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Graphics can be a banner, a mural, a sign, a poster - and more!
A Solution is anything you need to help you market with displays and graphics.
11/15/2007
Inc. Magazine Crowns Image 4 the "World's Greenest Trade Show Exhibit" NH Company highlighted for their efforts to reduce environmental impact
Manchester, NH – In their November 2007 issue, Inc. Magazine crowned Image 4 the World's Greenest Trade Show Exhibit Producer for their work at the Nexus Green Building Resource Center in Boston.
Image 4 is a nationally recognized, visual marketing and branding support organization. They provide display solutions, including in-house graphics production, a broad line of display hardware, custom sign programs and turn-key project and program management solutions, to both B to B and B to C clients.
"We've grown into a green operation over the years for philosophical reasons, but since 9/11 we've offered the opportunity to our clients by developing new processes and finding greener products to work with," said Jeff Baker, CEO of Image 4. "Being recognized by an authority as widely respected as Inc. Magazine is an honor."
Image 4 is working to green their entire operation and services all their clients as "green" as possible. The project cited in the Inc. profile was the NEXUS Green Building Resource Center in Boston. The center is a project of The Green Roundtable, an organization working to bring green building techniques into the mainstream.
For NEXUS, Image 4 designed, built and installed environmentally-sensitive, low-impact directional, instructional and way-finding signage, plus more than 40 brand-sponsor exhibits. Baker estimates the project cost roughly 10 percent more than production using all virgin materials and has a significantly lower impact on the environment from the materials used to how they will be disposed of.
NEXUS thought it handed Image 4 a challenge when they said "no vinyl" for the exhibit. Traditional graphics rely on vinyl because it is lightweight, flexible, cheap and easy to print on. However, it is toxic to those who make it and carcinogenic when burned. Image 4 didn't miss a beat.
The company has been working for two years to develop a patent-pending process to print water-based inks on 100 percent recycled fabrics. As a result, no dangerous volatile organic compounds (VOC) are released into the atmosphere.
Image 4 awarded contract for NEXUS National Green Building Center in Boston, MA
Boston , MA is becoming a center of Green Building in the United States , and Mayor Thomas Menino has issued requirements for all commercial construction in excess of 20,000 square feet to comply with a stringent "LEED-Plus" metric. It is in this supportive environment that Green Round Table chose to launch NEXUS.
NEXUS is a new, extraordinary one-of-a-kind resource center for sustainable design and green building innovation.
NEXUS ( www.nexusboston.com ) includes over 6,000 square feet of product and educational showrooms, a print and online samples and resource library, and networking space. The center is staffed by green building experts and LEED accredited professionals. It is open to building owners, architects, engineers, designers, developers and the general public.
Image 4 was asked to conceive, design, build and install environmentally-sensitive, low-impact directional, instructional and wayfinding signage, and over 40 brand-sponsor exhibits.
Using construction-site reclaimed sheet steel, FSC-certified Yellow Pine, 100% post-consumer-waste recycled paper, and non-VOC ink, Image 4's signage design group built 60 attractive, innovative signage plaques.
Directional signage was produced on 100% post-consumer fabric, with Image 4's unique dye-sublimation printing process.
Floor displays employ rolled steel, wrapped in dye-sublimated fabrics printed with non-VOC inks.
The project launched January 26, 2007, and cost approximately 10% more than production via virgin materials.
Exhibit Armor Upgrade Expected to Solve Trade Show Graphics Performance Issues
Today Image 4 announced immediate availability of ExhibitArmor2™ Display Graphics.
The availability of ExhibitArmor2™ has reduced trade show display production costs and in-field failures at companies such as Gillette/Proctor & Gamble, Konica-Minolta, Globe Firesuits, John Hancock, and Semex, and the availability of ExhibitArmor will drive sales of roll-up bannerstands and pop-up type displays through higher user satisfaction.
"ExhibitArmor2™ is engineered to completely eliminate multi-layer graphic delamination, while permitting rolling for storage and transit." said David Newell, Production Manager at Image 4. "In six months of field testing, ExhibitArmor2™ has already eliminated graphic performance issues with over 90% of our national client base."
"These graphics are the best I've ever used," said Eric Miller, CEO, Tiger Presentations "As an exhibit reseller, we depend on the first-time and life-time performance of graphics, and ExhibitArmor2™ provides our clients with dependability and peace of mind on the trade show floor."
ExhibitArmor Availibility
ExhibitArmor2™ is a proprietary production process for display graphics, initially developed by Image 4 in 2001. The product is part of Image 4's commitment to deliver enhanced-value graphic products to meet the demands of trade show, B-to-B and environmental marketers nation-wide.
10/12/2004
SEMEX Alliance chooses Image 4 to construct 20 x 60 foot exhibit
SEMEX Alliance, headquartered in Ontario, Canada, has selected Image 4
to construct and service their tradeshow display marketing program.
The core of this program revolves around a custom-designed modular
exhibit system manufactured by Classic Exhibits of Portland, OR. A
convertible 10 x 40 linear display combines with a 20 x 20 conference
component to create the $135,000, 20 x 60 foot show stopper.
If needed, the display can be reconfigured to 10 x 10 and 10 x 20 set
ups.
The display and new look graphics were presented in Wisconsin on
September 24, 2004. The display won "Best of Show" at Dairy World Expo.
CODEM Software of Merrimack, New Hampshire is a major defense technology contractor www.codem.com After a multi-round bidding process, Image 4 has been selected to build a custom-designed 10 x 10 panel display. Featuring a PC-based interactive catalog and product demonstration area, unique and attention-getting "eyebrow" lighting sconces, and an extremely simple set up and shipping scheme, this Classic Exhibits unit delivers the CODEM brand to new markets.
The exhibit will deploy in September in Washington, DC.
*** Image 4 Helps Preserve Credit Union History at Manchester, NH Museum ***
Graphics display manufacturer supplies wallcovering, text panels and photographic murals to America 's Credit Union Museum
Turning a house into a home requires loving care. Turning a home into a museum requires capability – and can be found in the quick orchestration and quality output of Image 4, one of the nation's premier display companies, located in Manchester , NH .
In a very short lead time, the staff at Image 4 supplied more than 200 square feet of custom-printed wallcovering, 4 x 8 foot photo mural panels, and 100 other graphic components for America 's Credit Union Museum in Manchester , NH .
Historic images scanned and re-printed by Image 4, and rooms replicated with 100-year old furnishings comprise the first two floors of the museum, which was also the home of the Credit Unions' first president, Joseph Boivin. The museum tells the story of the start and growth of the credit union movement in America .
Bailey-Donovan, a museum design firm in Manchester , NH worked with museum director Peggy Powell to capture the historical perspective of that first credit union, while preserving the residence of Armand and Joanne Lemire, who, in 1994, donated the former Boivin home to the New England Credit Union Heritage Foundation.
When Paula Donovan, operations manager of Bailey-Donovan, wanted to set the scene within the display, she asked Image 4 to scan, repair and reproduce a 12" watercolor and enlarge it to a 10-foot wallcovering mural. "Image 4 has the ability to get the job done the way we want it, " says Donovan. "They produce beautiful museum quality within budget and under challenging time constraints."
Using a LightJet Digital Imager, Image 4 printed dozens of graphics to tell the story of how immigrants flocked to the Manchester mills and were initially unable to receive credit. In 1908, Joseph Boivin, Msr. Pierre Hevey and his parishioners formed "St. Mary's Cooperative Credit Association," the first credit union in this country. In 1925, the name was changed to "Bank of the People," St. Nary's.
Image 4, founded in 1987, provides graphic displays for branding, exhibition, trade show, and selling environments. With the broadest range of digital graphic imaging available, Image 4 manages, prints and installs "Anything you can dream up," says company president Jeff Baker. "From P-O-P, to vehicles, to entire brand and communication programs, we can ‘Tell Your Story'".
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