For the more than three million visitors to Cedar Point amusement park each year, this complex on the shores of Lake Erie in Sandusky, Ohio is the destination for fun, with enough rides, events, and shows to thrill those of all ages. Parkgoers will also find signs of every size, shape, and description throughout the complex, guiding them, informing...
The 2013 International Sign Expo is back in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center from April 3-6. Sign Builder Illustrated recently spoke with Brandon Hensley, ISA’s vice president of Trade Show & Marketing, to find out what’s new, who’s attending, and what’s still a safe bet at the show. To give you an overall idea of what...
Visitors to the celebrated Cleveland Museum of Art and its Gallery One are engaging with displays and curating their own tours thanks to Christie® MicroTiles® and Christie Interactivity Kit. Blending art and technology as part of an elegant $100 million renovation, Gallery One’s Collection Wall is a forty-foot-wide multi-touch screen comprising two fifteen-units-wide-by-five-units tall Chrisie MicroTiles video walls using...
ORAFOL Europe, GmbH (“ORAFOL”) is pleased to announce the merger of ORACAL USA, of Black Creek, Georgia and ORAFOL Americas Inc., of Avon, Connecticut. The merger positions the combined company as a leading manufacturer of PSA films, reflective materials, and industrial tapes in the Americas. Effective July 1, 2013, both entities will be restructured to form ORAFOL Americas, Inc....
Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument (SDP/SI) announces the donation of components to Team SpacePRIDE for the NASA Lunar Rover Challenge 2013, enabling the team to better compete by improving robotic and automation technology for space applications. Their space rover will traverse up to 80,000 square meters, avoid obstacles, navigate, and locate different samples autonomously. The rovers’ drive trains consist of...
Bird-B-Gone, Inc. has announced the arrival of Bird-OFF Clear Gel, the latest product in their line of high-quality, humane bird control products. Bird-OFF Clear Gel is oil-based and made from all-natural, environmentally safe ingredients and is safe for humans, birds, and animals. Bird-OFF Clear Gel is the original bio repellent gel created as an efficient and economical means...
MaxLite® introduces the LED RKT Series Recessed Troffer Retrofit Kit and LED RKL Retrofit Kit Strips (pictured), as economical easy-to-install upgrades to LED lighting that require minimal modifications to the existing recessed troffer housing. The LED Retrofit Kit and LED Strips replace traditional fluorescent troffers in lay-in or T-grid ceilings in a variety of commercial and institutional applications, including...
SBI contributor Jim Hingst writes in his latest blog update: “When staining wood, the results are often unpredictable. A common problem is a blotchy finish. Blotchiness refers to an uneven appearance, in which some areas of the wood are darker than others. See the photo (left). Blotchiness occurs because the wood absorbs the stain inconsistently. Where...
Schlosser Signs, Inc., a leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of signage in northern Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska, has announced the addition of a new energy efficiency service division. The new department will evaluate the energy efficiency of customers’ existing lighting and signage and replace inefficient lighting with energy-saving LEDs and other lighting technology. This type of retrofit can save customers...
Screen Innovations (SI), a leading US-based manufacturer of projection screens and associated technologies, announced that the Black Diamond Motorized projection screen is now shipping to integrators and end users worldwide. Black Diamond™ Motorized Featuring a brand new and truly unique motorized design utilizing SI's award-winning Black Diamond ambient light rejection screen technology, Black Diamond Motorized is a flat panel...
