Global Garage, which buys, sells and cleans used wide- to grand-format printing equipment and accessories through an online marketplace, has hired Kevin Giefer as its new parts and printhead technician. Giefer’s experience combines sales and customer relations with technical expertise. He has performed system diagnostics, installed industrial control devices, established system guiding operations and created…
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Mimicking the internal structures of fireflies, researchers from Canada, France and Belgium have modified light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with an overlay that makes them significantly brighter and more efficient.
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Digital Media in Communications, a Canadian webinar series exploring digital signage and related technologies, continues next Tuesday, February 5, with a discussion of the content strategies behind successful deployments. Moderated by industry analyst and consultant Lyle Bunn, the one-hour session will focus on best practices and lessons learned about how various content-related elements of digital…
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This coming Thursday, January 31, is the deadline for the Society for Environmental Graphic Design’s (SEGD’s) 2013 Global Design Awards. There is also a ‘late deadline’ of February 14, at which point extra fees will apply.
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The Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) has deployed digital signage at its new Toronto headquarters (HQ) to help inform and guide visitors throughout a 464.5-m2 (5,000-sf) learning centre. The professional association and regulatory body for approximately 20,000 human resources (HR) practitioners in Ontario uses its HQ as a meeting place and educational facility, both for…
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Underwriters Laboratories (UL), which tests and approves sign components for safety, has announced it is eliminating all variation notice (VN) fees related to its electric sign certification program. When sign products do not comply with UL’s followup service procedures, applicable standards or other requirements, the not-for-profit organization’s field representatives issue VNs to document the non-conformance….
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Unisource Canada, a national supplier of printing and imaging products, has hired Nancy Sobhy as senior marketing manager for papers and wide-format media and equipment in both Canada and the U.S. market area.
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The installation of on-premise electronic message centres (EMCs) does not result in an increase in traffic accidents, according to a new study—reportedly the first of its kind—undertaken on behalf of the Signage Foundation. Titled Statistical Analysis of the Relationship Between On-Premise Digital Signage and Traffic Safety, the study was conducted by Texas A&M University “to…
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Matthews International Architectural Products recently created a monument to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pittsburgh Steeler Franco Harris’ ‘immaculate reception,’ regarded as one of the greatest plays in National Football League (NFL) history. A 1.4 x 0.9-m (53.5 x 34-in.) solid bronze master plaque, weighing 154 kg (340 lb), appears in the centre of a…
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Heico Lighting, a division of EMD Technologies in Saint-Eustache, Que., has voluntarily recalled its Platinum neon power-supply transformers because they do not meet Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standards and pose a fire risk. The Canadian manufacturer announced the recall on January 8 in co-operation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Approximately 3,900 of the…
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