Tag: formetco

Formetco Software Connects Independents

ATLANTA, Ga. (March 26, 2019) Formetco announces its new enterprise grade F360 CMS software’s open architecture design will connect independent operators, turning many small operations across the country, into a larger group with a stronger voice. F360 allows independent operators access to an array of services that cannot be easily […]

Company of the Day: Premier Signs

Company:  Premier Signs Markets: Minnesota, North Dakota Headquarters: 601 1st St N, PO Box 66, Mentor Minnesota  56736 Phone: 218-637-3000 Email: nick@premiersignsmn.com Premier Signs operates 120 static billboard faces and three digital billboards in Northwest Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota.  The firm also has a signboard and banner business.  The firm […]

Formetco App generates digital sign mockups

Ever wanted to generate a mockup of how a digital billboard will look at a certain location when you are meeting with landowners or city officials.  Formetco’s XD app for the iphone lets you do that. Download the app from the itunes store. Open the Xpand box on the Formetco […]

Formetco Doubling Digital Production Facility

Formetco is pleased to announce it is doubling the size of its digital production facility, dubbed “Digital Campus,” to accommodate the company’s growing number of projects. Digital Campus is the facility where Formetco, the nation’s leading outdoor advertising manufacturer and supplier, assembles, tests and packages its LED video displays before shipping […]

Backup Power Options For Digital Billboards

Insider has a regular reader who works as a Permits Coordinator for the Department of Transportation in a western state.  He posed us the following question: In transportation, over the last 20 years, the majority of traffic signals in our area have transitioned to LED. During this transition, they have become […]

Company of the Day: Mahalo Marketing

Company: Mahalo Marketing Headquarters: 4005 Nine McFarland Dr, Suite 200, Alpharetta, GA  30004 Phone: 404-681-9700 Email: sjones@mahalomarketinginc.com Mahalo Marketing, Inc. acquires, develops and manages outdoor advertising assets in and around Atlanta, Georgia.  The firm is a member of the OAAA, Geopath and the Outdoor Advertising Association of Georgia.  Mahalo Marketing was started in 1994 […]

Shimmin on Digital Billboard Security

Insider heard reports this week that a digital billboard in the northwest got hacked.   We asked Formetco’s Jim Shimmin to talk about digital billboard security. Jim, how do Independent Billboard Operators protect their digital billboards from being hacked? The two most important things are Network Security and Password Security. Network […]

Formetco Celebrates 50 Years of Business With Customer Appreciation Event

DULUTH, Ga. (December 27, 2018) On Dec. 6, Formetco celebrated its 50th anniversary by inviting its customers to a special appreciation event to celebrate. The milestone event included a 5-piece band with two singers, a magician, performances by Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton impersonators, an 18-ft. bar with an aerialist […]

Dick Estus on 60 years in OOH

Dick Estus has built and sold hundreds of billboards in the course of a 60 year career in the out of home business.  He currently owns 1 digital billboard and 2 static billboards in Savannah Georgia.  Estus was recently featured as the 300th independent digital billboard customer of Formetco.   Insider […]

Jock Gibb on Formetco’s 50th Anniversary

Last Thursday Insider attended a party in Duluth, GA celebrating Formetco’s 50th anniversary.  Formetco’s VP Sales Jock Gibb gave a remarkable speech reviewing the company’s 50 years and recognizing the contributions of his father John Gibb, EVP Corporate Relations.  Here are excerpts from Jock’s speech.  Companies like Formetco make Insider […]