Ensuring Success in Graphic Installation

• Vehicle and fleet wraps, which ensure proficiency on the complex contours and deep channels found on vehicles, as well as rivets and other features found on semi-trailers. 
• Architectural films (windows, walls, and floors), which show installation experience and excellence for retail and commercial settings. 
• Architectural films (resurfacing), which shows installation experience with resurfacing films, such as 3M DI-NOC.

In today’s printing industry, where inter-segment convergence and the need to tap new opportunities has printing companies branching into new areas, strong connections with qualified graphics installers can facilitate market access. Not only are graphics producers and others accessing professional graphics installers to add to their roster of capabilities, they also are forming networks of installers to expand their reach. “Wide-format producers can ship the printed material to the location of the install,” Weiss says, “and a certified installer can take it from there, doing it in a way that ensures it will stay in place — without failure — through its expected life.”

Graphics producers seeking qualified installation professionals can search PDAA members at printing.org, under the “tools” link, for free. The search provides contact and other information about member companies, and highlights the areas in which each company is certified. Conversely, for graphics installers, a PDAA listing and proof of certification are ways to let producers know they’re available and fully capable to take the job. It serves as a calling-card of credibility.