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Make Your Creative Visions a Reality:Make Your Creative Visions a Reality:Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Plexiglas® Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Plexiglas®
Acrylic, but Didn't Know to AskAcrylic, but Didn't Know to Ask
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Today’s PresentersToday’s Presenters
Tom DeMain has had an extensive career within the Plexiglas® industry for more than 24 years. Starting out in sales, he currently is the Business Manager at Altuglas International. DeMain has also had a hand in developing new products, some of which are considered standards in today’s retail display industry. Altuglas currently manufactures and markets more than a quarter of the world's production of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) technology.
With more than 10 years experience working with the design team at Best Buy - the world's largest specialty
consumer electronics retailer - Hornblad has contributed to numerous notable projects for the company’s many
different locations, and has also served as a liaison between the company’s business team and multiple manufacturer’s
and fixture vendor teams.
Tom DeMain Business Manager, Altuglas International
Jay Hornblad, Senior Display Designer, Best Buy Inc.’s Experience Development Group
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To provide a basic overview of several transparent plastics that have been used in Retail Design, with a specific, in-depth emphasis on Acrylic
GoalGoal
Agenda•Transparent Plastics in Retail
–Acrylic–Polycarbonate–PETG
•Acrylic–Application Markets–Physical characteristic–Performance Factors
•Plexiglas® in Retail Markets•A Case Study “ Best Buy”•Recent Innovations from Plexiglas® •‘A look to the future’•How can we help?
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Common Transparent Plastics Used in Retail
AcrylicPlexiglas®
Acrylite®
Optix®
PolycarbonateLexan®
Tuffak® Makrolon®
PETG Vivak® Ultros®
Spectar®
++++++++++Color Versatility
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PC
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PETG
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Acrylic
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Glass
Impact Resistance
Optics / Clarity
++++++++++Color Versatility
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PC
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PETG
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Acrylic
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Glass
Impact Resistance
Optics / Clarity
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Transportation
Security
SignAerospace
Construction
Medical
Electronics
Automotive
Wide Range of End MarketsWide Range of End Markets
Retail Light/Optics
ACRYLIC
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Available Options for AcrylicAvailable Options for Acrylic
• Custom Grades• Various Patterns and textures• Wide range of thickness
– .060” to > 2.000” thick• Broad Range of Color Systems
– Transparent – Translucent– Fluorescents– Frosted / Diffusing– Edge Colors / Tints– Opaque– Day/Night
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Day-Night ColorsDay-Night Colors
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CuttingCuttingWhat can you do with Acrylic?What can you do with Acrylic?
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MachiningMachining
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FinishingFinishing
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FormingForming
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FasteningFastening
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WHY are we HERE?WHY are we HERE?
Source CEH
7% CAGR*
*CAGR-Compound Average Growth Rate
Met
ric T
ons
Fabrication
20%
27%
53%
Plexiglas Sheet Market Breakdown
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Acrylic Usage in Retail/ SignageAcrylic Usage in Retail/ Signage
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“The reason we used acrylic was that we wanted a thicker, stable easel to help support the pricing information. The part needed to have a higher end look, and as the acrylic would relatively never receive impacts or stress, acrylic was our best solution.”
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“It was important to have crisp looking parts for a good looking display, with clean, flame polished edges.”
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“…shows a special part created for this display, and combines the upper end look we want from acrylic,”
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“This example uses a bead-blasted clear acrylic to help provide three items.”
1. showcase the Geek brand2. provide privacy for the
technician behind the wall3. allow the technician to
have visibility to the sales floor
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Colors & Patterns
Projection Screens
Edge-Lit Sheets
Optical Effects
Frosted Family
Impact Grades
LED Lighting
Security Barrier
Innovations for Retail/ SignageInnovations for Retail/ Signage
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PlexiglasPlexiglas®® ELIT II ELIT II
Thin Profile
•Slimmer and Sleeker displays
•Enables to meet ADA Requirements
Aesthetics
•No ‘light’ tubes visible to interfere with graphic / image quality
‘Green’ Storyline
•Efficiency
–Better able to utilize energy efficient light systems
•Less materials
–6” to 10” metal case not needed
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Thin Profile
•Slimmer and Sleeker displays
• Enables to meet ADA Requirements
Aesthetics
•No ‘light’ tubes visible to interfere with graphic / image quality
‘Green’ Storyline
•Efficiency
–Better able to utilize energy efficient light systems
•Less materials
–6” to 10” metal case not neededCan be bent for use on a curved surface
•Use on pillar / column
PlexiglasPlexiglas®® ELIT II ELIT II
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Applications for Elit IIApplications for Elit II
Interior PartsAdvertising
P-O-PMenu Boards
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Colors & Patterns
Projection Screens
Edge-Lit Sheets
Optical Effects
Frosted Family
Impact Grades
LED Lighting
Security Barrier
Innovations for Retail/ SignageInnovations for Retail/ Signage
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PlexiglasPlexiglas®® Frosted Frosted
•Dramatic, rich effects while hiding light source•Shatter-resistant and UL listed •Resists scratches•Hides fingerprints and smudges •Virtually maintenance-free •Allows maximum light transmission while diffusing the light
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Colors & Patterns
Projection Screens
Edge-Lit Sheets
Optical Effects
Frosted Family
Impact Grades
LED Lighting
Security Barrier
Innovations for Retail/ SignageInnovations for Retail/ Signage
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Rear Projection ScreensRear Projection Screens
•Exceptional Image quality•Lightweight•Eye catching designs with high stopping power•Easy to cut, drill, rout, finish and cement• Common application areas Digital Signage, Tradeshows and Exhibits
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www.modernisticinc.com
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Colors & Patterns
Projection Screens
Edge-Lit Sheets
Optical Effects
Frosted Family
Impact Grades
LED Lighting
Security Barrier
Innovations for Retail/ SignageInnovations for Retail/ Signage
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PlexiglasPlexiglas®® EdgeFX EdgeFXTMTM
•Dynamic color changing effect •Two eye-catching color combinations•One-side frosted or standard•High-polish finish •Frosted surface hides fingerprints •Fabricates and thermoforms as easily as standard acrylic
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Colors & Patterns
Projection Screens
Edge-Lit Sheets
Optical Effects
Frosted Family
Impact Grades
LED Lighting
Security Barrier
Innovations for Retail/ SignageInnovations for Retail/ Signage
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• Mechanical Modifications – Optics– Colors– Textures
• Processes Combinations – Lamination– Coating– Co-extrusion
• Polymer Combinations– New substrates with
unique properties– Greener Products
What the Future HoldsWhat the Future Holds
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• Mechanical Modifications – Optics– Colors– Textures
• Processes Combinations – Lamination– Coating– Co-extrusion
• Polymer Combinations– New substrates with
unique properties– Greener Products
Art tower
What the Future HoldsWhat the Future Holds
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What the Future HoldsWhat the Future Holds
• Mechanical Modifications – Optics– Colors– Textures
• Processes Combinations – Lamination– Coating– Co-extrusion
• Polymer Combinations– New substrates with
unique properties– Greener Products
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• Recyclable or Reusable Altuglas working with channel partners Laird Plastics [email protected]• Our acrylic development efforts to innovate with other environmentally friendly
advancements continue
Enabler- A primary attribute of acrylic is its ability to enable retailers to use green technologies
•Sustainability
LED Lighting Day-lighting PV (Photovoltaic)
What The Future HoldsWhat The Future Holds
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Available Help from AltuglasAvailable Help from Altuglas
• Customized Webinars• Fabrication seminars• Onsite Design Seminars• Plexiglas web site
www.plexiglas.com– Color chip gallery– Plexiglas Expert System
• Plexiglas® web store– Samples available for ‘mock
up’ displays• Fabrication CD• Color Lab• Development center with pilot
plant capabilities
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