A handy plastic template that takes the guesswork out of sizing metal grommets for fabricating and repairing awnings, tents, banners, curtains, and draperies is available from METALgrommets.com of Raynham, Massachusetts. The GROMMETsizer™ Template features holes and markings for determining the I.D. and flange size of metal grommets. Allowing users to quickly identify grommets from #XX00 to #12 without...
The new, innovative LED edge-lit display from DSA features bright, white illumination designed to display lightweight, eye-catching fabric graphics. Ideal for retail, hospitality, tradeshows, and other commercial applications, the LED source consumes 75 percent less energy and lasts five times as long as traditional fluorescent lamps—up to 100,000 hours—while still providing high quality, uniform illumination. The LED fabric...
On Friday, May 4th Delcam will be offering a free online Webinar that will show how easy it is to create detailed signage using ArtCAM Express 2011. Some of the key features that will be looked at include: Clipart Library Bitmap to Vector Manipulating Vectors Creating Text Machine Relief V-Bit Carving Area Clearance Profile Toolpath The...
Digital Signage Expo® (DSE), the world’s largest International Tradeshow and Conference dedicated to digital signage, interactive technology, and digital out-of-home networks (DOOH), is now accepting nominations for its 10th Annual Content Awards. To qualify, content must be new or have been in use between November 1, 2011 and November 1, 2012. Submissions deadline is Friday, October 5, 2012....
Four graphics installers passed the Avery Dennison Car Wrap Certification exams given in Pompano-Beach, Florida, and Dallas, Texas, this year. The certification is a two-part test that includes a written exam and hands-on vehicle wrap installation demonstration. Since launching the program in 2011, over 40 installers across the U.S. and Canada have joined been achieved Avery Dennison Car...
Watchfire Signs will attend the National Restaurant Association Show for the first time this year. The show runs May 5-8, 2012 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. The Watchfire booth (number 5640) will showcase a variety of digital LED signs, including Watchfire’s XVS 12mm and XVS 16mm signs, for restaurants and hotel operators. Digital electronic message centers are...
The Technical Center for Inkjet Printing, located in Fujifilm’s Hanover Park, Illinois, facility, was designed to demonstrate and support the company’s leadership role in inkjet technology. The culmination of a series of strategic acquisitions and technological innovations led to the development of Fujifilm Inkjet Technology, the focal point of the Technical Center for Inkjet Printing. Fujifilm Inkjet Technology...
Mr. Shiz and Foundry, two artists from Paris and Brighton, have created two pieces of urban art commissioned by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) celebrating aerial platform safety. The artists from Wet Paint Productions sprayed two 7m-by-4m canvases over six days at the Intermat construction show in Paris, working from a boom and a scissor lift. They...
On a Roll Color Imaging customers now have access to LexJet’s extensive and varied digital imaging product line following LexJet’s April acquisition of the Orange, California-based company. “We were able to move over to LexJet’s Sunset Select Matte Canvas from On a Roll’s canvas and there were no problems with the switch; we’re very happy with LexJet,” says...
