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 2010, page 1

Engraved Labels

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Engraved Sign 40

The beauty of engraved labels is that they are useful for so many applications! The picture displays the engraved labels in their last part of the journey from manufacture to customer – right at the point of packing.

Each engraved label is being paired with it’s own set of locks and keys, and then packed.

This particular set of engraved labels can also be considered to be a form of because of the wording on the label.

This style of sign belongs to the engraved labels category. Click on that link to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Christmas Break

We are coming up to the end of the year and it’s the time when nearly all of us go into hibernation for a week or so and celebrate Christmas with our friends and family.

So first off, as we have mentioned, Happy Christmas!

Secondly, we want to say that we will be shutting down for the Christmas break tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd Dec) at 12 midday. We will reopen on Tuesday 4th January 2011 at 8:30am.

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and look forward to seeing you or talking to you, in the New Year.

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Happy Christmas from GRS!

All of us at GRS would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!

It’s hard to believe that the year has gone by so quickly, and here we are again, all ready for the holidays. This time however, there is a real chance of a white Christmas, whether that’s a good thing or not is yet to be determined!

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Bespoke Engraved Sign

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Bespoke Sign 58

Isn’t that a beautiful sign? This engraving is a solid piece of dark grey slate, which has been carefully engraved and paint-filled with a rich silver colour to leave us with this truly stunning engraved sign.

Slate is not a material that is widely used for signs, which is a great pity since it has such a wonderful appearance. It is a more expensive material, certainly, but it can be used in many situations where are now used.

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

Mirrored Bespoke Sign

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Bespoke Sign 59

Creating unique signs is something we do every day, we design and create signs for every customer, for small projects and large ones.

This beautiful bespoke sign was created for the Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit (you can see the lettering in black ). The back panel is , with the text created from as mentioned.

The central design that stands off from the mirrored section is also , with some perspex for the heart design.

Is this kind of bespoke sign something you’re interested in? Give us a call on 01507 609485 and ask and we’ll help you get the unique sign for you or your business.

This style of sign belongs to the bespoke signs category. Click on that link to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Dual Purpose Safety Sign

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Safety Sign 43

Aside from the obviousness of the safety sign here, it has two purposes: the prohibition (in red) on the top, and the mandatory (in blue) on the bottom. There is also the clear corporate name and logo on the top and the notice of what it is and where it is – the factory entrance!

This style of sign is ubiquitous especially in industrial estates, but it does need to be big and near where people pass, so the message can be understood.

The material this safety sign is constructed from is , a versatile and widely used material, covered with the design.

This style of sign belongs to the safety signs category. Click on that link to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Double-Sided Road Sign

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Road Sign 19

Road signs tell us everything we need to know, or could possibly want to know, about the road ahead of us. Many of them are red warning signs, triangular in shape, telling us of something in the road ahead.

Road sign sizes tend to be standardised, 600mm in width, and usually placed on poles. However that is not always the case, and sometimes we have to place them elsewhere. This one, a double-sided zebra-crossing warning sign, is placed on the safety barrier.

This style of sign belongs to the road signs category. Click on that link to see more kinds of articles like this one.

Colour-Coded Wayfinding Sign

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Wayfinding Sign 47

Colour coding works well for large wayfinding signs like this one. Each section represents a part of the industrial park as you can see and as you can see on the sign itself, reading, ‘All areas are colour coded to help you navigate your way around the estate’.

The sign is constructed using . The design itself is created using , printing directly onto vinyl and then a further protective layer of vinyl.

This style of sign belongs to the wayfinding signs category. Click on that link to see more kinds of articles like this one.