- Roland DGA has teamed up with Case Paper to promote the use of the Sonata laminated paperboard substrates with Roland’s VersaUV light-emitting capacitor (LEC) ultraviolet-curing (UV-curing) wide-format inkjet printer/cutters for the production of point-of-purchase (POP) displays, folding cartons (example pictured) and other graphic applications.
- Display technology provider Christie has acquired Montreal-based digital signage content agency Arsenal Media. The two companies had often worked together over the past six years. Under the deal, Arsenal will be renamed Christie Creative Media Services and continue to operate in Montreal as part of Christie’s global professional services group.
- In-store digital signage operator iSign Media Solutions in Richmond Hill, B.C., agreed in principle to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of POS Canada, which supplies point-of-sale (POS) software and hardware.
- Caldera’s Print Standard Verifier, a software tool that ensures conformity across different printing processes, was augmented with support for the International Digital Enterprise Alliance’s (IDEA’s) G7 colour management methodology.
- Digital display manufacturer NanoLumens became a silver-level industry partner of the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD), including sponsorship of the annual SEGD awards program.
- Printing equipment and ink supplier Nazdar SourceOne established a textile ink business unit (TIBU).
- Winnipeg-based Novra Technologies, which offers Internet Protocol (IP) transmission and reception equipment for the digital signage market, has acquired Wegener, which provides media servers and receivers for digital signage and other applications.
- Spinnaker Coating entered an agreement to distribute Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions substrates for digital wide-format printing to select merchants in Canada and the U.S.
- Panasonic became a contributor member of the HDBaseT Alliance, which works to promote and standardize video, audio, power, control and Ethernet distribution technology for commercial displays and projectors.
- Franchisor FastSigns International announced an initiative to make Visual Magnetics graphic systems available to its locations around the world.
- Light-emitting diode (LED) display manufacturer Lighthouse Technologies is using Cree high-brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs) in its Impact series of outdoor video boards.
- PolyOne, which formulates water-based screenprinting inks, became a silver-level supporting patron of the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP).
- Video billboard manufacturers Daktronics and Watchfire Signs have joined the Out-of-Home Marketing Association of Canada (OMAC), based in Toronto.
- Engraving, cutting and marking system manufacturer Epilog Laser signed on Synergy Products in Delta, B.C., as a distributor for Western Canada.
- Large-format screen producer Horizon Display spun off its interactive digital signage software and applications business as Studio 5.
- Graphic design workstation vendor SignBurst and computer numerical control (CNC) router manufacturer MultiCam became corporate sponsors of the International Sign & Printmakers Guild (ISPG).
- Digital signage appliance and software provider Mvix joined the Indoor Billboard Advertising Alliance (IBAA). In a joint venture, Mvix will offer a fully managed digital signage service to IBAA members across Canada and the U.S.
- RTape’s VinylEfx films have been certified for use with the Color-Logic process metallic colour system for window graphics, billboards, promotional signage and vehicle wraps.
- Point-of-purchase (POP) technology provider Mood Media has chosen Videotel’s media players for its retail digital signage clients around the world.
- Signmaking software developer SAi has been named a platinum-level HP business partner and its Flexiprint suite is now being bundled with HP Latex 310 and 330 printers.
- Thorvin Electronics, based in Oakville, Ont., has been named a Canadian distributor of Barix’s Audio over Internet Protocol (AoIP) digital signage equipment.
- Ernest Green & Son has been named the exclusive Canadian distributor of Mikkelsen Converting Technologies’ (MCT’s) flatbed cutters.
- Montreal-based digital signage software developer BroadSign International announced a partnership with digital out-of-home (DOOH) content provider BlueFox. This will allow BroadSign to offer premium content to its customers worldwide.
- LSI Industries has acquired assets of 3M’s digital signage business, including hardware, software and access to customers. The two companies had worked together many times over the past seven years.
- Vancouver-based wide-format print service provider (PSP) True Colours has been acquired by R.R. Donnelley & Sons, a large commercial printing company.
- Digital signage software developer Broadcast International has merged with digital signage content management system vendor Wireless Ronin.
