New Image for Sign Supplies

On April 7^th Sign Supplies Ltd, New Zealand’s most trusted supplier to the Sign, Print and Display industry, will rebrand including a change of name.

Signwriters Supplies will change its name to Sign Supplies Ltd and will introduce a new corporate image starting with the logo included in this article.

The Company began supplying the industry in 1982 and was incorporated into a Company in 1985. Sign Supplies Ltd now employs 18 people and has expanded to include branches in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

As the leading supplier to the industry, Sign Supplies Ltd has five product segments: Graphic Vinyl, Digital Print Media, Display Equipment, Engraving & Permanent Marking and Paint Products.

The name change was implemented to better represent the company in the market and the previous logo and company image were over 15 years old so it was necessary to modernise and update.

Johnny Mac Champion Again!!

John McIntyre has clinched the NZV8 title for the second year in a row. The championship is over yet one round remains at the Hamilton 400 as a support race for the V8 Supercars.

Since our last newsletter reached you in February, there has been 3 more rounds of the NZV8 Championship. The JMR Team began that period leading the championship and looking to consolidate or extend this lead.

Round 4 saw John and his team heading to Manfield. John finished 4th in the first race before placing 2nd in the second race less than a second behind the winner. In the final reverse-grid race John started from near the back to finish 7th. These results saw John on the podium again with a 3rd overall for the weekend.

Next round was at Timaru. The weekend got off to a good start with the JMR car finishing a close second in the first race. John stepped it up a peg in the second race and no other driver could keep up as he blitzed the field by a big margin of 7 seconds. With good points already for the round John could afford to be conservative in the final reverse-grid race and finished 13th and ahead of his nearest rival. This gave the round win to Johnny Mac and set the team up with a good lead heading into the final round at Teretonga.

The round at Teretonga was almost a disaster for the JMR team. John recorded his first ever Did Not Finish in the NZV8s as engine failure saw them fail to complete the race. The team worked hard overnight and had a new engine in the car for the next race where John started from last on the grid and drove conservatively to finish 15th.

The last race was the reverse grid race and starting from near the front the field had no chance to catch Johnny Mac who streaked away and won the race easily and in the process clinched the NZV8 Championship title.

Final points were 1004 to John, ahead of Angus Fogg in his Falcon with 977 points and Kayne Scott with 932 points, also in a Falcon, completing a Ford top 3 for the season.

From all the team at Sign Supplies we would like to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to John and his team for a thoroughly deserved second NZV8 Championship win.

Company News New Staff Members Sign Supplies have welcomed two new members to the team recently. Firstly, Nigel Hextall has joined the company as the GMS Technical Sales Representative based in Auckland. Nigel has a background in machine sales and has recently returned to NZ from Australia. Secondly, Anthony Ale joins our warehouse team in the customer services area. Make sure to say hello to Nigel and Anthony next time you call by our Auckland store.   New Gravograph M20 Machines   Clamp plate with self centering vice 0.051mm repeatability, 99mm x 99mm engraving area Red laser beam pointer Compact size and light weight of 8kg M20 The new Gravograph M20 marking system is ideal for watches, bracelets, ID badges, small signs, industrial tags and identification. Features include a self centering clamp vice, point n’ shoot function using red laser beam pointer and easy to use software. M20 The M20 Pix is essentially the same build and composition as the M20 but it engraves pictures/text using the percussion method. Diamond marking ensures a long lasting image which will not wear off and uneven surfaces can even be engraved upon. This machine is the machine for engraving images and high-quality continuous line text and logos in the same print job. Please contact Nigel on 09 525 6370 for information and prices on these machines.