Western Engravers Supply, Inc., a privately held corporation and leading global manufacturer of rotary engravers and CNC routers, has reached its 30-year anniversary. The family owned and operated company, also known as Vision Engraving Systems, and iMARC Engraving Systems, began in 1980 as a small industrial engraving business, engraving and distributing engraving supplies to area businesses. Interest continued to...
New education offerings will enhance and expand the LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®) 2013 LIGHTFAIR Institute® and Conference program, which will present more than one hundred industry experts as speakers during LFI’s five-day run at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia April 21-25, 2013. The LIGHTFAIR Institute offers in-depth courses on selected topics that are focused on a particular...
In a city as busy and congested as Boston, making any of its businesses stand out can be difficult. But it’s a challenge Metro Sign & Awning has risen to meet time and time again. Most recently, Metro used its skills to fabricate and install signage that would bring greater visibility to The Boston Harbor Hotel’s Meritage and Sea...
American PERMALIGHT®, Inc. celebrates its 25th Anniversary in March 2013. Since 1988, American PERMALIGHT® has been known for its photoluminescent safety products and printable substrates that get activated by ambient lighting and emit their bright luminance in the dark without electricity. In 2001, PERMALIGHT® code-compliant EXIT signs were the first ever photoluminescent signs to earn a UL924-listing from Underwriters...
Every day, more than 300,000 motorists pass by the electronic sign alongside Interstate 110 that announces coming events at the Los Angeles Coliseum and the Sports Arena—the venue listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks and the only stadium to host two Olympic Games (1932 and 1984), two Super Bowls (including the first, in 1967), a World Series,...
Commerce Square, a one-acre, open-air courtyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with animating fountains and dining, recently installed a new, dynamic Daktronics outdoor LED video display. Owned and developed by Thomas Properties Group, Inc., Commerce Square, a two-tower office and retail complex, occupies an entire city block in Philadelphia's downtown district. The new video board measures approximately 16-feet...
As a college of art and design, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) knows how important aesthetics are, which is why they chose Christie® MicroTiles® as the basis for the video wall in its new LeRoy Neiman Center, the school’s first student hub. Featuring sixteen-foot-tall windows on both sides of the building, the LeRoy Neiman Center...
Techno CNC Router Systems is proud to announce the winners of its “Small Investment Big Return” Video Contest. 1st Place goes to ClickFold Plastics 2nd Place goes to Clark Magnet High School 3rd Place goes to Oxenham Design Techno’s judges want to extend their thanks to all those who participated, "All of the entries were very impressive....
More than 2,000 digital print professionals gathered at Dscoop8: Spark, the 2013 Dscoop Annual Conference that ran February 21-23 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Attendee turnout marked a 30 percent increase in core North American attendees from last year’s event and included attendees from 38 countries around the world. In addition, ninety-five Partners...
It’s long been understood that signs can drive business. New and republished research shows just how it can influence sales, hiring, and a community’s tax base. According to recent studies published by the Signage Foundation Inc.: * Changing signage can influence sales. A survey of Pier 1 Imports found that a new building sign, pole sign,...
