vocabulary. This pronouncement emphasizes the paramount importance of having more cash coming into your business than the amount of cash...
Introducing the BOXER from Saw Trax. It can take on all comers materials. One of the many great features of ACM panels such as Dibond, Max Metal, Polymetal, and others is the product's ability to be scored, folded, and then transformed into dimensional shapes. The formed shapes are perfect for building point-of-purchase displays, lobby signs, tradeshow...
The Minnesota Safety Council has awarded a Governor's Safety Award to Gemini Incorporated for superior performance in workplace safety and health. Gemini is one of 202 employers who were recognized at the Governor's Safety Awards luncheon at the Minneapolis Convention Center on May 8. "Employers like Gemini want to protect their employees because it's the right...
WAC Lighting introduces Mini LED Multiple Spots for remodeling and new construction applications for residential and commercial environments. WAC is a leading designer and manufacturer of task, decorative and architectural luminaires. LED Mini Multiple Spots are marketed as complete units including the housing and trim. Available as one, two, and three-light configurations, each spot is individually...
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has released new technical guidance on major inspections of aerial work platforms (AWPs) aimed at keeping equipment safe beyond the manufacturer’s design life. The guidance document outlines a major inspection scheme to validate structural integrity and functionality of critical components of an AWP. Such a scheme may be undertaken to...
At the ISA International Sign Expo in Orlando, Florida on April 23-26, 2014, Avery Dennison held a series of Wrap-off Contests featuring Avery Dennison® Supreme Wrapping Filmsand MPI 1005 Supercast Films in Booth 655. Eleven different Wrap-off contests were held throughout the four-day tradeshow. Two participants in each contest, competed in a head-to-head timed race, to see who...
Digital printing leader Roland DGA Corp., is teaming up with Case Paper to promote the use of Case Paper’s Sonata media line with Roland VersaUV® LEC Series wide format UV inkjet printer/cutters. Available in thicknesses from 0.08 to 0.024 point, Sonata Silver™ and Sonata Rainbow™ laminated paperboard substrates are ideal for folding cartons, point-of-purchase displays, and...
