5 things to know
Here’s your quick morning update on news in the sign industry:
1. The Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation (OTMPC) and the province’s ministry of transportation recently installed new free-standing touch-screen kiosks in their Onroute service centres along major highways.
2. ‘Beyond,’ a new indoor mural created by artist Daan Roosegaarde’s studio for Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is under consideration for a Guinness World Record as the world’s largest printed lenticular wall.
3. Canadian retailer Sport Chek recently unveiled a new digital signage-heavy flagship store in Toronto’s Sherway Gardens shopping centre, which is its sixth overall and its third within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
4. FastSigns International president and CEO Catherine Monson will be inducted into the International Digital Enterprise Alliance’s (IDEAlliance’s) Soderstrom Society on September 24, on the eve of Graph Expo in Orlando, Fla.
5. The value of chip-on-board (COB) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) used to illuminate signage and professional displays is forecast to grow by 71.3 per cent annually through 2020, according to the newest market study by ElectroniCast Consultants.

