Robot
Tormach Inc., the industry’s leading supplier of affordable and compact CNC machines, has announced it has launched its latest product, the ZA6 robot. The ZA6 robot is built to industrial standards, utilizing EtherCAT servo motors, harmonic gear drives, and aluminum castings. It can carry a 6kg payload through a reach of 975mm with impressive speed and repeatability. Requiring only 20A of...
Wovenmedia
Wovenmedia has opened a new office with an advanced technology innovation lab in Bentonville, Arkansas, home to Sam’s Club and parent Walmart. The new space in the Beau Terre Office Park, will enable Wovenmedia to expand its suite of services and drive rapid innovation for in-store retail media solutions. Wovenmedia headquartered in San Francisco, also has offices in Los...
Turner Prize
When one of Britain’s foremost institutions decides on what material to use for its window advertising to promote the Turner Prize, it looks to Contra Vision to provide the solution. Tate Liverpool has been using Contra Vision® Performance™ HD film for several years, because of the exclusive properties this breakthrough printable film delivers. Developed by Contra Vision, the film allows...
TAGA
PRINTING United Alliance, the most comprehensive member-based printing and graphic arts association in the United States, has announced that registration for the popular annual Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA) Conference is now open. Being held March 12-15, 2023, in Oklahoma City, this premier event recognizes the most prestigious and comprehensive advancements in graphic arts sciences and technologies. Event...
Watchfire Awards
AJ Sign Company in Burnt Hills, New York, is the Grand Prize winner of the 2022 Watchfire LED Sign Awards. Watchfire recognized the company for their contributions to the sign industry for their outdoor sign for Chas G. Burch Supply Co in Schenectady, New York. In its eighth year, the Watchfire sign awards recognize Watchfire dealer partners who best showcase...
Webinar
Contex, a leader in large format scanning, has announced the next date for its popular Q&A webinar about large format scanning. The webinar will be held on December 8, 2022, at 11 AM Eastern. Below are just some of the questions that the Contex scanning experts will answer: I have irregularly shaped templates for stained glass. When I use auto-size, it...
NADCE
Watchfire Signs, a leading provider of exterior and interior LED signs and scoreboards, will introduce a new video shot clock at the National Athletic Directors Conference & Exhibit (NADCE) show, an annual event hosted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). The 2022 show will be held December 9-13...
Sustainability
Professional display solutions provider PPDS has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting and promoting sustainability in the AV industry with a strategy that is designed to help customers reduce their electronic waste and enhance their green credentials. This will see the company continue to bring more energy efficient products to market, reconfiguring and reducing packaging, while providing greater access to...
Stairwell
Canadian full-service, large format printing business Premier Graphics recently used Drytac Polar Premium Air self-adhesive vinyl combined with Interlam Pro Emerytex laminate to produce a series of colorful wall graphics to help transform the look of stairwells inside a high-rise commercial tower. The building in question, 601 West Hastings, reaches up 26 stories into the British Columbia sky. Premier Graphics...
December
The December 2022 issue of Sign Builder Illustrated might feel a bit inspired by Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, as we put the spotlight on the trends that developed over the past year while focusing on those sign makers need to pay attention to in 2023, in an effort to help them today. We’re providing plenty of these answers in...




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