Aluminium

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It is safe to say that is the standard for the industry today, it is a versatile and pliant metal that when combined with heavy-duty plastics, create a great signage composite.

As well as the flexibility of the material, are a great substrate to place onto, as you can see here in the picture.

Archive for February, 2008, page 2

Benefits & Disadvantages of World Trade: Aluminium

It may not appear that way but the global/world trade in aluminium affects GRS Sign Company Ltd. directly. How so? We use aluminium composite and 11g aluminium blanks in our work. In fact another way the aluminium trade affects us is with aluminium dioxide as a white pigment, which can directly affect all of the vinyls we use (which is a significant amount) as well as the white paint sprayed on slatz and other materials we consume on a daily basis.

So what are the advantages? It’s cheaper, that has to be the main selling point (excuse the pun).

Getting over that rather large elephant in the room (price), we do have to look at the disadvantages. Well they are unfortunately, many:

  • Many britons are, or would be, put out of a job as a direct result of cheaper aluminium from China (which is where the majority of it comes from).
  • China is stronger and Britain is weaker, because of the global trade imbalance.
  • There is a moral issue at play – the chinese workers don’t get paid an equal amount to workers elsewhere in the world, say, Australia, Canada, or Russia (which are the other large aluminium producing nations).

Should we pay for a lower-priced product knowing these disadvantages, to make more of a profit? Or should we go for a higher profit, believing in the rhetoric the World Trade Organisation would like us to believe?

Tricky issue isn’t it?

Interestingly, recent figures suggest daily production of primary aluminium stands at 104,200 tonnes. Yes, that’s daily – the world uses a lot of aluminium.

This style of sign belongs to the aluminium signs,e-commerce,news,world categories. Click on one of those links to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Ear Protection Safety Sign Sticker

There are a lot of work environments where mandatory signage tells you what you should be doing. One of these is the ; blue for the mandatory nature of the sign, and with a straightforward symbol to show what you should be doing – wearing ear protection.

This style of sign belongs to the e-commerce,stickers categories. Click on one of those links to see more kinds of articles like this one.

What is Normal

Don’t we all think of ourselves as “normal”?

I know I think I am. I know every friend I have thinks they are. But then again, we’re all different. Our hair is different colours, styles, lengths, thicknesses, curliness etc., Our eyes are all different, even if we are the same general colour. Our heights are different, our builds are different, our voices are different, our accents may even vary even in the same area.

So if we really think about it, we’re all different from one another. Not so “normal” as you might think. Generally, we have two arms, two legs, torso, head and so on, so if we go by that definition we’re all the same, and thus “normal”.

But it isn’t the similarities (which are few) that make us “normal”, it’s those other things which although we know are different we equate as being similar. Then there are the tangible possessions to consider: we all live in a house, we all work, we all wear clothes, we all eat and so on. The “abnormal” ones are then a bit difficult to filter out, don’t you think? Could it be that someone who is from another country is not “normal”? But then again they have the same similarities and differences don’t they?

This style of sign belongs to the news,world categories. Click on one of those links to see more kinds of articles like this one.

No Tipping Safety Sign Sticker

Most people do know where their local tip is. Most people.

Some don’t – which is why we produce a line of safety sign stickers just for that purpose, to warn people that tipping is prohibited – the does seem pretty clear as to what it means.

These stickers, 100mm diameter, are easy to figure out what the symbol means (it really isn’t that hard), easy to peel off the backing, and easy to apply to a flat (or curved) surface.

This style of sign belongs to the e-commerce,stickers categories. Click on one of those links to see more kinds of articles like this one.

 

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