Joseph & Carol Berke Clients sometimes bring projects to sign shops that provide an interesting challenge to sign design, sign construction, and/or sign installation. In these instances, it helps to have experience. Maggie Harlow of Sign-A-Rama Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky has been in the sign industry for eight years now. (Note: Prior to joining the industry, Harlow served as...
When it comes to lighting retrofits, a sign shop sometimes has to get proactive and not wait for a customer to come to them. One such company recently taking this approach was the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) location in Salt Lake City, Utah. YESCO is one of the largest custom sign companies in the country and has been...
Over the years, companies like Microsoft, Timberland, Vizio, Intuit, Jamba Juice, Oracle, Clif Bar, Zipcar and Zappos.com have joined the Inc. 500|5000 list as America’s fastest-growing private companies. Creative Sign Designs, with national headquarters in Tampa, is proud to announce their ranking on this prestigious, nationally recognized list. There are over 7 million private, employer-based companies and over...
Orbus Exhibit & Display Group announces the addition of over twenty-five new products to its extensive offering of tradeshow, exhibit, and display products. These products appear in the recently-released second edition of the company’s 2011 product catalog, The Exhibitors’ Handbook. Quickwall is a versatile, fast, and portable solution to easily create a 10-foot graphic back wall. Quickwall includes three...
Jan FletcherHow would you feel about a set of curious eyes peering through a window while your personal trainer puts you through the paces? Unless you’re the current Mr. (or Mrs.) Universe, sweating through twenty repetitions of pull-ups won’t likely engender a flattering impression before a gawking sidewalk audience. That was the problem facing Perfectly Fit, a personal fitness/training...
Mike AntoniakWhen J. Michael Thienel boasts of being Appleton, Wisconsin’s original “wrap artist,” it’s more than just bravado. Since the mid-1990s, when Thienel first joined the company he now owns and operates as AutoTrim Design, he’s been a hands-on producer and installer of vehicle graphics. And what started in those early days as a specialty service in pinstriping with...
Digital Signage Expo (DSE), the world’s largest International Tradeshow and Conference dedicated to digital signage, interactive technologies, and digital Out-of-Home Networks (DOOH), today announced that its Third Annual APEX & Content Awards Dinner will be sponsored by the Digital Signage Federation, its official Association show sponsor. In addition, due to extraordinary response, deadline for Awards submissions has been...
Butch "Superfrog" Anton Note: Due to space considerations, the “Superfrog’s Pond” column in our September 2011 issue had to be condensed. This is the full version of the article. Over the years, I’ve read many articles on ADA signage concerning the law and its requirements. But few of them have addressed issues like how to apply the signs, problems...
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) is holding its first-ever national event in the U.S. focusing on current issues in the aerial lift and mast climbing work platform industry on November 1 and 2, 2011 in Chicago. The theme is “Powered Access: Recognition and Avoidance of Hazards.” This is a member event, also open to non-members. Key industry...
Bernie Dardis, CEO of Indigo Signworks in Fargo, North Dakota, has announced the purchase of Bacon Signs in Minot, North Dakota. Bacon Signs is a full-service sign company with mass manufacturing capabilities serving all of North Dakota, eastern Montana, and a few select national accounts. Bacon Signs was established by Bruce Bacon's grandfather, Albert F. Bacon, in 1901....
