Tag: tariffs

Prismview’s Szczepaniak on Tariffs and Trends in Digital Billboard Design

­­­ Today’s podcast guest is Don Szczepaniak, President and CEO of Prismview, a Samsung Electronics company which manufactures indoor and outdoor display products including digital billboards.  Don talks about what Prismview has done to reduce the impact of tariffs and trends in digital billboard design.  To receive a free Prismview […]

More China Tariffs

Prepare for a price increase on your Chinese-imported LED’s and digital billboards.  This week the Trump administration proposed a new 10% tariff on  a 195 page list of chinese imports.     Here’s the tariff picture in three numbers. $426 billion.  Chinese imports to the US. $34 billion.  Chinese imports subject to […]

Tariffs in effect on Chinese LED’s

If you’re buying a digital billboard soon you might want to ask your digital billboard company what impact, if any, will occur from the imposition of the first round of Chinese tariffs. LED’s, the building block for digital billboards, were on the list of items which faced a 25% import […]

Pending Tariff Impacts Digital Billboards.

“No one in the US makes LED’s so what the hell are we protecting.”  – A US digital billboard manufacturer on the impending LED tariff. The escalating US-China trade war may be coming to a digital billboard near you.  Earlier this week the Trump administration released an updated list of […]

Tariffs and Out of Home

The Trump Administration has implemented a 25% tariff on imported steel and a 10% tariff on aluminum.  Argentina, Brazil, Canada, the European Union and South Korea are exempt from the tariff.   Insider talked with some sign fabricators and digital billboard makers about the impact of the tariff.   Here’s what he […]