The historical, retrofit West Side district of Cookeville, Tennessee hosts lots of shops, studios, and restaurants that are endowed with more creative and artist-driven aesthetic sensibilities. One of these is Acme Industrial Thinking, a fabrication studio/metal-woodworking shop that “pairs the latest in CNC mill technology with the individuality of hand-craftsmanship.” Co-owned and operated by married couple Bob...
Brilliant chrome by day, a dazzling glow by night—that’s just one of the terrific aspects of a new Chrome finish for Formed Plastic and GemLite letters now available from Gemini Incorporated. Available in either opaque or translucent, Gemini’s Silver Chrome letters are made using actual chrome film laminated to the company’s in-house manufactured sheets of recyclable CAB plastic....
Understanding what constitutes sustainable practices can be confusing at best, so the International Sign Association opted to show how one member company, Acorn Sign Graphics, has put environmental efforts at the forefront. A new video case study featuring Acorn is available at www.signs.org/greenvideo. The video is just one way that ISA’s Sustainability Committee is helping educate the sign...
Roland’s VersaUV LEC printer/cutter line has captured a silver award in the 2012 Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA) Golden Leaf Awards competition, placing second in the Special UV Coatings category. Presented at the 2012 FSEA•IADD Joint Conference held recently in Las Vegas, the award reflects the outstanding image quality and versatile finishing capabilities of the LEC series,...
Andy Studdert, CEO of NES Rentals, one of the top five U.S. rental companies, has been co-opted as a director on the board of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF). This was announced at the IPAF Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 29 March 2012 in Rome, Italy. NES focuses primarily on aerial rentals, with 1,100 employees across...
With the thirteenth annual Connect users’ conference underway, EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII) launched Fiery® Dashboard, a cloud-based service that enables owners and production managers to easily and quickly analyze their operations and make better business decisions. Fiery Dashboard provides 24/7 access to real-time production data from any Internet browser, including mobile phones and tablets. Connect attendees can see Fiery...
3A Composites USA has updated its interactive online Product Selector tool to make the process of choosing one of its graphic display boards easier than ever. The online Product Selector has been updated to make it easier than ever for graphic designers and fabricators to select the best graphic display board to meet specific project needs. The new...
Visitors to the Avery Dennison booth 2680 at the 2012 ISA Sign Expo experienced a gallery of work from graphics specialists around the United States. Avery Dennison® digital, opaque, transparent, and reflective films help designers and brands create a metamorphosis, transforming vehicles as well as interior and exterior spaces into effective marketing campaigns, inspirational areas or in-store environments....
“Great Things Come In Small Packages” might best explain AgiLight’s new SignRayz MINI. AgiLight, a leader in the sign industry, launched its SignRayz MINI at this year’s ISA Sign Expo in Orlando. Small and compact, the MINI is ideal for thin channel letters and cove and accent lighting. The MINI is available in multiple color temperatures of white...
Aurora Specialty Textiles Group, Inc. is pleased to announce it will showcase its processing capabilities and finishing technologies, especially in regards to wider-width textile products, at the 2012 Techtextil North America in Atlanta, GA from April 24-26, in Booth #2333. Techtextil will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center.ATME-I (American Textile Machinery Exhibiting-International will be incorporated into Techtextil...
