A group of powerful industry leaders have gathered to form Women in AV/IT (WAVIT), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and empowering women in the AV and IT industries through education, representation, and inclusion.
“The idea came to us a few years ago during a virtual happy hour. We were discussing how women make up a fraction of the...
Minuteman Press in Lebanon, Ohio, has been sold by retiring owners Mike and Karen Geygan to new owners Frank and Melissa Hiti. The longtime design, marketing, and printing center has been operating for over forty years, and Mike and Karen are retiring after owning the business for over thirty-one years. All of the staff have been retained and will...
Bluefin International, an innovative leader in digital signage solutions, has hired long-time industry veteran Frank Pisano as CEO. Pisano is an experienced leader in the audio-visual, digital signage, and technology infrastructure industries and brings twenty-plus years of client leadership, strategic sales, operational know-how, and revenue performance to the Bluefin team.
Tasked with leading the company into a new era, Pisano...
FASTSIGNS®, a leading sign, graphics and visual communications franchise in the nation, announced that it has been ranked the #1 franchise opportunity in its category in Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500® for the seventh consecutive year. Recognized as an invaluable resource for potential franchisees, the Franchise 500® ranks FASTSIGNS as #62 overall for its outstanding performance in areas including unit growth,...
College graduates in their early careers report significant mental health issues and view their jobs as a contributing factor, according to findings from a new survey released by the Mary Christie Institute (MCI), a thought leadership organization dedicated to the emotional and behavioral health of young adults, in partnership with the Healthy Minds Network (HMN), the American Association of...
Roland DGA Corporation, a leading provider of wide-format inkjet printers, printer/cutters, vinyl cutters, and other advanced digital devices, has announced the newest addition to Roland DG’s VersaSTUDIO series of desktop devices—the compact and powerful GS2-24 vinyl cutter.
The new VersaSTUDIO GS2-24 builds upon more than two decades of continuously advancing technology and experience as a top manufacturer of vinyl cutters,...
thINK, an independent community of Canon Solutions America production inkjet customers, is pleased to announce that thINK Ahead 2023 will be held July 17-19, 2023, at The Boca Raton. Registration will open to all Canon Solutions America production inkjet customers in April 2023 and thINK Ahead 2023 partner sponsorship opportunities are now available.
thINK Ahead 2023 will kick off with a...
Ahead of the 2023 baseball season, Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, has continued a long-standing partnership with the Minnesota Twins and Target Field to design, manufacture, and install 22 new LED displays totaling more than 23,000 square feet—a 63 percent increase from 2022, a 113 percent jump from when the ballpark opened in 2010, and now among the most...
New research has revealed that Nebraska is the best state in the US to work as a graphic designer.
The study by Pixlr.com, the web-based photo editor used by ten million monthly users, analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data on industry job opportunities, average salary, and cost of living in each U.S. state and Washington, D.C., to discover where is best to...
Watchfire, a leading provider of exterior and interior LED signs and scoreboards, has been awarded a national purchasing contract for Parks and Recreation Equipment, Products, and Installation Services from BuyBoard National Purchasing Cooperative.
BuyBoard is a free purchasing cooperative that serves municipalities, counties, school districts, and government entities. Because BuyBoard has already vetted vendors and completed the competitive procurement process,...
