Creating a monster-sized display to promote sales of Disney/Pixar’s “Monsters University” movie-themed action figures at the 2013 American International Toy Fair in New York earlier this year didn’t scare fabricators at New-York based Underground Visuals, Inc. They knew they could count on Gatorfoam®, the original heavy-duty foam board,
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Durable DIBOND® Helps New Sign-maker Fulfill Premium Outdoor Signage, Art Niche
When Sarah Toupin decided to go into business for herself in 2012, she wanted to use her artistic talents to fulfill a unique business niche in eastern Ontario. Trained in administrative finance and interior design, she was also an avid photographer and thought she could combine these talents to provide promotional signage for the local business community.
Space Foundation Launches Out-Of-This-World Graphics With GATOR, SINTRA and DIBOND Boards
The Space Foundation, a global nonprofit organization based in Colorado Springs, Colo., focuses on promoting space exploration and utilization through a wide variety of space awareness programs, industry events and space-related education programs – all in support of its mission: “To advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable and propel humanity.”
Plastex Fabricators Chooses GATORFOAM® For Lightweight, Dimensional Store Decor
Plastex Fabricators of Charlotte, Inc., a custom commercial fabricator based in Charlotte, N.C., has specialized in meeting the interior décor needs of several East Coast-based supermarket chains and convenience stores for the past 20 years.
FIBERMATE™ Recyclable Rigid Print Media Builds Home Improvement Displays
3A Composites USA introduced FiberMate™ – a recyclable rigid print media – at the 2012 ISA International Sign Expo March 22-24 in Orlando, Fla.
Athletic Shoe Displays Mounted On SINTRA® Step Up For Shopping Center Opening
Designers at Vector Impresion Digital in Medellin, Colombia, stepped up to the challenge of creating 12 larger-than-life Reebok athletic shoe displays last fall with the help of Sintra® graphic display board. Twelve images of Reebok athletic shoes – each measuring approximately 14-feet by 5-feet – were displayed from September through November 2010 at all entrances to the Santa Fe shopping center in Medellin, inaugurating the opening of the new mall and highlighting its Reebok store tenant.
Durable DIBOND® Supports New Orleans’ Hurricane Recovery
It’s been more than two years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans with high winds and rain that breached levees and flooded the city in what has been described by the American Society of Civil Engineers as the worst engineering disaster in U.S. history.
Riverboat Signage Builds Steam in St. Louis Tourism Industry
When Metro, operator of the St. Louis Metropolitan region’s transportation system, purchased the Gateway Arch Riverboat Cruises in 2002, managers soon determined that a major refurbishing in signage, graphics and architectural details on the riverboats’ barge was required to build steam into visitor numbers.
FOME-COR® Board Helps my tray™ Provide Neat Networking Solution
My tray™, a unique appetizer/cocktail tray that allows partygoers to neatly eat, drink, mingle and network while standing, has been introduced by my tray, llc, of Middlebury, Conn. My tray is constructed from lightweight, rigid Fome-Cor® graphic display board by 3A Composites USA.
Time Flies as Clocks Are Direct Printed on SINTRA®, DIBOND®
The clock was ticking as application specialists at Meredith, N.H.-based VUTEk Printing Systems prepared to exhibit the company’s new VUTEk® PressVu® UV 200/600 digital inkjet printer at the SGIA ’04 Specialty Printing and Imaging Technology Show last October in Minneapolis.