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If you haven’t worked with us before you may wonder why our pricing may be a little higher than other wholesale fabricators. Well, we thought we’d just address that elephant in the room with a few reasons why.

In a nut­shell, it comes down to 2 things: Mate­ri­als and Details.

MATE­RI­ALS

No thin gauge sheet met­al. We use .090 or thick­er alu­minum or steel as the main com­po­nents in our signs. There­fore, there’ll be no oil-cam­ming, waves or bumps in sign faces that come from us.

No sub-par com­po­nents. We don’t go the cheap route when it comes to acrylic, vinyl, paint, and LEDs. We pay a pre­mi­um for qual­i­ty because that is what our clients need and expect from us. It’s impor­tant for the life­time of the sign and the hap­pi­ness of the end client. Expand­ing faces, peel­ing vinyl or paint, and crap­py LEDs won’t be hap­pen­ing on our watch.

No vis­i­bly exposed screw heads. Con­cealed fas­ten­ing attach­ments is the only way to go. This is the true test of an archi­tec­tur­al sign ver­sus a com­mer­cial sign. It takes a lit­tle more to look great out there.

DETAILS

Con­struc­tion con­cept designs. The ini­tial idea is every­thing. Design­ers work hand in hand with clients to cre­ate a con­cept that both achieves the goals of the project (specs, code, bud­get, etc) and can be con­struct­ed.  ​“Design is not just what it looks like. Design is how it works.” -Steve Jobs

Full pro­duc­tion draw­ings. These are cre­at­ed by our in-house design­ers to show every detail of the con­struc­tion of the sign. Seams, access pan­els, struc­tur­al integri­ty, pow­er sup­plies, LED loca­tions, wind-load etc. It’s impor­tant to cre­ate high-qual­i­ty con­struc­tion draw­ings for our clients to ensure the final prod­uct is what they expect. 

UL, it’s not just a mark. Image First™ is a UL list­ed shop. We under­go peri­od­ic inspec­tions of both signs that are in pro­duc­tion and rou­tine fac­to­ry com­pli­ance to keep up with the UL stan­dards. Learn more about UL 48 here.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion. Our team prides itself on effec­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tion before and dur­ing man­u­fac­tur­ing, and after instal­la­tion. We stand behind our prod­ucts because it’s the right thing to do.