Six new Members with vast experience in the sign industry have joined the International Sign Association’s Twenty-eight-Member Board of Directors. They join four sign professionals who assume new roles on the executive committee. “The International Sign Association and its Members benefit greatly from the dedication that these men and women have shown to the industry and the association,” said...
Gerber Scientific Products, headquartered in South Windsor, CT, announces its success at the FASTSIGNS Vendor Show in Las Vegas in January. “We are happy to report several new sales of our Gerber CAT UV flatbed printer,” says GSP Marketing Communications Manager Heidi Luck. “Customers were wowed by the Gerber CAT UV’s ability to print on so many substrates, in...
Digital Signage Expo, the world’s largest and longest running conference and tradeshow exclusively dedicated to the digital signage, interactive technology and digital-out-of-home (DOOH) industries, today announced 22 finalists for its Content Awards for 2011. The annual DSE Content Awards recognize originality in content applications tailored specifically for the many and varied global DOOH audiences. Nominees are content developers (whether...
When Detroit Mayor Dave Bing took to Twitter, soliciting requests for a statue to build and erect that would best represent the city, it turned a bit surprising when he actually took the time to respond to suggestions for the 1980s action movie icon RoboCop (which, in the 1987 film, took place in a “future” Motor City). His...
Agfa Graphics announced that Graphic Tech of Fullerton, California has purchased Agfa’s :M-Press TIGER, the first in North America with an in-line screen printing unit. Graphic Tech is set to install its :M-Press TIGER in the first quarter of 2011. The award-winning California-based company is one of the most successful full-service graphic communications service providers in the U.S. With...
Richard CrawfordThe United States Sign Council (USSC) has published the new Model On-Premise Sign Code (2011), which is being released to members this month in both printed and electronic formats (which will facilitate its use by municipalities and make editing a simple task). This code replaces the Guideline Code for the Regulation of On-Premise Signs (2001).The new USSC Model...
X-Rite, Inc. has nearly doubled the locations for its Fundamentals of Color and Appearance (FOCA) one-day seminar this spring. The seminar instructs quality control and assurance professionals, lab technicians, parts suppliers, pre-media and digital pressroom personnel, and manufacturing specifiers on how to evaluate and approve colors in their workflows. Taught by X-Rite color experts, the seminar was created to...
After three successful years, LIGHTFAIR International (LFI) once again offers its LFI Student Outreach Program with the addition of an exclusive lighting design competition at the 2011 event. Partnering with Philadelphia chapters of the IES and the IALD, LFI presents Design with Light: Student Lighting Design Competition 2011. The competition is open to all undergraduate and graduate students majoring...
The HP Designjet L25500 Printer and HP Latex Inks recently received three top honors from Business Equipment Research & Test Laboratories (BERTL), a leading authority on wide format analysis. The honors include: Fall BERTL’s Best Award for Eco-Friendly Wide Format Inkjet Printer: For the HP Designjet L25500 Printer and its potential to help wide format specialists succeed in a...
