The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Arizona exists to enrich the world community by collecting, preserving, and making accessible high-quality musical instruments, images, and music from every country in the world. MIM strives to offer guests an incomparable interactive experience through a welcoming environment, dynamic programming, and exceptional musical performances. The Challenge Founder Robert Ulrich brought on...
This year, Rowmark, the world’s leading manufacturer of engravable sheet plastics for the awards, engraving, and signage markets, is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary of business, as well as twenty-five years of customer loyalty, experience in the industry, quality products, dedicated customer service, and giving back to the community. In 1987, Fred Kremer, the CEO of Hancor Inc., a...
ISA International Sign Expo 2012 has ended and attendees left Orlando with new business connections, ideas, and equipment. Just a few days ago, International Sign Expo returned to Florida to an exhibit floor that was 10 percent larger than its last time in Orlando two years ago. The show floor included 540 exhibitors, 87 of whom were making...
From a moving, illuminated macaw in San Diego to a restored Anglican Church sign in Ontario, the ISA Sign Design Competition winners highlighted the breadth of the on-premise sign and visual communications industry. The competition awarded winners in eight categories. Clear Sign & Design, Inc., in San Marcos, California was named the Overall Winner for its San Diego...
Noel Yarger, chairman of North American Signs in South Bend, Indiana, was presented the Kirk L. Brimley Award for Distinguished Service during the ISA International Sign Expo in Orlando. “No matter where he served, Noel constantly pushed to put the industry first,” said Duane Laska, chairman of the ISA board of directors in making the presentation. “He realized...
FiberMate™—a recyclable rigid print media—has been introduced by 3A Composites USA. FiberMate www.FiberMateUSA.com is a wood-fiber panel comprised of 100 percent recycled fiber that is manufactured into a high-density fiberboard available in the 3.2mm thickness. FiberMate graphic display boards are finished with Eco-Finish™—a white water-based UV print coating on both sides. FiberMate’s Eco-Finish is designed to provide excellent...
To further expand distribution of the revolutionary Visual Magnetics Graphic System™ that matches magnetic-receptive technologies with high-quality print media, FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division (@fujifilmus) will team with Visual Magnetics® (@VisualMagnetics) as a direct sales and solutions provider in North America for its patented magnetic-receptive graphic system. The Visual Magnetics Graphic System is a unique large-scale graphics...
To help customers expand their businesses online, Roland DGA Corp. has partnered with Keen Systems, Inc., to make setting up an online storefront easy and affordable for the Roland inkjet community. A revolutionary cloud-based e-commerce solution developed for the printing industry, Keen makes it easy for print service providers of virtually any size or specialty to get online...
The Orbus Exhibit & Display Group, one of North America’s leading trade suppliers of display, exhibit, and event solutions, met its 2011 ISO 14001 environmental objectives and set new goals for 2012 in its continued effort to become more environmentally responsible. In 2011 the company achieved the following goals: * Eliminated all use of foam packing materials *...
The global board of directors for Dscoop (Digital Solutions Cooperative) will convene in Washington, D.C. this month to strategize education and content delivery for members around the world. Dscoop, an independent community of HP Graphic Arts customers, encompasses members across North America; Asia-Pacific; Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Latin America. “The global board brings three...
