X-Rite acquires Pantone

November 1, 2007  |  Graphics

X-Rite, a global provider of computer-based color measuring and matching systems, has agreed to purchase Pantone Inc. for $180 million. Pantone, based in Carlstadt, N.J., sells its color matching system to the design, graphic arts, digital technology, fashion, home, plastics, architecture and contra…
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ORACAL USA appoints new sales team managers

November 1, 2007  |  Graphics

ORACAL USA announced the appointment of Ernie Logerquist and Trip Harris to its sales team as territory managers for the southeastern United States. Logerquist joins ORACAL with years of sales success with companies such as Vutek, Durst, Ilford Imaging, Xerox, and Lexjet. He will serve ORACAL distri…
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Midwest Sign sponsors ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”

November 1, 2007  |  Graphics

Midwest Sign and Screen will be a sponsor of ABC’s 100th episode of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” filmed in Minnesota Aug. 21–27. Teaming with Signs of Perfection, Midwest donated more than 6,000 square feet of banners and other supporting materials, which Signs of Perfec…
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Evaluating digital color

November 1, 2007  |  Graphics

By Jean Dilworth Advances in technology shifted the responsibility for high-quality color reproduction from printers to graphic designers, photographers, and prepress operators. Part of consistent color reproduction is objectively determining what colors you are actually reproducing. Any staff membe…
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Awnings help re-brand historical Chicago landmark

November 1, 2007  |  Graphics

By Lou Dzierzak The company. In 2008, Chesterfield Awning Co. will mark its 50th anniversary of servicing customers in the Chicagoland area and surrounding suburbs with two locations in Chicago and in the southern suburbs. The task. A company involved in re-branding the Marshall Field’s State …
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Fabric lights the market

November 1, 2007  |  Graphics

By Lou Dzierzak Businesses operate on a 24-hour clock today. Capturing the attention of customers once the sun goes down requires ingenuity, creativity, and staying abreast of new technologies. Since commerce after dark is too big of a market to ignore, cutting edge technologies are offering new sol…
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Fusion Imaging experiences Olympic-sized growth

July 1, 2007  |  Graphics

By Jill C. Lafferty How does an Olympic athlete top winning a gold medal? You might ask a similar question of Fusion Imaging Inc., Kaysville, Utah. After providing fabric graphics for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the torch relay for the 2006 Summer Olympics in Athens, how does the …
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Creating crowd-stopping trade-show graphics

July 1, 2007  |  Graphics

By Marti Naughton Is bigger better? When it comes to trade show graphics, the answer is a big yes. Big idea. Big image. Big type. Why? Trade show booths are a form of environmental graphics. People read and see and interact with them differently than they do printed graphics. At a trade show, people…
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Fabric graphics create enticing exhibits

July 1, 2007  |  Features, Graphics

Is it any wonder than an exhibit and graphic design that will grab your audience’s eye is foremost on every exhibitor’s mind? By Candy Adams As a veteran exhibit manager who has been managing trade show exhibits for longer than I’d like to admit, the biggest change I’ve seen …
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Using water-based inks for fabric printing

July 1, 2007  |  Features, Graphics

One of the most exciting aspects of digital printing on fabric is the incredibly wide array of markets in which they can be applied. By David Clark Digital fabric printing has rapidly evolved over the last few years. There have been many trendsetters who have discovered this process and have applied…
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