On the heels of opening its first center in Long Island, FASTSIGNS®, the world’s premier business-to-business marketing solution franchise with more than 530 locations, is looking to expand its local presence and open as many as eight locations in the area. In conjunction with its official arrival to the marketplace, FASTSIGNS CEO Catherine Monson will be hosting a...
There will be a variety of educational zones at the 2011 SGIA Expo again this year, which will be held in New Orleans from October 19-21. The zones include the Digital Signage Zone and the Industrial & Printed Electronics Zone. Here's what to expect when you visit the zones on the tradeshow floor.Digital Signage Zone"Digital Display 101:...
By Jim Hingst More than forty-five pinstripe artists gathered at Artie’s Party in Syracuse, New York at the New York State Fairgrounds this past July 15-17. Pinstripers donated their time and talents to decorate a variety of objects—including toolboxes, purses, toilet seat covers, and garbage cans. Their works of art were auctioned off with all of the proceeds...
Océ, a Canon Group Company, will be placing an Océ Arizona® 360 GT UV flatbed printer at the Printing Industries of America headquarters in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. The printer will be used for market education, member training and internal production. “The convergence of markets and technologies due to digitalization in the graphics industry provides new spin-off opportunities for commercial...
Inwindow Outdoor, the leader and originator of interactive storefront and mall advertising, today launched a digital outdoor campaign for CBS’s new crime thriller Person of Interest, a series from J.J. (Lost) Abrams and Jonah (The Dark Knight) Nolan about a presumed dead former-CIA agent who teams up with a mysterious billionaire to prevent violent crimes by using their...
At 12:30 p.m. on Friday, September 23, Graphic Solutions Group is hosting the 12th Annual Hank Granberry Charity Classic, a golf tournament that benefits the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. This event is held in honor of Hank Granberry, who is the father of company president Mark Granberry. Hank passed away of pancreatic cancer on August 11, 2001 and was...
Worldwide Graphics & Sign Company in Cincinnati, Ohio recently placed into service a revolutionary latex-ink printer from HP, the HP Scitex LX850, addressing customer demand for an environmentally responsible print process without compromising quality. The HP water-based latex ink process, which eliminates solvent emissions or VOC emissions, allows for high-quality printing of green graphics for a wide range of...
By Jeff Wooten On a summery Friday afternoon this past August, downtown Raleigh, North Carolina put on a festival-like celebration to mark the dedication of a series of fifteen oversized banners adorning a previously bland cinderblock-walled parking deck. The images are a colorful menagerie of floating dragons, flying bears, and aerial sailing ships (among others) chasing across the...
The 2011 SBI Sign Making Innovation Award contest was open, this past summer, to any sign maker or sign shop that had: Designed and/or built highly creative signs; implemented environmentally friendly initiatives into the production process or workplace; incorporated a number of varied sign processes in one project; improved their business and/or profit model; found a new market...
3A Composites USA has expanded its line of Gatorfoam® Exterior, a tough new Gator® board that is designed to stand up to the elements in exterior graphic displays and signage. Gatorfoam Exterior now is available in the Bright White color in 48-inch-by-96-inch sheets in the 1-inch, 1.5-inch, and new 2-inch thicknesses. Gatorfoam Exterior offers all of the features...
