Everyone has their opinion of what constitutes a “custom awning,” but Chris Butler, co-owner of Classic Awnings & Signs Ltd., in Wynadanch, New York, defines this sign-type as something you don’t see every day. And Butler’s shop has stitched quite a name for itself in this field. Classic Awnings designs, builds, and installs all kinds of...
Digital Signage Expo (DSE), the world’s largest International Tradeshow and Educational Conference dedicated to digital signage, interactive technology and digital out-of-home networks (DOOH), announced today that it has scheduled David Kepron to keynote at DSE 2014 on Thursday, February 13 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center, Las Vegas. In his address titled, “Creating Engaging Experiences...
Appleton Coated announces its partnership with Elk Grove Village, Illinois-based ConVerd. ConVerd has chosen Appleton Coated as a supplier providing specially designed paper for its key product GreenLight® Plus! The partnership gives ConVerd the ability to deliver on the key product attributes of its GreenLight Plus backlit signage products. It also allows ConVerd’s product to be FSC® (FSC® C007796)...
Materials innovation company and creator of the Visual Magnetics Graphic System® was honored at this year’s SGIA Expo. VM-ECOten™ won an SGIA 2013 Product of the Year Award in the paper-based media for digital inkjet category. “This is the sixth year that Visual Magnetics has been awarded an SGIA Product of the Year Award. We are...
Digital Signage Expo® (DSE), the world’s largest and longest running International Tradeshow and Conference dedicated to digital signage, interactive technology and digital out-of-home networks (DOOH), announced today that its 2014 Educational Conference will feature four individual full-day educational programs for Digital Signage Expert Group (DSEG) certification or renewal credits, including the debut of the DSCE program for Spanish-speakers. ...
Acknowledging that the wide format digital printing world continues to rapidly escalate productivity that requires faster turnaround times on an ever-increasing variety of materials, Esko answers that trend with the introduction of a completely new Kongsberg digital finishing system, the "Kongsberg C". The first model of this new platform, the Kongsberg C64, is first demonstrated at the 2013 SGIA...
EFI, a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, announced that Machesney Park, Illinois-based Interstate Graphics Inc. (IGI) has become the first customer to install the new EFI VUTEk® GS Pro-TF thermoforming system, a UV printer and ink offering that advances the industry’s analog-to-digital transformation by bringing inkjet printing to the thermoformed product decoration market. EFI...
Halco marks their fortieth anniversary with the company’s first combined lamp and ballast catalog. The 270-page full-color catalog contains products in Halco’s award-winning ProLED® product offering, ProLume®, HaloXen®, Prism®, and Covershield® brands. Halco’s 2014 Lamp and Ballast catalog features color-coded catalog sections categorized by lamp and ballast type. The catalog’s product pages include ordering information, product...
Sign Builder Illustrated Contributor Jim Hingst recently posted a story on selecting floor graphics overlaminates. In this article, he explained why a 3-mil polycarbonate overlaminate is a better choice than using a vinyl film. As a follow up to this story, Jim has posted a few tips covering the application of floor graphics materials. To read this...
3M Commercial Graphics is introducing two new overlaminates to give graphics professionals maximum flexibility and to give their customers peace of mind. With 3M™ Scotchcal™ Gloss Overlaminate 3658G and 3M™ Scotchcal™ Matte Overlaminate 3660M, sign shops can create finished graphics covered by the industry leading 3M™ MCS™ Warranty for up to nine years of outdoor use. ...
