Supermarkets, clothing store chains, and other retail outlets need clear signage with messaging that’s sharply and professionally printed to draw in customers. However, signs, posters, or banners that are printed on both sides of a single piece of paperboard may bleed through to either side if the proper technology is not used. The effect will be accentuated in the...
3M Commercial Graphics adds six additional colors to its line of 3M™ Scotchprint® Wrap Film Series 1080. The new colors include: Satin White 1080-S10 Satin Pearl White 1080-SP10 Matte Royal Purple 1080-M38 Matte Red 1080-M13 Matte Yellow 1080-M15 Matte Apple Green 1080-M196 These six new additions expand film series 1080 to a total of 46 finish, texture,...
Mutoh America, Inc., a leading manufacturer in wide format inkjet printers and cutters, today announced its partnership with Avery Dennison to offer the Car Wrap Training Program in ten cities across the United States in 2013. Classes will be hosted by master installer, Justin Pate. Dates and locations for the 2013 course schedule are as follows (details can be...
Nazdar SourceOne has hired four customer service specialists to continue to build on its service capabilities. Audra Steen and Travis Kingsolver have been hired as digital customer service representatives. Fran Vaughn joins SourceOne as a customer service representative, and Kristy Holladay is in international customer service representative. Rowmark announces the appointment of Andrew Madden to Rowmark Europe EMEA sales...
SGIA announces its 2013 schedule of Webinars, which present essential education about today's industry topics in 60 minutes or less. The upcoming Webinars offer insight into a variety of industry sectors, including wide format digital imaging, screen graphics, finishing techniques, graphics installation, online marketing, and business management. The 2013 Webinar series kicks off with “How Green is That Product?”...
The International Sign Association’s efforts to inform potential exhibitors of the benefits of International Sign Expo 2013 has been awarded a silver commendation by TRENDS magazine. ISA, in conjunction with CSG Creative, earned the award for work on the exhibitor prospectus in the Association TRENDS 2012 All-Media Contest, an annual competition held exclusively for associations. This marks the second...
January marks the forty-eighth anniversary of MagX, the worlds oldest and one of the largest manufacturers of high-intensity flexible magnetic products. The company was founded in 1965 with the vision of infinite possibilities. That first year, MagX produced the world's first-ever flexible magnetic sheeting. Now forty-eight years later, MagX continues to be the global leader in flexible magnetic technology....
Sign Builder Illustrated columnist Jim Hingst writes: To transfer a print and cut heat transfer appliqué from its carrier to the garment you should use a polyester HotMask™ transfer tape. While many shop owners have used paper application tape to transfer printed heat transfer appliques, you are much better off using the right product for the application. The problem that...
Sign Builder Illustrated Contributor Jim Hingst writes: Images of men emerging from vegetation have been a common artistic motif for more than two thousand years. Some scholars believe that the image of the “green man” is somehow linked to the ancient Dionysian fertility rituals and the natural process of rebirth, which occurs in Spring. But what do these academics...
This past December, we showed you how married couple April and Kelvin Locklear, owners of big rig customization shop K&L Chrome Shop/Outcast Kustoms and stars of their company’s self-titled reality series on the Discovery Channel’s Velocity Network, recently wrapped up season one with a challenging design for a thirty-eight-foot-long RV wrapped inside and out for the Bristol Motor Speedway....
