5 things to know

SM_5 things to know.inddHere’s your quick morning update on news in the sign industry:

1. Cisco Canada’s interactive kiosks featuring dynamic signage content helped make Toronto’s Pan Am Games the “most digital” event of their kind to date.

2. This year’s Federation of European Screen Printers Associations (FESPA) show introduced the Printeriors showcase, dedicated to the growing field of digitally printed and screenprinted interior décor.

3. Sina Printing in Markham, Ont., has doubled its signage and banner production capacity with the installation of a new Agfa Titan HS flatbed printer—built in nearby Mississauga, Ont.—and an Esko Kongsberg C-series digital cutter.

4. FastSigns International recognized its top-performing outside sales professionals—including five in Canada—during its annual Outside Sales Summit at the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C.

5. The world’s largest outdoor rooftop mural, topping 21,000 m2 (22,000 sf), has been created for an art festival that begins this month in Norway.