Tag: formetco

Jim Poage on Pending Covid Vaccination Rules

Last month the Biden administration proposed rules to require companies with more than 100 employees to mandate vaccines or require weekly covid testing.  The rules could impact two-thirds of private sector workers.  Billboard Insider talked with Formetco Safety Director Jim Poage  to get his insight on how this enforcement may […]

The Wisdom of John Arnold on Digital Billboards

Arnold Outdoor founder John Arnold has learned a lot in a 21 year career in the Out of Home business.  Last week he talked about hiring, permits and easements.  This week he talks about digital billboards. Digital billboards. I have 3 and was just permitted for the 4th.  It’s a […]

Updated Company of the Day: Arthur Outdoor

We featured Arthur Outdoor as our company of the day Wed but James Douglas has updated us on several new developments at the company so we are rerunning them today. Company:  Arthur Outdoor Markets: Georgia Headquarters: Rome, Georgia Phone: 706-512-0620 Email:  jdouglas@arthuroutdoor.com Arthur Outdoor was founded in 2017 by James and Samuel Douglas. The company […]

Formetco On The Semiconductor Shortage

Our recent interview on steel prices with Jon Odom at Productivity Fabricators created a good deal of feedback including updates on other components and raw material shortages from manufacturers serving OOH.  Formetco noted that most digital devices use chips and that the chip shortage is impacting digital billboards.  Insider spoke […]

Formetco Announces The Formetco Select Safety Equipment Product Line

The Only Comprehensive Safety Packages Selected and Designed for Billboard Workers Duluth, GA: Formetco announces today the launch of the Formetco Select Safety Equipment Product line, the first and only comprehensive safety packages specifically designed for outdoor advertising professionals. Billboard Operators can now purchase all-inclusive safety equipment to outfit new […]

Company of the Day: Venture Outdoor

Company: Venture Outdoor Advertising Markets: Missouri Headquarters: 15664 Barton St., Overland Park, KS  66221 Phone: 913-730-8353 Venture Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant with 115 faces in Missouri.  The company was started in 2013 by Randy Jackson.  Prior to starting Venture, Jackson was a VP for CBS Outdoor in Los Angeles […]

The SignValue/Billboard Insider 2021 List of OOH Lenders

Out of Home financing is a specialized form of finance.  To save you the time and trouble of having to educate your lender on the ins and out of out of home here’s an alphabetical list of 51 out of home lenders prepared by SignValue and Billboard Insider.   We’ve included […]

Details on the Tiffin Metals Billboard Division Sale to Formetco

Yesterday Billboard Insider wrote about Tiffin Metals exit from the billboard business via a sale of the billboard division to Formetco. We talked with Matt Dysard, CEO of Tiffin and Matt Xander, CEO of Formetco to get more details. Matt Dysard, why did Tiffin decide to exit the billboard business? […]

Tiffin Metal Products Announces Sale of Billboard Division to Formetco

March 9, 2021, Tiffin, Ohio – Tiffin Metal Products announces the sale of its Outdoor Advertising Products Division to Formetco, Inc. of Duluth, GA. Tiffin will transfer the production of Outdoor Advertising products to Formetco. The deal officially closed on March 8, 2021. Both parties’ sales and engineering departments are […]