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Yes it is really here.  As of March 15, 2012 most buildings that were started in 2010 or later now have to comply with the new ADA standards.  In the world of signs is this good news or bad?  

If your fleet is going about NAKED, you have to put a stop to it right now! A naked fleet means you are wasting the best and most cost effective advertising opportunity available to you.  There is no other advertising medium that will get you anywhere near the bang for the buck that vehicle wraps will. Think of it this way.  Lets say you can get some eye catching graphics applied to your truck for $1000.00 just to pick an arbitrary number. Now figure what you can get for that same amount in say yellow pages advertising, Hmm, not much.  Ok how about newspaper?  No nothing there either. Ok, let's go with current technology.  How about Pay Per Click?  Yeah, same deal you can't even begin to approach the number of impressions you are going to get on the vehicle for a thousand bucks. Clearly this is a great value.

Cities are hurting for money.  Just about all of them.  Reduced funding from the Federal and State governments, reduced revenues from sales taxes and property taxes are making many city governments desperate for money.  Leading to the unfortunate situation that was faced by one of our customers.  I have been involved in project management for many years and due to that have been involved with many city inspectors.  In my past experience if something were amiss, they inspector would usually inform us and give us a reasonable period of time to remediate the situation before returning for another inspection.  Not so much anymore. 

Just how big can you print a photograph?  Well that depends on a number of factors.  St. Bernard Sports in Dallas contacted Hi Caliber Signs to print a photograph for some wallpaper.  They had a high resolution photograph that they wanted to blow up to about 43' wide from an original that was about 17" wide.  Could we do it?  

Well, according to the University of Cincinnatti School of Business, as published in a January 2012 issue of "Sign and Digital Graphics" magazine it is probably one of the most important things a business has....  No, Really!  U.S. research from a consumer panel of more than 63,000 consumers yielded these 3 conclusions:

Is it possible to get a really kick butt vehicle wrap that will get attention and bring you business on a budget?  The answer is an unequivocal "YES!"

Ah, the American Consumer. He is full of anomalies of all sorts. He wants the best, but he often doesn’t really want to pay for the best. On the other hand we can’t fault him too awfully much since it is the consumer that is the engine for our economy.

We all see monument signs everyday.  They are impressive sights, massive and attention getting, usually made of stone or brick.  Or at least that is what they appear to be made of.  Sure they are...I mean what else would they be made of? One word...Just...one word...plastics. That's right Benjamin, plastics. If you give it some thought it makes all the sense in the world. EPS (expanded polystyrene) covered with a tough polymer skin and finished to look exactly like stone, brick, stuco or just about anything you can think of makes an almost indestructable monument sign.  If you doubt it, take a hammer to it. It just bounces off. Do the same with an actual brick or stone sign and the damage will be considerable. The plastic version is much lighter and easier to install. A sight built stone sign will take a crew, equipment, concrete trucks, masons days to build and more days to clean up after. The factory built plastic version is cheaper, can be installed in a single day and won't disrupt traffic or operations for days on end. Add to this the fact that they are engineered to withstand over 150 mph winds and are guaranteed for 5 years and they are definitely the way to go. You will almost certainly be pleasantly surprised at how inexpensively one of these impressive monument signs can be built and installed at your site. Call us today and let one of the sign professionals at Hi Caliber Signs & Graphics help you with your signage needs.

This stuff is everywhere, and that is the problem.  I am referring to slat wall or slot wall.  It is in just about every retail location, and at some of them the walls are literally covered with it.  You will even find it in a great many folks garages.  It is so ubiquitous that we really don't see it.  Why not turn it into a powerful sales tool and an attractive addition to your decor?  It is easier than you might think. We have all seen the large banners and certainly we see wrapped vehicles everyday. Slat wall can be handled in the same way.  The vinyl substrate is printed with stunning slat wall graphics and overlaminated to make it super durable.  It is applied to the slat wall and then the sections between the slats are trimmed away.  The amazing human eye "forgives" the missing material and the effect is amazing!  This beautiful wall that Hi Caliber Signs & Graphics did for Justin Boots is a perfect example.