Dave Myers cut his teeth, so to speak, on Gatorfoam® graphic display board as an educational-TV set designer in Hagerstown, Md., in the ’70s, when he used the industry’s leading heavy-duty foam board to create cut-out letters and 3-D props. Myers later opened his own commercial sign shop – DMG Studios in Hagerstown – a business in which he often turned to Gatorfoam as his rigid substrate of choice for sign-making, including such memorable point-of-purchase displays as 4-foot tall milk cartons for a local dairy.
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GATORFOAM® EXTERIOR Line Expanded, Enhanced For Even Better Outdoor Signs, Displays
3A Composites USA is pleased to announce that it has expanded its line of Gatorfoam® Exterior, a tough new Gator® board that is designed to stand up to the elements in exterior graphic displays and signage. Gatorfoam Exterior now is available in the Bright White color in 48-inch by 96-in sheets in the 1-inch, 1.5-inch and NEW 2-inch thicknesses.
Athletic Shoe Displays Mounted On SINTRA® Step Up For Shopping Center Opening
Designers at Vector Impresion Digital in Medellin, Colombia, stepped up to the challenge of creating 12 larger-than-life Reebok athletic shoe displays last fall with the help of Sintra® graphic display board. Twelve images of Reebok athletic shoes – each measuring approximately 14-feet by 5-feet – were displayed from September through November 2010 at all entrances to the Santa Fe shopping center in Medellin, inaugurating the opening of the new mall and highlighting its Reebok store tenant.
Nascar Trophy Display Races To Finish Line With Alucobond® ACM
Jimmie Johnson is known for his speed and driving dexterity on the NASCAR circuit; and, in 2010, he became the only driver in the history of the sport to win five consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series titles.
Traditional Craft Meets Modern Dibond® In Kentucky Barn Quilts Square Project
Quilting long has been considered a time-honored traditional craft in America with this country’s early settlers piecing together scraps of worn clothing to create colorfully patterned bedding. Passed down through generations, specific quilt patterns became associated with certain families and/or regions of the country.
DIBOND® Design Catches The Collective Eye In Australian Retail Stores
Excited shoppers recently streamed into Canberra Centre for a peak at the first Marcs store to open in the Australian national capital of Canberra City – and it wasn’t just the range of men’s and women’s fashion that caught the collective eye. The store is the first in Australia to showcase Marcs’ new store design concept, which includes an attention-grabbing ceiling made from Dibond® aluminum composite material by 3A Composites.
Durable DIBOND® Supports New Orleans’ Hurricane Recovery
It’s been more than two years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans with high winds and rain that breached levees and flooded the city in what has been described by the American Society of Civil Engineers as the worst engineering disaster in U.S. history.
Joint Effort to Raise Statue of Liberty Repeated in Replica
The Statue of Liberty, officially named Liberty Enlightening the World, has become one of the world’s most recognized and beloved architectural icons since its dedication Oct. 28, 1886, on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. Standing 305 feet 1 inch from the ground to the top of her torch, the Statue of Liberty serves as a welcome to all.
DIBOND® Offers Beauty, Reusability in Corporate Set Designs
ST. LOUIS – With 20 years’ experience as a corporate meeting management specialist, Michael Roccaforte, of Roccaforte, LLC, in Carmel, Ind., is confident in his abilities to develop stage and set designs to meet the individual needs of his clients. But he often found himself frustrated when describing his unique ideas for custom designs to fabricators.
New FOME-COR® My Tray™ Exhibited at 2005 TREX Show
NEW YORK – My tray™, a unique appetizer/cocktail tray that allows partygoers to neatly eat, drink, mingle and network while standing, was exhibited today at 3A Composites USA’s Booth No. 755 at the 2005 Total Retail Experience (TREX) in New York Dec. 7-8. My tray, introduced earlier this year by my tray, llc, of Mt. Laurel, N.J., is constructed from lightweight, rigid Fome-Cor® graphic display board by 3A Composites USA.