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EcoVisions in manufacture

 As most of you are aware Signscape  have been developing our “EcoVision” over the last 18 months – all down to you! Sometimes we are so busy, being busy we don’t have time to say “Thank you” – so a big thank you to all of our customers that have offered advice, support, encouragement and come up with some great ideas in the process.

The current units have come on a long way since then, with built in PV cells, built in PIR devices and a host of other improvements, that you have helped us develop.

In the background to this photo you can just about make out Lee and Jeremy discussing the new smaller units which are now available (654mm wide x 1043mm high), these will be on general sale in the next month.

Thanks once again!

Every month we are hoping to interview leading lights from the sign industry, this month we are talking to John Cosham from Jantick 

Did you know?

John was born in the 1950′s to a Doctor and Company Director, he trained as an engineer at Reading University. At 25 he started his illustrious career in the Sign supply industry with Duramark Safety selling safety signs and then onto vehicle graphics and sign faces. He then moved to Rennicks starting the vinyl supply  for the traffic market.

John then moved to Signfix where he moved from Sales Manager to Sales Director looking after both the commercial and Traffic divisions. In 2000 John formed Jantick which specialises in supplying the commercial sign market with various products. 

 Known for his affable nature and extensive contacts throughout the industry Jantick  offer a wayfinding and consultancy service second to none. Working with a network of companies and individuals Jantick have now completed over 20 University projects throughout the UK.

John specifies Signscapes Fingerpost, Noticeboards and Column Plates, together with other products from the Signscpape range for some of his projects.

When asked why John is still enjoying his career in the sign industry he commented “The sign industry continues to evolve and diversify into new areas and is forever changing”  

Jantick

• 50, 95 and 150mm deep
• Wall or Post Mounted
• Can be reverse fitted channel or rails to fit to existing posts
• Ornate Posts (e.g. Langford style) & embellishments
• Domed or shaped tops
• Single or Double-sided
• Multiple door options
• Illuminated or non-illuminated
• Top or back illuminated
• With or without header panels
• With or without gas struts
• Aluminium or steel backs (for magnetic purposes)
• Pin-board, cork, or steel insert backs
• High impact acrylic sheet fronts
• Powder Coated, Wet Sprayed and Wood FX
• Solar Powered version now available (EcoVision) see further write up here

If you would like more information please contact our sales office.

We recently undertook a project with GroundPlug (UK) Ltd in which we supplied one of our Solar Powered Noticeboards – EcoVision, complete with Cross Spears to install into the ground. The school has a very robust environmental policy and wanted an illuminated board – without the need for electricity, or running cables through what was already a congested set of underground services. The unit was fitted with a PIR system that will only activate when there is movement in front of the Noticeboard. They were delighted with the outcome – as we were, especially as one of the chaps installing the sign was in his seventies and still managed to install the sign in under one hour!

Marking the holes ready for digging

Dig the holes and fit the Cross Spears

The finished EcoVision Noticeboard installed ready for use

Post & Panel

 ”I have used Signscape’s Modular Post & Panel system on a number of school sign projects. The system allows for flexibility in design with a range of post options, panel sizes and fabricated & custom shaped panels. Help and advice on the range of components is always available from a friendly team in the Bristol factory. The signs always arrive on time, ready to assemble and apply vinyl graphics to the high quality paint surface.
  Because I always specify Lynester notice boards, which, according to my customers, are exceptional quality notice boards, I can be certain of continuity in design by using the same post profiles and header panels.”

Nigel Seagrove
SDE Signs – School Sign Specialist
Contact: 020 8423 2842
www.sde-signs.com

Photos: Howe Dell School in Hertfordshire – New Eco School where a sign system that reflected the building design was required by the architect.