5 things to know

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

1. Quebecor Media Out of Home has entered an exclusive business partnership to sell and manage OOH ads and sponsorships for Taxelco’s new Transport Écologique Optimisé (TÉO) electric taxis in Montreal.

2. Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee has approved a new pilot program that will bring street murals to four of the city’s communities this summer.

3. X-Rite and its subsidiary Pantone have donated their i1 calibration and ICC profiling systems to IDEAlliance for use in G7 master and process control master qualification programs.

4. Clear Channel Outdoor has rolled out a series of bright pink posters to announce the launch of its transit shelter ad contract in Edmonton.

5. The wide-format printing of signs and graphics is becoming an increasingly important profit centre for small commercial printing companies, according to a new study by the National Print Owners Association (NPOA).