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

1. In Ottawa, UTG Digital Media has custom-manufactured and installed two double-sided light-emitting diode (LED) pylon signs for schools administered by the city’s Conseil des Écoles Catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE).

2. Two recent out-of-home (OOH) advertising campaigns for Ikea and Pepsi Canada have been named the third-quarter (Q3) winners of the OOH Marketing Association of Canada’s (OMAC’s) Iris Awards.

3. DuBreton, which raises organic and certified humane pork in Rivière-du-Loup, Que., commissioned a mural that promotes animal welfare by recycling old electric batons to form a ‘constellation,’ transforming a negative tool into a positive image.

4. As the economy continues to grow, companies that produce signs, graphics and related visual communications media are on pace to benefit in the year ahead, according to the latest quarterly economic report from the International Sign Association (ISA).

5. Saks Fifth Avenue, a department store chain owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), recently filled the windows and interiors of its 41 full-line locations in Canada and the U.S. with floral themes, showcasing colourful graphics that were digitally printed onto display boards and custom-cut.