This column was originally published in Sign Builder Illustrated‘s July 2024 edition.
What if you were about to take a long car trip with no idea how to get there? What route will you use? How long will it take? What supplies do you need? Without a plan, you may get to the destination (eventually), but you won’t arrive as quickly...
Creative Sign Designs has appointed Josh Baldwin as its new Chief Financial Officer. Baldwin has 21 years of experience and an Executive PhD in Business Administration. Paul Wilbur, the prior CFO, will be relocating for personal reasons, but will stay with the company in a newly created Chief Administrative Officer role.
“Josh joins us with a wealth of knowledge in...
As we reported last week, the Wells Fargo signage on the 1 Independent building in Jacksonville, Florida was removed via helicopter on Sunday. Daytona Beach, Florida-based Southeastern Lighting Solutions and High Angle Services orchestrated the removal for Signtech using a 1958 vintage Sikorsky S-58 helicopter.
The company removed the giant letters of the Wells Fargo signage and carefully lowered them...
SignAgent, an SaaS platform for managing sign assets and information, has released SignAgent Build. According to the company, SignAgent Build is made exclusively for sign builders and installers and offers three capabilities: Orders, the Build Projects kanban and the Install App.
The Orders feature provides an improved channel for requesting, issuing, and invoicing fast and accurate sign build and install...
A helicopter is scheduled to remove the Wells Fargo signage at the 1 Independent building in Jacksonville, Florida’s downtown. Formerly known as the Wells Fargo Center, the skyscraper is losing the massive letters as a result of the bank declining to replace the sign’s lighting and deciding to reduce its presence in the city, according to the Jacksonville Daily...
Print industry leader Reuben Silva passed away late last month at the age of 60. Based in Mississauga, Ontario, Silva had served as Vice President of Sales, Inkjet, North America for Agfa since 2020.
The large-format printer company made the following statement on LinkedIn:
“It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the untimely passing of our dear...
All signs are pointing to a continued rise in front-facing digital signage worldwide. A new report published by Verified Market Research reveals the global digital out-of-home signage market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.02% from 2024 to 2031.
The report states that the digital OOH signage market is valued at $21.16 billion in 2024 and is expected to...
This feature was originally published in Sign Builder Illustrated‘s July 2024 edition.
Many sign shops can print a wall wrap or fabricate channel letters in house with their own tools. Digital signage calls for more collaboration. Such installations often require cooperation from the client and support from the supplier to get the job done. Just ask Sign Effectz.
The Milwaukee-based sign shop installed...
National Signs recently closed its 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Houston. On May 24, the full-service sign company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy before motioning to move to Chapter 7—also known as liquidation bankruptcy—on June 28.
An official announcement has not been released, but the sign industry has been showing support for National Signs’ former employees on LinkedIn. We have not...
This feature was originally published in Sign Builder Illustrated's June 2024 edition.
Two years and counting. Nine hundred permanent, individual signs. More than 12,700 square feet of digitally printed vinyl. Nearly four tons of 1/8-inch aluminum. If you laid out all the signs that Signarama Louisville Downtown in Kentucky has created for a local airport end-to-end, it would be over...
