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Kelly Signs Installs Esko Kongsberg i-XP24

Kelly Signs, one of the largest sign companies in Eastern Ontario, added an Esko Kongsberg i-XP24 table to its production floor in Ottawa.

Founded in 1947, Kelly Signs today produces a range of applications like real estate and construction signs, trade show displays, banners and vehicle graphics, as well as storefront and building signs, pylon signs and channel letters. The company also has a business unit dedicated to producing large electrical signs.

Kelly Signs operates two silkscreen presses and two flatbed inkjet printers, along with a roll-fed printer. “This is why Kelly Signs has grown into one of the largest real estate sign and full service sign companies around,” said Mark Steinberg, General Manager, Kelly Signs.

“Many years ago, when we were exclusively printing with silkscreen presses, we had purchased a large guillotine cutting table. The majority of our work required square cuts on coroplast, and we could cut that material with no problem at all. Other jobs with different shapes or materials were either outsourced, or we used a band saw, jigsaw or other tools,” continued Steinberg. “Cutting a 4 x 8-foot plywood starburst could take as long as an hour. We could not necessarily justify the cost of a digital finishing table based on the other tools and work we had, but over time we felt that in order to grow our business and take it to the next level, it was time to move forward”.

Steinberg explains the decision to purchase a Kongsberg i-XP 24 was largely based on the company’s need to handle a wide range of work, from vinyl to basically all substrates. With a maximum working area of 66 x 126 inches and a maximum speed of 66 inches per second, the i-XP series can convert a variety of board, sheet and roll materials.