We want to make a banner for an upcoming home show and are in need of some professional-quality awning photos that we can use. Do you know where we can get some? Obviously, the ideal would be to have a professional photographer take photos of your company’s work, but that’s not always practical. While associations [...]

We’re looking for a very lightweight ripstop fabric, something around 20 denier. Do you know of any suppliers? By its very definition, ripstop is a lightweight fabric, with heavier yarns woven in a crosshatch pattern to help prevent ripping. It’s used for applications like hot air balloons, kites, and sleeping bag covers. A fabric made [...]

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Avery Graphics media were printed and featured in 10 booths at ISA 2008. The Epson booth sported a wrapped Lamborghini, designed and installed by Skinz Wraps and printed on MPI 1005 EZ RS. The Feller’s booth was showing a wrapped BMW 550i designed by Sergio DeSoto, Creator of The Bad Wrap™ and VP Marketing for [...]

Where would your business be without PVC? It’s understandable why PVC banner media is ubiquitous in the sign industry—it’s cheap, durable, and prints easily. And it’s also understandable why there is interest in finding alternatives: The PVC manufacturing process is believed to be toxic to humans and the environment, and it’s typically not recyclable. Flexible [...]

The project. To construct a traveling road show for Time Warner Cable recreating a much larger installation in the Time Warner headquarters in New York City. The original “Home to the Future” used digitally printed fabric scrim to enclose a two-story “house” constructed in the building’s seven-story atrium. The company. Designed by ESI Design for [...]

Miller Weldmaster, a Navarre, Ohio, manufacturer of hot air/hot wedge welding equipment for industrial fabrics and thermoplastics, landed customers during its frequent trade show appearances. The nagging thought persisted, however, that many customers expressed enthusiasm without following up. How could the company get its impressive equipment in front of customers too busy, preoccupied or overwhelmed [...]

Terry Vandewarker has been appointed chief operating officer for Gandinnovations, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Vandewarker has more than 20 years of senior operational and financial experience, and has worked within the digital graphic and printing industry with such companies as Encad Inc. and Eastman Kodak. Vandewarker’s extensive knowledge and experience will play a key part in [...]

The Williamsburg County Development Board and the South Carolina Department of Commerce joined Performance Fabrics and Fibers LLC in announcing that the company has expanded in Williamsburg County, adding a manufacturing facility and 42 full-time employees. Performance currently operates in Williamsburg County, S.C., and has expanded as a result of market demands.

Kuraray Co. Ltd., Fort Mill, S.C., has completed expansion of its Vectran® fiber manufacturing facility in Saijo City, Japan. The manufacturing facility in Fort Mill has also undergone recent improvements to increase capacity. The company said it is increasing production of its Vectran fiber by 40 percent, to 1,000 tons annually. This fiber is the [...]