The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) has released its newest Safety Package for the specialty imaging community. The package includes important information about forklift safety compliance, and it is a comprehensive resource to help imagers promote a safe work environment. The package has been mailed to members and is also available online. The Safety Package includes two newsletters that...
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Omnivex Corporation’s Moxie software is being used in over thirty Broadway theatres to manage content on digital screens through the facilities. The three major Broadway theatre owners (The Shubert Organization, the Nederlander Organization, and Jujamcyn Theatres) recognized the opportunity to communicate with Broadway theatergoers in a more clear and consistent way by creating the new “InTheatre Network.” Through the...
ORACAL USA announces the release of a new ORACAL Application for the iPhone. The app was developed by Smack Dab Studios of Savannah, Georgia, and it allows ORACAL customers to talk about ORACAL products, learning the latest tips and tricks, and locating the closest authorized ORACAL distributor. “These days, mobile devices are like wallets, almost everyone has one. In...
GMG, a developer and supplier of high-end color management software solutions, has announced that the company's GMG ColorProof proofing software now fully supports the new Roland VersaUV LEC-540 printers for digital mockup creation and the VersaCAMM printers VS-300, VS-420, VS-540, and VS-640 with integrated contour cutting capability. Besides mockup creation, these printers allow for digital label production on various...
A new, high-performance 150-inch diagonal LED video display developed by FormoLight Technologies, Inc., provides high brightness and high contrast with sharp, vivid images for indoor and outdoor applications thanks to an LED solution from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors that utilizes its compact Multi ChipLEDs. The RGB Multi ChipLEDs used in the FormoLight display are the smallest RGB LEDs currently on...
Last week’s SGIA Workshop, “Screen Making: Basic to Professional,” provided students the opportunity to learn essential hands-on screen making skills from industry experts. Dave Dennings of KIWO Inc. and Art Dobie of Sefar Printing Solutions Inc., were guest instructors at the Workshop, along with SGIA’s own Johnny Shell and Ray Greenwood. Together they presented by example the wide...
RTape Corp, and SEF have announced a strategic alliance to provide heat transfer materials to the North American textile market through RTape’s distribution network. The agreement combines SEF technical expertise as a leading manufacturer of flex and flock heat transfer materials with RTape’s marketing acumen and well-established sales channels. Based in Laval, France, SEF annually produces more that...
Display power supply specialist Endicott Research Group (ERG) Inc. has introduced a new family of LED driver package configurations that provide footprint-compatibility with existing CCFL inverters. The DR Series of LED driver modules are designed in the same form factor as ERG DC-AC inverters already in the field. These are drop-in replacements that allow for a fast, easy upgrade...
Lori Shridhare In working with transit advertising, sign professionals need a combination of skills, such as knowledge of the latest display technologies and a knack for creating signage that can easily be viewed in motion. With twenty-five years’ experience, Columbus, Ohio-based Matrix Media Services has worked on transit programs across the country. The company focuses on services for a...
