Installers will encounter various types of buildings and surfaces when handling wall-mounted sign projects. With a broad diversity of building structures and their corresponding sign installation conditions, these professionals need to be sure to use the proper tools and fastening practices.

Gridcast Media, a digital signage consultancy in Richmond Hill, Ont., recently partnered with light-emitting diode (LED) display manufacturer NanoLumens to design two towering video walls for a Holt Renfrew department store in Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre.

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.

Signs Alive Inc., an Oakville, Ont.-based sign shop, was hired by customer service consulting firm Teleperformance Canada to create a feature sign for the latter’s office makeover in downtown Toronto.

The evolution of plastics for outdoor signage has followed a complex path. Innovations in the formulation of these materials have been driven by several factors, including a push to use plastic channel letters and sign faces in more diverse physical environments.