MAPS  -  CHARTS  -  RENDERINGS  -  SIGNS  -  PARADE GRAPHICS  -  PHOTOS  -  PROPS (CUT-OUTS TOO)  -  SHOW MATERIALS  -  PANELS FOR INTERIOR DESIGN   -  OLD DRAWINGS

Much of our work goes into building maps and drawings in a CAD environment, for the most part intangible.  Upon completion of such projects, many clients want to go further than getting "file prints".  Municipalities especially want wall maps to complete the steps customary to updating municipal maps.  Our Mounting, laminating and framing services address those products.  Wall maps provide the viewer with much information about a municipality.  The CAD preprinting selections allow us to incorporate as much, or a little, of the file information desired.  Generally the streets, property lines and water features are considered standard base map information.  From that point, the customer may want to add zoning designations, voter districts, utility information or parcel I.D. numbers in a combination they desire.  Below you can see how the Village of Kohler incorporated a large wall map into the setting of their Board Room.

Over the years we have used many methods to adhere large maps to a variety of backings.  Today we have standardized that portion (mounting) by using "Printmount" and "Gator Board".  This combination provides presentation quality and light weight results.  Other special order options that have been used for customized purposes are sheet metal (for magnetic applications), flexible plastics for graphics that need to curve or bend.

The final touch we make to a mounted item can be framing.  TAC has many colors to choose from and all are of high quality aluminum Nielsen Frames.  The finished product will have either a tempered glass front or a satin laminate instead of glass.

We also have laminating capabilities and will provide this alternative to glass for protecting graphics.  Single sided or double sided (encapsulating) laminating is another service this department can handle.  This type of laminating is done on items that do not have a rigid or thick backing.  The reason the customer may do this type of laminating is so the item can be rolled up for easy transport to meetings or presentations.  Encapsulating old drawings for preservation purposes is very popular and makes the repaired drawing easy to put back into flat files without significantly affecting the amount of drawer space needed.