As the signage sector has evolved, sheet material manufacturers and suppliers have adapted to meet the demands of this fast-paced industry. Jemima Codrington spoke to market leaders to learn more about new composites, cutting techniques and market trends that are shaping the industry.
近年来,随着广告标牌业务的发展以及客户对其的要求提高,板材生产商和供应商通过不断升级产品,适应并满足这个快速发展行业日益增长的需求。面对这种现象,杰米玛·科德林顿从市场了解了很多新型复合材料、切割技术以及该行业的一些市场发展趋势等信息,在接下来的文章中会有详细介绍,以供大家参考。
This year, Amari Plastics will be launching Greencast®, a premium branded cast acrylic sheet material that places a focus on both environmental sustainability and superb performance. The product is manufactured in Italy, and made from 100% recycled acrylic. It is designed to look and perform at the same level of standard virgin acrylic sheets, and will be available from fourteen Amari Plastics Service Centres across the UK this year.
今年,Amari将推出全新的Greencast®板材,它属于一种优质品牌的亚克力板材料,其不仅满足环境可持续性发展的要求,同时,还具备出色的性能。该产品在意大利生产制作,由100%可回收丙烯酸材质制作而成,在设计时很注重其外形,且使用时,与标准型天然亚克力板具有同等的效果。另外,从今年开始,该产品会在英国各地销售。
According to Jamie Manifold, UK Supplier Relations and Product Development at Amari Plastics, the product has been a long time in development. “Italian manufacturers Madreperla SPA introduced the product to us three years ago, and now it is a great alternative to traditional acrylic materials,” he says. “Every year in Western Europe, we create 25,000 tonnes of scrap acrylic, either from signage being ripped down, or POS that is removed from stores. Madreperla were looking for a way to reuse this waste to create sheets that perform as a new virgin material, and the result is Greencast®.”
据Amari英国供应商关系及产品开发部门的杰米·曼尼福德表示,该款产品是经过长期研发而生成的产物。他说:“在三年前,意大利生产商Madreperla SPA给我们引进了一款产品,现在,其已发展成为一种传统亚克力材料的替代品。在生产过程,每年都会产生将近25000吨废弃的亚克力材料,有些是标识牌碎屑,而有些则是从商店拆卸下来的POS。为了改善这种现象,Madreperla一直在寻求一种方式,即将这些回收的废料重新制作成全新的板材,就这样,Greencast®板材应运而生。”
The product is made from scrapped material collected from the Northern Italy/Southern Germany area, so even the transport back to the plant is not excessive. There is substantial attention paid to the development of the product, which creates less CO2 than the traditional acrylic manufacturing process.
该产品所需的制作材料全部从意大利北部以及德国南部地区收集,由于量比较大,有时需要将其运送到制作工厂。当前,由于企业对产品的综合性能越来越重视,因此,该款产品与传统亚克力产品相比,其制作过程中产生的CO2少,更加绿色、环保。
There has also been substantial R+D to ensure it looks and performs on par with traditional products. “If you have you two pieces of clear acrylic, one made from virgin materials and one from recycled, you wouldn’t know which was which,” says Jamie. “They are identical in appearance and performance, and the real benefit is that the sheets can be recycled over and over again.” Where other materials may become weakened after being recycled numerous times, this material retains it’s strength, and can still be used to create high-quality signage jobs.
在产品推出之前,要做大量的市场调查及研究,以保证其外形和性能的稳定性。杰米说:“如果拿两个透明亚克力板,其中,一个采用原材料制作,另一个采用回收材料制作,二者的在外观和性能方面是完全区分不出来的,而其最重要的优势在于,后者可以反复的回收再利用。”其他类型的材料经过多次回收使用可能会削弱其原本性能,但这种材料仍能保持最初的属性,并制作出高品质的标牌产品。