Challenges

Digital Signage: The expanding benefits of digital menu boards

April 14, 2016

Digital menu boards have proven highly effective in recent years at capturing customers’ attention and increasing sales. There is still a ‘wow’ factor with eye-catching, engaging content, including full-motion video, animation and bright colours.

Wide-format Printing: Making colour universal

April 12, 2016

Brand owners have become much more discriminating today when it comes to the particular colours of their graphics. They use these colours to spread brand awareness, increase the perceived value of their products and imply a promise of consistent quality to their customers.

EMCs: LED screen sales, permits and installations

April 11, 2016

Electronic message centres (EMCs) that use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to convey changeable messages can open tremendous advertising opportunities for businesses and other organizations, along with new sales streams for sign companies. By educating customers, the return on investment (ROI) can become substantial.

Wide-format Printing: Reducing the environmental impact of shipping graphics

April 7, 2016

Every day, professionals in the wide-format printing industry make choices that affect the natural environment, from the processes they use to the substrates they print on to the way they transport materials.

Canadians at ‘apex’ of digital signage achievements

March 31, 2016

Several Canadian companies were among the independently judged winners of the Digital Signage Expo’s (DSE’s) 12th annual Apex Awards, as announced on March 16, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nev.

Illumination: Optimizing LEDs for signage

March 30, 2016

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are a household name today, with a growing number of general illumination applications in residential buildings and elsewhere, but only after enjoying a longer period of research and development (R&D) specific to the sign industry, along with long-term real-world use.

Digital Signage: Breaking through the technology hype

March 29, 2016

Over the last few years, media analysts have been talking a lot about the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) and ‘big data.’ One may well wonder what these terms mean and how they will affect the way the sign industry does business.

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Challenges

Digital Signage: The expanding benefits of digital menu boards

Wide-format Printing: Making colour universal

EMCs: LED screen sales, permits and installations

Wide-format Printing: Reducing the environmental impact of shipping graphics

Canadians at ‘apex’ of digital signage achievements

Illumination: Optimizing LEDs for signage

Digital Signage: Breaking through the technology hype

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Challenges

Digital Signage: The expanding benefits of digital menu boards

Wide-format Printing: Making colour universal

EMCs: LED screen sales, permits and installations

Wide-format Printing: Reducing the environmental impact of shipping graphics

Canadians at ‘apex’ of digital signage achievements

Illumination: Optimizing LEDs for signage

Digital Signage: Breaking through the technology hype

LASER CUTTING MACHINE

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