August 2023
The August 2023 digital edition of Sign Builder Illustrated is now available to read! The annual Alliance Franchise Brands Project of the Year contest is featured as our cover story this month, as we present the First Place, Second Place, and Third Place winners. The First Place winner, image360 Round Rock, designed, produced, and installed colorful, immersive jungle-themed graphics that...
Digital Signage Upgrade
The First Academy, a private K­–12 school in southwest Orlando, Florida replaced an aging scoreboard with a high-end LED videoboard at its football and lacrosse stadium, Kroy Crofoot Field. The First Academy is a member of the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA). The digital signage upgrade is part of a multi-phase renovation of the school’s Payne Stewart Athletic...
First Place AFB Project of the Year
Imagine the fear and anxiety a child can experience when undergoing serious medical testing, surrounded by fast-moving, loud machinery, in a sterile hospital environment. Now imagine the calming influence that bright, colorful, immersive graphics can have on said child. Image360 Round Rock in Round Rock, Texas completed just such a wrap project, and their imaginative efforts here won First Place...
Second Place AFB Project of the Year
Signs By Tomorrow of Arlington Heights, Illinois won Second Place in the Alliance Franchise Brands (AFB) 2022 Project of the Year. The project was submitted by Owner/President Gerd (Gerhard) Looff. (Note: Read more about the First Place and Third Place winners of the AFB 2022 Project of the Year contest.) For this project, Signs By Tomorrow of Arlington Heights custom-designed...
Third Place AFB Project of the Year
Signs Now of Erie, PA was awarded Third Place in the Alliance Franchise Brands (AFB) 2022 Project of the Year contest. The shop’s work over the course of two months was submitted by Owner/President Sue Hawley. (Note: Check out the First Place and Second Place winners of the AFB 2022 Project of the Year contest.) Signs Now Erie worked with...
Big Hoss TV
Everything really is bigger in Texas, especially when GoVision gets involved! The Argyle, Texas-based provider of large-scale LED video displays has teamed up again with Texas Motor Speedway to provide a major upgrade to the track’s Big Hoss TV screen, which set a Guinness World Record when GoVision first installed it nearly a decade ago. The new state-of-the-art Big Hoss TV...
Print Media
Nekoosa has announced Nekoosa Promise™, a new portfolio of sustainable print media, comprised of new and existing PVC-Free alternatives for promotional signage, graphic displays, and more. The portfolio offers print media solutions that reduce environmental impact without sacrificing quality, performance, or affordability. Nekoosa Promise consists of polyesters, polypropylenes, and more for P-O-P displays, banner stands and general signage, window graphics,...
Laminators Incorporated
Founded in July 1963 by Joe Thompson, Laminators Incorporated is a family-owned and operated business now in its third generation with David Thompson as president and CEO, Garrett Thompson as vice president of Sales and Marketing, and Scott Thompson as take-off support for Construction Services. In sixty years, Laminators Incorporated has become a leading manufacturer of a complete line...
Software Promotion Mimaki
SA International (SAi), a leading provider of software solutions for the sign making, digital printing, textile and CNC machining industries, has joined forces with Mimaki to offer a summer software promotion to customers in North America. Applicable to a large number of Mimaki printers and laminators*, the FlexiDESIGN Mimaki Edition Bundle promotion is available until August 28, 2023, and enables...
Rockit West Motorsports
Sometimes starting your own business is the best way to make all your skills pay off. After gaining experience in designing and printing graphics, as well as photography, video production, and website design, Nick Cress started his own shop, Rockit West Motorsports, Media & Design in Santa Barbara, California, to provide all those services in one place. Rockit West Motorsports...




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