Should My Sign Company Pay More for a Premium Sign Substrate? Is It Really Worth It? Is paying more for a premium sign substrate really worth it? This is a question we frequently hear form sign printing companies when considering sign substrates. As a sign shop owner your greatest concern is always your bottom line […]
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Apr
Apr
Bentonville, AR (April 5, 2019) – United Industries, manufacturers of UltraBoard foam core board products, is excited to announce the appointment of Jo Ketner as their new Northeastern United States Sales Manager. Ketner’s sign industry career began as an outside sales representative for Total Plastics International, headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he was responsible for […]
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Mar
Mar
Clean Sheets Avoiding fingerprints on signs begins with a clean substrate to guarantee ink adhesion. Whether you are printing with UV or latex inks, the surface of your substrate must be maintained from unboxing until the substrate passes underneath the printhead and ink is applied to the surface. Several factors are key in insuring that […]
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Feb
Feb
United Industries, Inc., manufacturers of UltraBoard foam core boards, is excited to announce their attendance of the GlobalShop 2019 Retail Design, Planning, & Merchandising Expo hosted at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois. UltraBoard will be highlighting their new-to-market UltraBoard Lite economy foam core substrate, as well as their complete line of foam core substrates featuring paper, […]
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Oct
Oct
Signmakers Wage War On Substrate Static An ongoing war is waged daily between large format printers and substrate static electricity generated by styrene faced sign materials. We have witnessed battle scars ranging from edge overspray to ghosting lines in prints caused by static fields misdirecting ink droplets as they leave the printhead and travel to […]
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Oct
Oct
What is UV Degradation? UV degradation can be a primary factor in signs substrates yellowing over time. The simulation shown easily demonstrates how other styrene facers can quickly degrade and yellow simply from exposure to interior lighting. UV degradation occurs due to oxidation of polymers within the plastics that make up sign substrates. Substrate yellowing […]
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Sep
Sep
We are only a few weeks away from SGIA 2018 in Las Vegas! This years show will feature over 550 exhibitors and is sure to be a grand exhibition! Join one 25,000 registrants to see the hottest new technologies and innovations to available to the sign & graphics industry. For your convenience here is the […]
The Siloam Springs Panthers are donning a fresh & new look thanks to donated player jerseys from United Industries UltraBoard. Over 50 new football jersey donations were provided to the West Benton County Boys & Girls Club consisting of 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade students. As always, UltraBoard is committed to giving back to […]
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Aug
Aug
What are Peel N’ Stick Foam Boards For? UltraBoard products have always been a familiar substrate within the sign industry. Many digital sign printers are already familiar with our UltraBoard Classic and UltraBoard White Digital Printing (DP) foam boards. Today we would like to take a quick look at our Peel N’ Stick family of […]
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Jul
Jul
What’s the latest buzz in the sign industry for sign shop owners? The new HP R Series of rigid and flexible substrate printers. Two latex printer models are available: HP Latex R1000 Plus Printer – 64 inch printable widths for rigid and flexible substrates HP Latex R2000 Plus Printer – 98 inch printable widths for rigid […]