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Independent consulting and product certification
May 1st, 2008
A client has asked if our product is TUV certified. What’s that? TÜV stands for Technischer Überwachungs-Verein, or Technical Monitoring Association in English. It’s a family of organizations, originating in Germany, that provide independent consulting, certifying that products are safe for human use. For more information, contact TÜV’s headquarters at: SOURCE TÜV Rheinland Group Juli […]
Stock photo company provides images of awnings
May 1st, 2008
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 […]
Suppliers offer lightweight ripstop fabric
May 1st, 2008
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 […]
Rosania takes a risk to expand products and improve processes
May 1st, 2008
Sometimes the greatest risk and greatest opportunity for a company is in daring to imagine a different way of doing business. By Sigrid Tornquist “It’s easy to talk about change. It’s much more difficult to implement it,” says Robert Rosania, IFM, CPP, and CEO of Ehmke Manufacturing Co. Inc. When he joined Ehmke in 1993 […]
Green roof manufacturers incorporate sustainable products
May 1st, 2008
If it looks green, smells green and feels green, it must be green. Right? The answer, it turns out, is more complex. It is common knowledge that green technology has large positive environmental impacts: large-scale energy savings, runoff reduction and heat reduction among their chief assets. As green builders continue to define the standards and […]
FESPA Digital Green Trail includes 3P InkJet Textiles AG
May 1st, 2008
3P InkJet Textiles AG, Stephan-skirchen, Germany, has been included on the FESPA Digital Green Trail. 3P InkJet Textiles AG offers a wide range of recyclable fabrics for digital printing. The complete “green” Value line for direct sublimation printing is recyclable, in addition to the new UV-Transfer line for transfer sublimation and UV-curable inks. The natural […]
Durable cotton webbing meets Berry Amendment requirements
May 1st, 2008
6017CS cotton webbing is durable, latex free, vat dyed, colorfast to laundering, crocking and accelerated weathering, and meets all fire-rated testing and Berry Amendment requirements. SOURCE Avila Textiles +1 508 828 5882
Avery media featured in 10 booths at ISA 2008
May 1st, 2008
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 […]
Finding alternatives to PVC
May 1st, 2008
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 […]
Movable graphic towers create a dramatic outdoor environment
May 1st, 2008
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 […]