Voting deadline approaches for ISA design competition

Online voting is now open for the International Sign Association’s (ISA’s) annual sign design competition, which honours outstanding work completed by the trade organization’s member companies. The competition comprises eight categories, includes two that are new this year: banner signs and vinyl graphics; and electronic message centres (EMCs). In addition to category prizes, an overall…

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Awards program rolls out for truck graphics

The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) has opened its 2012 Vehicle Graphics Design Awards Competition, co-sponsored by 3M Canada’s commercial graphics division. The competition is open to all Canadian truck fleet operators—private or for-hire—and the graphic design companies that visually enhance their vehicles. Awards are presented in seven categories: tractor trailer combination, straight…

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The ‘fix is in

Imafix Visual Communications in Terrebonne, Que., has installed a Truepress Jet2500UV printer from Screen USA to achieve higher-quality output at a greater level of productivity.

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New teams and names

Wide- and grand-format printing equipment and supply integrator Global Imaging has been selected to distribute Asphalt Art’s commercial-grade foil-based media for slip-resistant surface applications, including floor and street graphics.

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New facilities

Victoria-based Signs of the Times Enterprises, a sign design and fabrication company founded in 1989, has expanded its showroom and manufacturing facility to more than 706 m2 (7,600 sf), for increased efficiency, and implemented safety standards beyond those set by the industry and British Columbia’s provincial government.

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Electronic resources

Peachtree City Foamcraft, which manufactures and wholesales signs, panels and architectural accents, introduced an informational online video detailing how to clean a foam-core monument sign. The step-by-step restoration process corresponds to an instructional sheet, available as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.

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