COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS EDITORIAL ROBIN DONOVAN editor-in-chief robin.donovan@stmediagroup.com MARK KISSLING managing editor mark.kissling@stmediagroup.com GRANT FREKING associate editor grant.freking@stmediagroup.com DAREK JOHNSON editor-at-large darek.johnson@stmediagroup.com CONTRIBUTORS LOUIS M. BRILL louismbrill@gmail.com VINCE CAHILL vince@vcesolutions.com LAURA PETERS 10 lpeters40@gmail.com DESIGN AND PRODUCTION JEFF RUSS senior art director jeff.russ@stmediagroup.com LINDA VOLZ production supervisor COLUMNS linda.volz@stmediagroup.com SALES & MARKETING 8 FROM THE EDITOR MURRAY KASMENN senior vp/group publisher BY ROBIN DONOVAN murray.kasmenn@stmediagroup.com (770) 578-2577 More in store AT LARGE SANDI LUPPERT 18 BY DAREK JOHNSON Fast(er) money TECH REVIEW 22 BY CHRIS AND KATHI MORRISON Signmaking composites LEDS + LIGHTING 24 BY LAURA PETERS An unforgettable feature VEHICLES + VINYL 28 BY MARK KISSLING 28 sandi.luppert@stmediagroup.com LOUIS ARNEBERG senior market strategist lou.arneberg@stmediagroup.com (800) 654-5169 JIM KARWOWSKI senior market strategist DEPARTMENTS ST UPDATE jim.karwowski@stmediagroup.com (630) 474-4038 10 KAREN JONES BY GRANT FREKING senior market strategist New York City's vanishing storefront signage, shield-inspired military signs and more CORPORATE NEW PRODUCTS Details, details marketing director TEDD SWORMSTEDT 62 president BY GRANT FREKING STEVE DUCCILLI AdamsTech channel letter bender, Roland DGA RIP software and more ADVERTISING INDEX LAST LOOK BY JEFF RUSS Stout and about 4 SIGNS OF THE TIMES JULY 2017 96 karen.jones@stmediagroup.com (843) 697-3802 95 senior vp, content TOD SWORMSTEDT American Sign Museum CHRISTINE BALOGA audience development director CUSTOMER SERVICE (877) 494-0727 signsofthetimes@omeda.com