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...
According to a recent study published by Towards Packaging and Precedence Statistics, the global printed signage market is predicted to increase from $40.23 billion in 2023 to $48.41 billion by 2033—a more than $8 billion jump over 10 years. The study cites the rising demand for branding solutions as a key growth driver for the print display sector.
In this...
Roland DGA announced that it’s new VersaOBJECT™ CO-i Series printers are now available in North America. The two UV-LED flatbed inkjet printers are capable of printing directly onto substrates and objects up to 9.5 inches in height and weighing up to 640 pounds.
The CO-i Series flatbeds replace the previously offered CO Series devices within the Roland DG product line....
Daktronics has released DakClassroom, an event and game-day production guide for educators to build programs using a curriculum aligned with career and technical education. The company’s goal is to equip students with technical terminology to help them understand the equipment they are working with in a hands-on capacity at the high school level.
“The benefits of DakClassroom are realized at...
OUTFRONT Media Inc. and Bell Media Inc. have closed the sale of OUTFRONT Media's Canadian business to Bell Media for a purchase price of C$410 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments.
"The sale of our Canadian business illustrates the inherent value of our out-of-home assets,” says Jeremy Male, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OUTFRONT Media. “It...
The city of Columbia, South Carolina is looking to restrict cannabis-related imagery used in signage by vape, smoke and CBD shops in the city. Hemp leaves and pharmacy-themed signs are the main target of the initiative, according to The Post and Courier Columbia.
According to The State, the proposed new ordinance would “ban stores from using marijuana leaves or other...
Jeff Mercer has been hired as the new Southeast US Territory Sales Manager for Drytac, an international manufacturer of self-adhesive materials for the large-format and signage markets.
Mercer will oversee the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Mercer has been working in sales for more than 25 years and brings substantial business development and...
Sign Builder Illustrated recently joined nearly 20 Canadian (and one American) sign professionals for the Sign Association of Canada (SAC) Young Professionals Network (YPN) Leadership Conference in Montréal.
Here are a few snapshots from this memorable and educational three-day event. See our upcoming July 2024 edition for more takeaways.
