Sign Builder Illustrated’s Inaugural Sign Design Awards

Every high-quality sign starts with good design. Our inaugural SBI Sign Design Awards will showcase top sign designs submitted from our readers. The eight categories featured in the awards include best electronic messaging center, best LED installation at an arena or stadium, best restaurant/bar branding package, best vehicle wrap, best university or school signage package, […]
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Roland DGA Corporation Announces Personnel Changes Within its New Markets and Business Development Department
Roland DGA Corporation has made four key personnel changes within its New Markets and Business Development department. Kitt Jones, who served most recently as Roland DGA’s Business Development and Co-Creation Manager and earlier as Application Specialist, has been appointed to the newly created position of Segment Manager of Interior Design and Surface Decoration. In his […]
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From Sign Shop to FinTech: Building Business Credit

For National Financial Literacy Month, Sign Builder Illustrated asked Levi King, founder of Nav, and Gerri Detweiler, author and education consultant for Nav, for ways sign business owners can leverage credit to help grow their business. SBI: Levi , you’ve created a tech company, Nav, that helps business owners build and manage business credit, but […]
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Epson at ISA Sign Expo 2025: Imaging Print Solutions
Epson today announced it will be showcasing its wide range of digital printing solutions at ISA Sign Expo, the preeminent event for the sign, graphics, print, and visual communications industry from April 23-25 in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the show, Epson will be introducing new products and sharing a preview of forward looking professional printing technology. […]
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Color, Speed & Service: Sherwin-Williams To Showcase at ISA 2025

The International Sign Expo, hosted by the International Sign Association (ISA), is happening April 23-25 in Las Vegas. The Sherwin-Williams General Industrial Division is among key participants, showcasing innovative coatings proven to enhance efficiency in the sign industry at Booth 2810. Sign manufacturers are constantly working to increase productivity while maintaining long lasting aesthetics and […]
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How to Efficiently Manage Your Installation Team

There’s a lot more to sign installation than the actual installation itself. The team members you trust to place your client’s signage need to be great planners and, above all, great communicators as they represent your business. The better they communicate, the better the experience for everyone – including you, when you can send the […]
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Work On The Business, Not In it!

You’ve probably heard the saying, “Work on your business, not in it.” But what does that really mean? Shifting from doing everything yourself to running your business effectively isn’t easy and won’t happen overnight—but it’s essential for success. So, how do you make the change? How do you step away from designing, making signs and […]
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Talking Tariffs: What To Expect
What is $360 million plus 25 percent? This is not a math question, but a possible impact to the sign and graphics industry, if proposed aluminum tariffs come to pass. Several experts I chatted with estimated that our industry uses more than $600 million worth of the lightweight, silvery metal each year. About 40 percent, […]
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INX Europe to Introduce Four New Premium Digital Inks at FESPA Global Print
INX Europe is set to make a significant impact at FESPA Global Print when it is held May 6-9 in Berlin, Germany. A series of four new generation inkjet inks will be unveiled in Hall 3.2, Stand B28. Each are being manufactured in compliance with the latest European regulatory standards, and show visitors can see […]
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Mimaki USA Announces UJV300DTF-75 Printer
Mimaki USA announced the Mimaki UJV300DTF-75 printer, a UV-DTF (direct-to-film) model for easy transfer to large or unusually shaped surfaces. The UJV300DTF-75 printer will be displayed in the Mimaki USA booth #3536 at the ISA Sign Expo, April 23-25, in Las Vegas. Revolutionizing custom-made goods production The fusion of Mimaki’s long-cultivated UV printing technology, newly […]
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