Signs of the Times - October 2013 - (Page 100)
INDUSTRY NEWS
Industry news should be sent to
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Noteworthy
Hexacomb Names Kober
Marketing Director
Hexacomb®
(Buffalo Grove, IL),
a Boise® company and the manufacturer of Falconboard® graphicdisplay boards, has appointed
Darlene Kober as director of global
marketing and strategy. She has more
than 20 years’ experience with multinational manufacturing corporations.
Kober holds an MBA in marketing
and strategy from the Kellogg School
of Management at Northwestern
University and a bachelor’s degree
in chemical engineering from
Bucknell University.
Seiko Instruments
Launches New Website
Seiko Instruments USA Inc.
(Escondido, CA) has launched its
new website, http://siuwideformat.
com. On it, sales and support can
be contacted 24/7. The ColorPainter
e-store allows you to get quotes
from resellers, and you can also
purchase HP DesignJet inks, parts
and consumables. Product pages
outline all of the ColorPainter’s
features. There’s also a link to
Seiko’s Facebook page.
Color-Logic Certifies
Mimaki Latex Printers
Color-Logic (West Chester, OH) is
certifying Mimaki’s (Suwanee, GA)
JV400LX line of latex-ink printers
for its Process Metallic Color System,
which equips the JV400LX white-
American LED Technology Opens Florida Plant
American LED Technology, Inc. (Fort Walton Beach, FL) has officially
launched its Florida manufacturing facility. The address and phone
number are 304 Racetrack Rd NE, 32547; (877) 533-6284; local, (850)
863-8777. With this facility, the company reports that it can produce
and deliver small, medium and large, all-aluminum LED displays in as
little as four weeks from time of order.
ink-set, latex printers to produce
metallic effects when printed on
metallic substrates. Color-Logic
visualization software allows
designers to assess their metallic
designs, and the Color-Logic software permits white-ink masks that
reduce design time. When preferred,
the white-ink application enables
designers to block unwanted
metallic-substrate effects.
Onyx TV Includes
Instructional Videos
Onyx Graphics (Salt Lake City)
has announced ONYX® TV, a new
online video resource that features
Onyx Graphics experts sharing
their knowledge and tips on the
full Onyx software product line.
Viewers can now watch instructional
videos featuring in-depth information
on the company’s Thrive™ workflow
software; ProductionHouse™,
PosterShop® and RIPCenter™ RIP
software; and the SmartApps™ line
of plug-ins, at www.youtube.com/
user/OnyxGraphics/videos. Categories include software expertise,
product information, quick sets to
simple color management, and a
four-part series on specialty ink.
Fastsigns in Canada Adds Six Signshops
Fastsigns® (Carrollton, TX) has agreed to six new centers in Canada,
which adds to its current base of 22 Canadian centers. As part of the
four-unit agreement, franchisee Philip Zakem and three partners will
open their first Fastsigns center in Halifax, NS, slated for the fourth
quarter of 2013. They will also convert their independent sign business,
located in Charlottetown, PEI, into a Fastsigns franchise in 2014. Their
other two centers will open in Saint John and Moncton, NB.
In addition, the company signed two single-unit deals for new
Fastsigns centers in Toronto and Calgary.
100 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / OCTOBER 2013 / www.signweb.com
Mutoh Cutters Ship
With SAi FlexiStarter
SA Intl. (SAi), Salt Lake City, and
Mutoh (Phoenix) are announcing
an agreement to provide SAi’s FlexiStarter ValueCut cutting software
with Mutoh’s three, ValueCut cutters – the 24-in.-wide ValueCut 600,
the 52-in.-wide ValueCut 1300 and
the 72-in.-wide ValueCut 1800. The
ValueCut software includes drivers
and registration marks, plus design,
draw, view, manipulation, plotting
and cutting tools. It also provides a
user-friendly interface that helps
create cut-vinyl signs and decals.
ICaldera Announces
WebShop Solution
Caldera (Strasbourg, France) has
launched a web-to-print solution
developed specifically for sign
and display printers. WebShop is
designed to help large-format PSPs
promote their products online,
reduce the time spent on the sales
process, and increase orders. Based
on the Magento e-commerce solution, WebShop can be integrated
with Caldera’s Flow+ and RIP
solutions to provide a complete
sales-to-production system.
Highlights include the ability to
create multiple shops, with different
products and prices for specific
customers or target markets, and
various product-categorization
features, with unlimited categories
and sub-categories supported.
Caldera lists Simple Product,
Grouped Product, Configurable
Product, irtual Product, Downloadable Product and Variable
Size Product as categories.
http://siuwideformat.com
http://siuwideformat.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/OnyxGraphics/videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/OnyxGraphics/videos
http://www.signweb.com
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Signs of the Times - October 2013
Signs of the Times - October 2013
Contents
ST Update
Technology Update
Vinyl Apps
Strictly Electric
LED Update
Software Update
Technology Review - Mimaki’s JFX500-2131 flatbed and UJV500-160 UV printers
Technology Review - Seiko’s UV Jetrix 1212FK and KX5/KX5R flatbed printers
New Products
Rollin’ for the Lucky Seven!
The Inaugural Readers’ Choice Awards
Smart Lighting
The SGIA Preview
Industry News
Enter the ST Intl. Sign Contest!
Advertising index
Editorially speaking
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