Wide-Format & Signage
This section of WhatTheyThink focuses on emerging trends in wide-format printing. It identifies new business opportunities and provides strategic analysis of new applications, technology, and events.
Commentary & Analysis
Benson Integrated Marketing Solutions Creates W2P Store for COVID Signage and Safety Materials
SpeedPro East Bay Declared Winner of the Coveted 2019 Project of the Year Award
Wide-Format, Signage, and Apparel Technology Update
The Factory NYC Takes Experiential Graphics to the Next Dimension
SpeedPro Launches InfoLnkX for Contactless Restaurant Menus—and More
TempDefend—Dynamic Digital Signage with Thermal Detection Enables “Protection as a Service”
The Sign Connection: Tips for Sign and Graphics Companies During COVID-19
Fine Dining: How Print Businesses Can Help Restaurants Reopen
The Coming Signs of Summer: The Need for Post-COVID Signage
Inkjet Makes a Grand Entry: axpanel Revolutionizes Garage Doors
The New Superwide Roll-to-Roll Printing Standard Has Been Set
News
MUTOH America, Inc. Announces New Website Design
swissQprint’s Nordic Competence Center
Color-Logic Broadens GAM Certification to Include Wide Format Printers
FLEXcon Introduces Floor Graphic Materials for Flexo Printing
3 Sixty Invests in an EFI VUTEk h5 from CMYUK to Further Future-Proof its Business
Print Service Providers Optimize Media Usage with ONYX TruFit
Drytac Makes Floor Graphics Safe and Simple with New One-Part FloorTac Products
Video
Lori Anderson on Cancellation of ISA International Sign Expo 2020
Published: May 15, 2020
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the International Sign Association Board of Directors met this week and has voted to cancel ISA International Sign Expo 2020 re-scheduled for August 22-25. Lori Anderson, ISA President and CEO of ISA talks about decision to cancel this year's event and the scheduling of next year's Sign Expo to be held in Las Vegas during April 2021. Watch Video
From Photolabs to FASTSIGNS
Published: April 6, 2020
Todd Fitzgerald, owner of FASTSIGNS Wappingers Falls, N.Y., talks to Kelley Holmes about his journey from running several camera stores/photolabs to the sign industry. When the photo business started to change, he saw the sign business as a natural progression, and took advantage of FASTSIGNS’ Co-Brand program. Watch Video
FASTSIGNS Vero Beach and ABC Printing Co-Brand to Offer Complete Signage and Commercial Printing Services
Published: March 23, 2020
Gordon Sellers, FASTSIGNS Vero Beach, Fla., and & Chris Beals, ABC Printing, talk about the evolution of their partnership. ABC Printing was founded in 1975 as a quick printer. When Gordon opened FASTSIGNS Vero Beach, Chis became a top customer, selling signs to his customers and acquiring them from FASTSIGNS—and Gordon’s customers also needed small-format printing. As their partnership grew, they decided to take advantage of FASTSIGNS’ Co-Branding program. Watch Video
For Gaby Mullinax & Kaitlyn Mullinax-Fischer, FASTSIGNS is a Family Business
Published: March 16, 2020
Gaby Mullinax & Kaitlyn Mullinax-Fischer, Owner & Director of Business Development of FASTSIGNS of Brea and Fullerton, Calif., talk about how their franchise became a family business, and how Gaby jumped off the corporate ladder to run a FASTSIGNS franchise. They encourage young people to get involved in the FASTSIGNS business. Watch Video
Stan Gray Benefits from FASTSIGNS Veteran Program
Published: March 9, 2020
Stan Gray, owner of FASTSIGNS Torrance and Long Beach, Calif., talks about his military background and how he came to FASTSIGNS via the Veteran & First Responder Franchise Program. Gray also has a background in architecture, and his franchise specializes in ADA signage. Watch Video
Owner of FASTSIGNS Forest Hills. N.Y., Talks About his FASTSIGNS Conversion
Published: February 20, 2020
Mohamed Kazi, Owner of FASTSIGNS Forest Hills, N.Y., talks about his recent FASTSIGNS conversion. After coming to the US from India, Kazi started in the sign industry in 1998 and launched his own business in 2007. He recently decided to convert his sign business to a FASTSIGNS as a way to take advantage of the franchise’s marketing and sales training resources to better complement his own technical and production capabilities. Watch Video
Temple, Tex.’s Paper Graphics Reaps Rewards with FASTSIGNS Co-Brand Program
Published: February 19, 2020
Dennis Smith is owner of both FASTSIGNS of Temple, Tex., and Paper Graphics, a commercial print business founded in 1972. Five or six years ago, as the commercial print business started growing stagnant, Smith researched FASTSIGNS’ Co-Brand program. He chose to become a FASTSIGNS franchise rather than add his own wide-format printing equipment in order to take advantage of the franchise’s training and its brand recognition. Watch Video
All Flags Signs and Banners Leverages EFI Inkjet and Other Technologies for Double Digit Growth
Published: February 18, 2020
Peter Wagner, Managing Director of Australia-based All Flags Signs and Banners, explains how his company has gone from needing four people over three weeks to produce 400 banners in 1998, to its capacity today to output 54,000 square meters of printed media today with its fleet of EFI VUTEk printers. The company serves a large portion of the Asia Pacific region with flags, banners, branding for sporting events, vehicle wraps, carpets, and more. Watch Video
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