Here’s your quick afternoon update on news in the sign industry:

1. The International Sign Association (ISA) Elite program, which provides education and networking to the next generation of sign and graphics professionals, has welcomed five new participants from across Canada.

2. On Mar. 2, Samsung celebrated the launch of its Galaxy S9 smartphone with a first-of-its-kind light-emitting diode (LED) show on the façade of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, U.A.E.

3. Go Mobile Media, which has operated graphic-wrapped EcoCab pedicabs and shopping mall shuttles in the past, is adding a free electric ride-sharing service this spring in downtown Toronto, with costs covered by corporate sponsors.

4. The worldwide value of indoor digital signage systems based on light-emitting diodes (LEDs) reached US$21 billion in 2017 and will reach US$43.2 billion in 2027, according to ElectroniCast Consultants, a market research firm.

5. Prime Visual Marketing, based on Concord, Ont., has installed its second 3.2-m (10.5-ft) wide Vutek HS100 Pro ‘hybrid’ flatbed and roll-to-roll (RTR) digital inkjet printer from Electronics for Imaging (EFI).