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NEW PRODUCTS Send information about new products to: signs@stmediagroup.com. By Steve Aust Product Showcase: 3-D Lettering Gemini Chrome-Finish Letters Gemini Inc. (Cannon Falls, MN) is introducing Silver Chrome letters to its formed-plastic and GemLite product lines. Available with opaque or translucent finishes, the letters are made using chrome film that’s laminated to the company’s recyclable CAB plastic sheets, which it manufactures in-house. The letters offer chrome’s sheen by day, and halo-lit glow when illuminated at night. Gemini offers the letters in standard typestyles, or they can be manufactured to customer specs on individual letters up to 45 x 68 in. The company offers fabricated-metal letters and logos with titanium-coated, stainless finishes (other finishes are available) in sizes from 6 to 24 in. tall and at least 1 in. deep. Other options include: • Flat-cut, metal letters, made from aluminum, copper, brass, bronze, stainless-steel or Cor-Ten® patinasteel, with natural-satin, polished and other finishes available; • And, custom-cast aluminum or bronze letters, which are available in satin-aluminum, bronze or anodized finishes in 45 colors. (800) 538-8377; www.signletters.com Scott Sign Systems PVC, Foam, Metal Forms Scott Sign Systems (Sarasota, FL) provides letters, numerals and logos in various materials: injection-molded plastic, flat-cut acrylic, Gatorfoam® wood-veneer, foamboard-filled panels; Budgetfoam® plain foamboard; flat-cut PVC; medium-density fiberboard (MDF); cut metal; and Sign•Foam® high-density urethane (HDU); along with injection-molded-plastic letters. Options include: • Flat-cut acrylic, 1/8 to ½ in. thick, 2 to 48 in. tall, and can be painted and laminated; • Budgetfoam (indoor only), ½ to 2 in. thick, 6 to 48 in. tall, and can be painted (but not laminated); • Gatorfoam, ½ to 2 in. thick, 2 to 48 in. tall, and can be painted and laminated; • Flat-cut PVC, 1/8 to 1 in. thick, 2 to 48 in. tall, and can be painted and laminated; • MDF (indoor only), ¼ to 2 in. thick, 2 to 48 in. tall, and can be painted and laminated; • HDU: ½ to 1 in. thick, 2 to 48 in. tall., and can be painted and laminated; • Cut metal, 1/8 to 1 in. thick, 2 to 20 in. tall, and can be painted (but not laminated); • Injection-molded plastic, which is 0.125 in. thick, and can be painted or decorated with foil-finish colors. (800) 237-9447; www.scottsigns.com ARK Ramos Cut Letters ARK Ramos (Oklahoma City) fabricates cut-metal letters and graphics in various bronze, brass, gold and aluminum finishes. The company offers 24 standard colors and can provide custom colors based on color-chip matches and PMS numbers. ARK Ramos offers more than 30 standard fonts and provides mountingoption diagrams on its website. The company also offers cast letters, which are fabricated from 2 to 24 in. and available in 16 metallic finishes, or painted with one of 24 standard colors (custom color matches are also available). (800) 725-7266; www.arkramos.com 48 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / OCTOBER 2012 / www.signweb.com http://www.signletters.com http://www.scottsigns.com http://www.arkramos.com http://www.signweb.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Signs of the Times - October 2012

Sign of theTimes - October 2012
ST Update
Technology Update
Vinyl Apps
Strictly Electric
LED Update
Software Update
Technology Review
Technology Review
Sign Museum News
New Products
2012 Vehicle Graphics Contest
Entry-level Electronic Digital Signage
The Proposed ISA Reorganization Plan
Enter ST's 2013 Intl. Sign Contest
SGIA Expo 2012
The Value of Signs
Advertising Index
Editorially Speaking

Signs of the Times - October 2012