- Fabrics, you can easily fold and reuse.  They have a greater durability and shelf life to that of vinyl which will eventually crack, kink or peel

- You can use new environmentally friendly fabric substrates instead of oil  based vinyl substrates. TFCN offers a new line of environmentally friendly print substrates include PolyEco:

  -  Unlike most recycled fabric options which are a slightly yellow tone, PolyEco  provides a bright white opacity. This provides optimal image quality and "POP".  Just because you choose green doesn't mean sacrificing image quality.

  -PolyEco is made from 100% post-consumer recycled pop bottles. 

 -PolyEco is the highest quality 100% recycled fabric available on the market  today. 

 - Ability to be used in trade show displays, banner stands, custom exhibits, retail  interiors, etc.

  -    Reasonably priced alternative to tradtional polyester fabrics or vinyl substrates.

Fabrics are substantially lighter than vinyl banners.  As much as 30 to 60% lighter dependent on the type of fabric that your choose.  You can save not only cost on shipping weight but reduce your overall carbon footprint due to the reduced weight.

Fabric printing is not only used for indoor either.  There are many outdoor options availiable including lightweight fence wrap, outdoor waterproof fabric banner and of course traditional flags and vertical banners.  Realistically large format digital fabric printing is ideal for all the same applications as vinyl banners and signs, with the added benefit of environmental and monitary savings due to reduced weight, environmentally friendly fabric options, reuse and longevity.

TFCN's next post will be regarding your ability to re-purpose fabric prints to form a graphic program that will never hit the landfill.  

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 (November 2010) TFCN is thrilled to announce, The Look Company, sister company to TFCN, took home the Silver award at this years 4^th Annual International Sports Event Management Awards held in London, England earlier this month. The Look Company won this prestigious internationally recognized award for their outstanding performance and dedication at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games, under the “Event Look” category. The “Event Look Award” is awarded to the most effectively defined event that captures the “spirit of the Games”, inside and outside the games venues.

 “It was one thing to be a part of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, but to be nominated and win Silver within such a prestigious category is truly an honor for the whole team.” Says Scott Anderson, President and COO of TFCN. “It’s an exciting time for us here, a lot of long hours and hard work went into this monumental event and it’s wonderful to be able to share this award with everyone that was involved.”    

 TFCN on behalf of The Look Company produced over 85 Kilometers of vibrant, digitally printed fence fabric (fence scrim), over 12, 000 street banners & indoor banners custom printed on Nycron™ polyester fabric (an enhancement from traditional nylon flag material), as well as all the HD Printed on-camera media treatments for the 2010 Vancouver Games. TFCN executed all of the digital fabric printing and finishing for this celebrated engagement. The Look Company and TFCN were awarded the business by the 2010 Olympic Committee based on their vibrant image quality that is second-to-none and their proven capabilities and expertise to handle all of the fabric printing volumes and requirements for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

For more Information Contact:

Matthew Morris

Marketing Communications

The Look Group of Companies
Tel: (705) 431 8000

E-mail: matt@thelookteam.com

TFCN is a division of The Look Group. Our sister company, The Look Company, has utilized our products and services extensively in being the global market leader for providing Look of the Games solutions for large international sporting events including the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games and many others.

Custom Tension Fabric Structures, POP Up Displays, Table Skirts, Media Backdrops, Fence Scrim, Fence Hoarding, Street Banners, Indoor Hanging Banners, Custom Flags, Flags, Banners

(October 2010) Back in early 2010, TFCN, a Look Group Company caught even more Olympic fever with there contribution to the Bell Ice Cube exhibit in downtown Vancouver. The Bell Ice Cube was created to feature televised Olympic entertainment (past & present), provide product demo’s and even host a daily live show, showcasing current Olympic athletes during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. TFCN worked with Firework Marketing Group, the main designers/builders for this exhibit to create the brilliant back-lit wall application.

“This project truly showcased the powerful and stunning image quality that our Luminous™ back-lit fabric creates and we were delighted that we had the pleasure to take part in this project alongside with Fireworks Marketing Group” Says Scott Anderson, President and COO of TFCN. “For this application, the Luminous™ was back-lit with an LED lighting system that enhanced the vibrancy of the colours and images. Uniquely it has the ability to work with florescent lighting and even natural ambient sunlight to bring images to life as well.”

 Although the Luminous™ back-lit fabric has increasingly become utilized within LED backlit systems for tradeshows and displays, the printed fabric also creates stunning, visual images, virtually anywhere there is natural light. Applications such as window blinds, window displays and sky-lights, virtually anywhere there is natural ambient sunlight to back-light the image”.

This month, Event Design Magazine awarded Fireworks Marketing Group, gold winner within the Best Consumer Event/Exhibit/Environment category for their success with the Bell Ice Cube. TFCN is thrilled to have been a part of this project. Congratulations!!!

For more Information Contact:

Matthew Morris

Marketing Communications

The Look Group of Companies
Tel: (705) 431 8000

E-mail: matt@thelookteam.com

TFCN is a division of The Look Group. Our sister company, The Look Company, has utilized our products and services extensively in being the global market leader for providing Look of the Games solutions for large international sporting events including the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games and many others.

Tension Fabric Structures, Digital Backlit Fabrics, Backlit Signs, Tension Fabric Backlit

At TFCN we have had tremendous success with our PolyWovin HD fabric (non-stretch) for applications such as scroll banners (retractable banner stands), trade show booths, media backdrops (pop up fabric displays), indoor hanging banners and outdoor wall treatments. For PolyWovin HD however, measurements must be precise to achieve the desired fit; taut with the frame.

With PolyWovin it is essential to assemble the frame product to ensure that the specific as-built dimensions of the hardware will properly fit the printed fabric solution. In selected cases, our clients are unable to provide hardware or specific measurements, and as a result we are not able to assure a quality fit.

When these two factors are not met (hardware or precise measurements), TFCN added another fabric to its lineup that provides stretch capabilities that does not distort image quality, PolyStretch HD. This fabric effectively combats our client’s challenges and offers a greater degree of elasticity.  Fabric panels can be finished slightly smaller than the frame dimension and yet easily stretch into place.  After great success with a first generation stretch material, TFCN has introduced its next generation stretch fabric, providing our clients with an even greater brilliance, vibrancy and stretch.  Regardless of whether we have been provided hardware or exact measurements, TFCN is able to provide a fabric panel with confidence knowing that upon installation it will be a successful fit.

Ideally, TFCN prefers to work with hardware on-site in an effort to assure our clients with the best quality print possible, however for those instances we are not assured exact measurements or hardware, we are now in a position to offer our clients a solution.

TFCN was thrilled to participate in the SGIA Expo in fabulous Las Vegas in October. It was truly a beneficial event for us.  We received a terrific response from many clients and prospects throughout the show and enjoyed the many introductions of people and companies within this extensive and exciting industry. From all of us here at TFCN, we would like to thank everyone who was involved at the 2010 SGIA Expo.