Betsy and Dustin Tino, area natives and owners of the Minuteman Press franchise in Fairmont, Minnesota, are proud to celebrate five years in business. Betsy has also won the “4 Under 40” Award from Twin Valley Action Council BSA, which recognizes emerging leaders in the community.
Five years ago, Betsy and Dustin decided to move back to their hometown of...
Traffic driving past Grand Champion Meats is now being greeted by quite a sight—a giant bratwurst resting atop grilling fork prongs that host an illuminated sign cabinet and electronic message center (EMC).
Grand Champion Meats is an award-winning, five-decades-old meat market and butcher shop located in Foley, Minnesota. The owner had been using a single-pole-mounted LED-illuminated sign cabinet stacked atop...
Manufacturer Absolute Inkjet, Inc., has launched Absolute Black VET inks for clear film printing on Epson Ecotank model printers. Using a special UV-absorbing dye that effectively blocks light, Absolute Black inks can be installed in all tanks on a printer for all black film positive/negative printing for use in exposure applications such as screen positives, flexo plates, and photo...
The Kitchener-Waterloo branch of the FASTSIGNS franchise network recently used Drytac Polar Smooth 150 matte white polymeric film to create a series of striking, colorful window graphics to promote a major development project in the local area.
Specializing in signs and graphics, Ontario-based FASTSIGNS Kitchener-Waterloo regularly works with developers to support their projects in the region and help spread the word about...
PRINTING United Alliance has now opened its 2023 Pinnacle Product Awards program for submissions. The 2023 Pinnacle Product Awards, open exclusively to Alliance Supplier members, are the industry’s largest, most respected awards competition for print-related technology and products. The submission window is open through June 1, 2023.
A More Streamlined Awards Program
This year, the 2023 Pinnacle InterTech awards program will...
Polyprint and American Print Consultants (APC), have signed a distribution partnership agreement whereby APC will sell and service the new, Texjet NG DTG and DTF series of printers in the Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West and North-East regions of the US. APC will also provide technical support, consumables, accessories, and spare parts to the existing customer database in the US market.
Founded and...
For the 2023 season, North Carolina State University (NC State) has turned to Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, to manufacture and install one of the largest video displays in the Atlantic Coast Conference and Top 10 in college football for Wayne Day Family Field at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. The HDR-capable display will be more than 7,100...
When it comes to sign shop roles in digital signage projects, most of the times, this work is going to encompass electrical and installation. However there is also work needed to be done on the part of sign makers to acquire these jobs in the first place—as well as continue their involvement in this field.
Deacon Wardlow, continuous improvement manager...
Roland DGA Corporation's TrueVIS™ VG3 and SG3 wide format eco-solvent inkjet printer/cutters with TR2 ink have now been approved for the 3M™ MCS™ Warranty. The 3M MCS Warranty provides full, non-prorated protection for the intended life of each graphic, including fading, cracking, peeling, and other aspects of graphic performance.
The weathering technology and rigorous testing of ink and printer combinations...
Watchfire, a leading manufacturer of premium digital displays owned by an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, is pleased to announce that it has completed the purchase of the assets of Spectrum Scoreboards of Houston, Texas, giving the company a complete line of fixed-digital sports scoreboards and timing displays.
Founded in 1971, Spectrum is one of the largest privately-owned manufacturers of sporting...
