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Well I guess we missed Earth Day, but nonetheless we are pleased to announce that we have officially gone green! That's right, our industry leading Sign•Foam product is now manufactured with a minimum of 16% post consumer recycled material. After close to 2 years of R&D in the lab we have found a way to incorporate the plastics from recycled water bottles into our product with absolutely no negative changes to our final product. Now 16% may not sound like much, and we agree it's just a start, but let me put this into some perspective for you. One 4'x8' sheet of 1.5" 15lb. Sign•Foam weighs 60 pounds, 16% of that is 9.6 pounds of recycled plastic. 9.6 pounds of plastic is equal to about 240 plastic water bottles, which mean that for each sheet of Sign•Foam that is sold we are keeping 240 water bottles out of our landfills, and that is good for the environment and good for business. A typical distributors stocking order will use 4000-5000 water bottles worth of recycled plastics and that is something we are very proud of.
This combined with our new lower price, in our opinion make Sign•Foam the industry oldest and most reliable HUD, worth taking another look at.
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I remember the first time I saw that stuff. It was at Rick Glawson's shop and I think the guy that came to show it off was Craig Hunnicut, or something like that. It's come a long way since then.
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6712 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Great to here about companies thinking about the green issue especially in an industry predominately run by petro chemical products. Any chance of distributing to Australia in the future?
-------------------- Dirk Rampling Far South Design South Pambula NSW Posts: 39 | From: South Pambula NSW Australia | Registered: Jun 2008
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I'm very interested in your new product. What are the characteristics. Has it changed very much.
Could I get a small sample?
-------------------- Joe Crumley Norman Sign Company 2200 Research Park Blvd. Norman, OK 73069 Posts: 1428 | From: 2200 Research Park Blvd. | Registered: Sep 2001
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