Gemini Incorporated was named the Signworld Supplier of the Year at the 2012 Signworld Annual Convention held April 19 & 20 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the second such award for Gemini in recent months having previously won the Signs By Tomorrow Vendor of the Year Award in February. According to Gemini President Frederick Oss, the company...
Exponation, LLC, which produces Digital Signage Expo® (DSE), the world’s largest International Tradeshow and Conference dedicated exclusively to digital signage, interactive technology, and digital out-of-home networks (DOOH), has announced that recordings from its 2012 educational conference are now available online for on-demand viewing. For those who may have been unable to attend DSE 2012 (or for those who...
The Digital Signage Federation®, the only independent, not-for-profit organization serving the digital signage industry, is excited to announce that Ian Stone of Respario, LP (pictured, left) and Angela Tang of AOpen will co-Chair the DSF’s Standards Committee for 2012. The Standards Committee creates and advocates industry standards to ensure continuity and broad industry acceptance in the areas of...
Bird-B-Gone, Inc., a leading manufacturer of professional-grade bird deterrents, has announcd the launch of their newly designed Web site at www.birdbgone.com. Bird-B-Gone supplies the commercial, industrial, and residential market with effective, humane bird deterrents manufactured in the USA. Beyond offering high quality products with industry leading guarantees, the company prides itself on the level of customer service, support...
Keywest Technology recently released a white paper entitled "The Greening of Communications," which takes a critical look at the "green" aspects of digital signage. Sign Builder Illustrated is reprinting this white paper in two parts. Below is the first part, which looks at why digital signage is green, and the benefits of choosing to use this dynamic signage....
Total Graphic Solutions (TGS) of Acworth, Georgia has found that keeping up with the latest digital printing equipment leads to booming business. In the past two years, the sign company has added two Inca Onset S20s from Fujifilm to its digital equipment lineup. “The quality, production capacity and speed turned our business around,” said Charles Rezac, president, Total...
The regulations, restrictions, and backlash against EMCs are nothing new to the industry. For over a decade, city planners and businesses have struggled to find common ground on the use and regulation of EMCs, or digital signs. Planners are typically concerned that digital signs might distract drivers and make their communities “look like Vegas,” while business owners want...
SIGNARAMA Fort Collins Goes Green The Green Message™ line was just introduced by SIGNARAMA Fort Collins. An array of fully recyclable banner and display signs, the zero-waste product line can be used for both outdoor and odorless indoor displays. The eco-friendly display media allows conscientious customers to specify recyclable materials when producing large format signs such as durable...
Global Imaging Inc., the nation’s leading value-added reseller and integrator of wide and grand format printing systems, has announced it will now distribute the entire line of HP Latex and UV large-format printers and presses. The portfolio of HP large-format solutions distributed by Global includes the HP Scitex FB500, FB700, and XP5500 Industrial Printers, and the HP Scitex...
