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Lintec of America, Inc

Schaumburg, IL

Lintec manufactures adhesive films, mounting adhesives, laminates, and printable window films known by Digital Window Graphic Films (formerly known as Wincos), Mistlass Decorative Films, and Vision Control Films.

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Sunitron Inc

Concord, ON

Our goal is to supply clients with end-to-end solutions, the best available product custom-designed to fit their needs, coupled with our famous service technical support and warranty commitment. Since 1986.

Canon Canada Inc

Brampton, ON

Canon's class-leading quality, versatility and reliability make us the first choice for signmakers. Our large-format printer portfolio includes Canon imagePROGRAFs, Océ Arizona flatbeds and Océ ColorWaves that offer solutions to fit any business.

DS LED Signs & Displays

Toronto, ON

Providing LED displays in standard and custom sizes, indoor and outdoor use. Available in mono-,tri-, and full-colour models for text and graphics, in high resolution, with wireless connections.

Alpina Manufacturing LLC

Chicago, IL

We make any size fast change frames (snap and slide-in), Cloudlight LED frames, NEW fabric frames, banner frames, one minimum. Beautifully display your printed graphics and banners. Online quotes 24-7.

Mutoh America Inc

Phoenix, AZ

Mutoh's ValueJet printers are tailored to fit print professionals' needs, including: banners, car wraps, packaging, textiles, POP and more. With over 20 models the application possibilities are limitless. Visit www.mutoh.com.

KATZ Americas

Sanborn, NY

KATZ Americas is part of a global group aimed at sustainably producing and converting the highest-quality wood pulp board and paper-based products into rigid hanging signage and POP displays.

PLASKOLITE

Columbus, OH

To better serve our customers, Plaskolite offers thermoplastic sheet products in a wide variety of sizes, colors and patterns, as well as customized "Run-to-Size" dimensions, special patterns and thicknesses.

Verseidag US

Randolph, NJ

The seemee® brand of Verseidag represents digital print substrates for interior and exterior market applications, supplying widths up to 196”. Our versatile product range includes PVC Coated, laminated and textiles.

Agfa Graphics

Mississauga, ON

Agfa Graphics helps you produce more powerful messages that are more attractive, affordable and profitable. Agfa offers the most comprehensive portfolio of products and services to help your business grow.

Rowmark LLC

Findlay, OH

Rowmark is the world's leading manufacturer of engravable sheet plastic for the signage, awards and engraving markets. Rowmark products are sold exclusively through a worldwide network of authorized Rowmark distributors.

Gravotech dba Gravograph

Duluth, GA

Gravotech offers a full line of laser and engraving/routing machines, accessories, materials, frames, supplies and ADA Braille systems. With on-site service/training, we can support your production needs, including 3-D design.

Tape Technologies Inc

Green Cove Springs, FL

Styletech Brand films for digital printing, signmaking, roll label. Craft vinyls including Ultra Metallics, Transparent Glitter, Matte Removable, Chalkboard. Glass etch, automotive striping and Xtreme Air graphic kits.

EM Plastic & Electric Products Ltd

Brampton, ON

EM serves the sign, graphic, screenprinting, exhibit, fabrication, digital imaging and display markets from our nine locations across Canada. We stock a complete range of materials. See our website for extensive selection, and order online today!

Clarke Systems

Allentown, PA

Clarke Systems manufactures Slatz® interior, architectural directory and wayfinding system and the compatible Slatz Capture® flat-profile paper/rigid insert system, as well as ADA signs. Distributor Of: Slatz® interior modular directories and wayfinding signs. Slatz Capture® flat-profile, modular, graphic-insert system.

Neo Tech Industries

Markham, ON

The leading manufacturer and distributor of portable display systems, serving the industries of trade shows, events, corporate communications, retail, advertising supplies and elsewhere there is a need for visual communications.

PATTISON Onestop

Toronto, ON

PATTISON Onestop, a division of PATTISON Outdoor Advertising, is the industry leader in digital out-of-home. Our national network delivers more than 12 million weekly impressions.

Royal Sovereign Int'l Canada

Mississauga, ON

Since 1986, Royal Sovereign has been delivering innovative wide-format graphic finishing solutions. Current product portfolio includes roll laminators, films, electric trimmers, banner welders, rotary heat press and flatbed applicators.

Underwriters Laboratories of Canada

Toronto, ON

UL fosters safe living and working conditions for people everywhere through the application of science to solve safety, security and sustainability challenges. To learn more about us, visit UL.com.

It has been a big year for interactive video walls, as more and more customers are adding them to their premises. Yet, to many professionals in the sign industry, interactive video walls still remain something of a mystery.

Sign Assembly: The strength of acrylic foam tapes

With thousands of signs guiding people every day, their structural integrity needs to be a top priority, no matter their particular size or shape. There are many ways to achieve this integrity. Traditionally, design and production engineers have fastened parts of signs together with welds, rivets, nuts and bolts,...

Digital Signage: Designing more effective wayfinding

As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. This rings especially true when it comes to producing effective wayfinding sign systems. From a very young age, people learn to recognize colourful shapes and symbols that carry meanings, such as safety and restroom signs.

Wide-format Printing: The four Cs of colour management

Until the 1950s, there were no real industry standards for the colours of inks used in commercial printing. The Pantone Matching System (PMS) was established because, at the time, each manufacturer of inks followed its own standards and did not share them with their competitors, which became the source...

Canadian OOH firms donate $24 million of ad space

The out-of-home (OOH) advertising firms that comprise the OOH Marketing Association of Canada (OMAC) provided space worth more than $24 million in 2016 to more than 120 non-profit organizations and charities.

Flexible displays enjoy rapid adoption

Shipments of flexible displays, including those for digital signage applications, will increase from nearly 170 million units in 2017 to nearly 643 million units by 2022, according to a report from market research firm Tractica.

Substrates: Building a better material sandwich

Many popular substrates for the sign and graphics industry are not simply base materials, but rather ‘sandwiches’ that combine multiple layers of different materials to create new composites.

Accelerating the use of 3-D printers

Having already been changed significantly with the development of inkjet technology, the world of printing is now experiencing another revolution with additive manufacturing, also known as three-dimensional (3-D) printing.

Wide-format Printing: Common colour management mistakes

Executing a properly organized colour management workflow can be challenging for sign and wide-format print shops running multiple digital devices and using various ink platforms.

The physics of digital signage

While the sign industry has been revolutionized in recent years by advances in technology, there are few places where science is more advanced than the Stephen Hawking Centre at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ont.