Getting more creative

Creative Visual Solutions (CVS) in Oakville, Ont., installed a new Agfa Graphics Anapurna Mw hybrid ultraviolet-curing (UV-curing) printer, with a white ink option, to increase its range of products and services.

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Substrates unlimited

Toronto-based Proprint Services, which produces point-of-purchase (POP) displays, has upgraded its wide-format output capacity with the installation of the first Inca Onset S40 flatbed printer in Canada, supplied by Fujifilm Canada.

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Awards and recognition

Nazdar SourceOne, which supplies digital printing and screenprinting equipment, inks and supplies, has received two awards from Worthington Cylinders, recognizing its assistance in automating screenprinting processes.

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Vehicle wrap contest winner announced

Printer/cutter vendor Roland DGA has announced the winner of its Race Experience Challenge, who will tour the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) campus and graphics centre, meet professional race-car drivers and attend motorsports events later this year. Mark Caron of MHC Sign and Design in Payson, Utah, won the trip after writing a testimonial explaining how…

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Marriage proposal succeeds via digital signage

On August 18, while visiting Montreal, Toronto’s Frank Bernardo used digital signs to very publicly pop the question to his girlfriend, Allison Copeland. “I wanted to do something unique,” he says, “and this was perfect. Not only was she surprised, but thankfully she said yes!” Bernardo purchased a 15-second commercial spot to run for the…

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SGIA Expo graphics go green

Printable media manufacturer ConVerd has signed on as the official substrate provider for the 2012 Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) Expo, which will be held from October 18-20, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nev. All of the show’s aisle signs and meter boards will be printed on 6-mm (0.2-in.) thick ConVerd Board, which is designed as…

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Canadians vote for CMYK Idol

On August 6, Unisource Canada announced the return of the CMYK Idol Contest, which aims to recognize Canada’s top print sales representatives, as nominated and voted for by designers and users of printed graphics. For the third consecutive year, the wide-format media and equipment supplier invited the Canadian graphic arts community to suggest its favourite…

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OOH mecca changes hands

Titan Canada has taken over management of the extensive array of multimedia out-of-home (OOH) advertising at 10 Dundas Street East, a high-visibility multipurpose complex overlooking Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square. Formerly known as Metropolis and Toronto Life Square (see Sign Media Canada, April 2008, page 24), the building features a 223-m2 (2,400-sf) curved light-emitting diode (LED) video…

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