COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS EDITORIAL ROBIN DONOVAN editor-in-chief robin.donovan@stmediagroup.com MARK KISSLING managing editor mark.kissling@stmediagroup.com GRANT FREKING associate editor grant.freking@stmediagroup.com DAREK JOHNSON editor-at-large darek.johnson@stmediagroup.com CONTRIBUTORS VINCE CAHILL vince@vcesolutions.com LOUIS M. BRILL 10 louismbrill@gmail.com LAURA PETERS lpeters40@gmail.com DESIGN AND PRODUCTION JEFF RUSS senior art director jeff.russ@stmediagroup.com COLUMNS LINDA VOLZ production supervisor FROM THE EDITOR linda.volz@stmediagroup.com 8 SALES & MARKETING BY ROBIN DONOVAN MURRAY KASMENN Tech of tomorrow AT LARGE senior vp/group publisher murray.kasmenn@stmediagroup.com (770) 578-2577 20 BY DAREK JOHNSON Martin's way TECHNOLOGY REVIEW 24 BY CHRIS AND KATHI MORRISON Plastics and acrylics SHOP OPS ST UPDATE BY DALE SALAMACHA "Can you make this for me?" VEHICLES + VINYL marketing director sandi.luppert@stmediagroup.com LOUIS ARNEBERG senior market strategist 30 BY MARK KISSLING One bus, two bus 36 senior market strategist jim.karwowski@stmediagroup.com (630) 474-4038 BY GRANT FREKING A 90-ft. pylon sign, signage for TV audiences, lighting research and more 84 LAST LOOK BY JEFF RUSS Screen savor APRIL 2017 112 senior market strategist karen.jones@stmediagroup.com (843) 697-3802 CORPORATE president Canon printer, Roland large-format cutter and more ADVERTISING INDEX KAREN JONES TEDD SWORMSTEDT BY GRANT FREKING Sign business basics SIGNS OF THE TIMES JIM KARWOWSKI 10 NEW PRODUCTS BY BILL DUNDAS 4 lou.arneberg@stmediagroup.com (800) 654-5169 DEPARTMENTS 26 NUTS + BOLTS 36 SANDI LUPPERT 111 STEVE DUCCILLI senior vp, content steve.duccilli@stmediagroup.com TOD SWORMSTEDT American Sign Museum CHRISTINE BALOGA audience development director CUSTOMER SERVICE (877) 494-0727 signsofthetimes@omeda.com