We love really unusual enquiries that result in challenges for us. We recently received an enquiry from a company who wanted printed floor markers to fill in the voids (firing points). We proposed custom-printed, highly reflective floor signage—ideal for the environment and visually superior. As with many of our reflective projects, we ensured the graphics would keep their high reflectivity even after printing. The signs had to be self-adhesive, had to be extremely tough as they were to be placed on the floor in high traffic areas and they need large scale, and I really mean big.
Like I said we love a challenge and something that makes us produce things that have never been done before. We sent them samples of our metalized micro-prismatic reflective tape, this has extremely high reflection performance values and does also look great. They loved the reflective material but then asked about how the printing would affect the performance values, we explained that we are unique in this industry in being able to print to FMVSS approved performance levels. The UV inks we use ensure that high performance values are obtained, they provide sufficient reflection values to even be approved for use on Federal road signs with DOT conformance assured. The next hurdle was durability, most reflective materials are never walked on due to their application location, this was different, these materials would be walked on in high traffic locations, the customer demanded extreme levels of durability combined with no reduction in reflection or visual performance.
We sampled the customer the perfect top surface material, PermaTop, it is extremely thick and has high opacity levels. PermaTop has a mild embossed top surface which allows for non-slip performance. This laminated material also improves the d
This was a job that we really liked producing, the customer was great to deal with, their design is really good, we loved the visuals, we were sad to send them out as they looked super cool in our factory.
If you have an unusual requirement we would love the opportunity to challenge our brains and try to figure out how it can be produced. Let’s see if we can work together!
