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

1. Astral Out of Home is deploying 50 new backlit digital posters in Montreal’s subway system, bringing the total number of faces in its digital underground network—which already reached three stations—to 99.

2. Sawgrass, which formulates inks and develops colour management software for digital wide-format graphics, has donated a Virtuoso dye sublimation printer to the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) for use in educational workshops.

3. Graphic film manufacturer Avery Dennison certified 79 more car-wrap installers throughout 2016, including five based in Canada, with a multi-module test including both written and hands-on components.

4. Luxury automaker Lexus has unveiled a custom version of its 2017 IS car wrapped in nearly 42,000 programmable light-emitting diodes (LEDs), turning it into a mobile, interactive screen capable of displaying dynamic graphics.

5. In time to honour Canada’s 150^th birthday this year, a red maple leaf has been added to the popular and iconic Toronto sign at the city’s Nathan Phillips Square.