Take me straight to the magazine.
You probably will have noticed from our special front cover for this issue that we have launched our very own exhibition for the sign industry in collaboration with SignLink magazine—SignLink Live. The exhibition will take place alongside The Print Show, in collaboration with our sister magazine Print Monthly, which will see its third edition of the show take place this year.
SignLink Live will focus on sign-making and the many technologies related to this sector, so if this sounds like something your company would be interested in exhibiting at or visiting, you can find out more about the new event on page 8 and 37.
This month, I have taken a closer look at the banner finishing systems (page 53) that make all the difference when it comes to the perfect finished product.
For example, Welwyn Tool Group has brought the Hemtek ST hem welding machine to the UK, which has been developed by Switzerland-based technology manufacturer Leister. It is a “brand new and compact bench mounted single user operated machine which enables manufacturers to cost effectively produce banners, marquees and tarpaulin with much greater efficiencies”.
It can complete the entire welding process with speeds of up to 12m per minute, without the need to complete the process with a hot air hand tool afterwards, saving time and money.
It is these inventive, yet often compact, pieces of technology that make the sign industry what it is and I hope to discover much more clever kit at SignLink Live.