New Online Store!

We are now offering a subset of our signage for sale in our new online store at shop.bestsigns.com! We are going to be adding more and more products to the store over time so check back often.

Best Sign Systems, a Company to Watch

We are happy to share that Best Sign Systems was recognized with distinction among privately-held, growth-focused companies, as a Colorado Company to watch. This year, more than 250 companies were nominated for consideration to represent the state and 50 were chosen as winners.

The Companies to Watch awards program was developed by the Edward Lowe Foundation in recognition of those companies that are enriching communities and creating jobs and opportunities for many Colorado families.

We are honored to be recognized with this distinction and look forward to serving the members of our community.

Now Offering 169 Standard Colors

Best Now offers 169 standard colors. This includes over 100 Matthews paint colors, including metallic colors - 20 standard material colors and 38 ink colors for select product raised characters and graphics. Matthews is widely recognized as the leading paint provider to the signage industry for its’ quality, stability and low impact on the environment. Using Matthews paints and color systems, Best can accurately match any PMS or custom color.

These new color charts will not be available until May, 2009. Please fill out the request below to reserve yours now.

Download a Color Reference Guide
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New Graphic Blast Brochure

We are pleased to announce the release of our new Graphic Blast brochure. If you are a designer or specifier, you’ll appreciate the simplicity in selecting the right Best product for your target facility based on design, performance and flexibility. Graphic Blast, our flagship product, has been widely specified in Schools, Hospitals and Public environments for more than 20 years. Although economical, there is no sacrificing design capabilities or performance. Virtually any material can be etched to reveal ada compliant raised characters and graphics with our proven, proprietary blasting process. Our Graphic Blast offering is now organized by materials including: MP, Fiberglass, Wood and other custom materials.

Please download a PDF version of our brochure today.

A LEED on Green Construction

Graphic Blast - Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certified

Best Sign Systems is committed to products and manufacturing processes that address green construction requirements and contribute to a more sustainable future. Over 50% of Best Sign Systems’ sold products are composed of recycled and rapidly renewable materials. We invite you to consider our Graphic Blast MP product when specifying a LEED building.

About LEED

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System ® provides a national standard for what constitutes a “green building.”  Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, it is used as a measurable tool to improve occupant well being and environmental sustainability.

LEED Rating Systems classify entire building projects and are based on numerous categories including Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, and Energy & Atmosphere. Individual building materials may contribute to categories such as Materials & Resources, Environmental Quality, and Innovation & Design.  High-pressure laminates used by BEST Sign Systems can contribute to the following credits under the LEED Rating System, Version 2.1 and the LEED Rating System for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI).

Materials and Resources:

Resource Reuse - Credit 3.1 and 3.2 (2 points possible)
Due to their durability and long life cycle, the solid phenolic laminates and high -pressure decorative laminate components can be salvaged and reused in new construction or building renovation.

Local/Regional Materials - Credit 5.1 and 5.2 (2 points possible)
Building products “manufactured” within a 500-mile radius of a project meet this requirement.  “Manufacturing” is defined as the place of final assembly.  Since the high-pressure laminates must be fabricated and/or assembled, they will likely qualify as a local/regional material.

Rapidly Renewable Materials - Credit 6 (1 point possible)
High-pressure laminates are engineered to perform successfully in component panels manufactured with rapidly renewable substrates including wheatboards and strawboards.

Indoor Environmental Quality

Low Emitting Materials - Credit 4.5 (1 point possible)
The high-pressure decorative laminates are GREENGUARD INDOOR AIR QUALITY CERTIFIED products that have demonstrated low chemical and particulate emissions.

Raw Materials

• The construction of the laminate product is composed chiefly of resin and paper products
• Raw material suppliers maximize postindustrial recycled materials in their processes.  For instance, our suppliers only use renewable forest products and are actively planting more trees than are harvested to create the paper pulp.  No rain forest timber or tropical hardwoods are used in laminate.
• In the supplied paper products, there is approximately 40% recovered paper by weight.
• Many suppliers are involved in programs to certify that their supplied products are environmentally responsible.  For instance, Westvaco (supplier of kraft paper) has been awarded the National Geographic Society’s Chairman’s Award for Resource Conservation and Education.
• Our products do not contain, nor are they manufactured with, ozone-depleting substances.

Manufacturing

• Most solid wastes that can be recycled are sold to other industries and used off site.
• Water used in manufacturing for cooling purposes is recycled.
• Heat from the incineration of laminate dust (from sanding) and the incineration of fumes released during resin treatment of paper are used to produce steam for the manufacturing plant that has substantially reduced energy use.

Architect’s Sample Pack

Best Sign Systems is now offering a free Architect’s Sample Pack of its new ada-sign product “Lucent” to Architects, Environmental Graphic Designers and other specifying or purchasing agents. The new Architect’s Pack provides a tactile “hands-on” means of experiencing and appreciating the design subtleties and quality of this highly sought after technology in a convenient marketing kit. The Architect’s Sample Pack includes a Lucent Sample and brochure with comprehensive information about the features and configuration options of the product.

To request a sample now, just fill out our convenient online form and a pack will be shipped to you within the next 10 business days.

New ADA-Signs & Services

We’re making a lot of changes at Best. In addition to new ADA-Sign products, we’re adding a new website and new marketing capabilities to Best support our dealer network across the United States and the customers that they serve. Our new website will showcase our products and provide easy-to-acess specifications and support information.

In August, Best will debut a new feature offering complimentary samples direct from our website for Architects and Specifiers. Please stay tuned.

ImPressions! Perfect for Schools

This new ada technology provides for a virtually indestructable, ada sign. No attached letters, graphics or braille to be picked off by curious passers-by. The end product is a single piece sign thermoformed from an engineered, impact-resistent thermoplastic. Durability without sacrificing design flexibility. Integral surface-texturing formed during the manufacturing process provides for an innovative look offering slate, stipple or matte textures that resist fingerprints and excessive handling that would otherwise damage the sign and compromise the brand of the facility.

School administrators love it because it offers a uniquely tailored appearance and low replacement costs. 

Find out more about impressions

Lucent! New ADA-Sign Product

We’re pleased to announce the release of our newest designer ADA product, Lucent! Our new technology and product-system offers the ability to simulate a variety of glass and glass-like applications with the use of translucent materials and raised characters and graphics that meet the most current and rigid ADA guidelines.

What architects and designers love about this product.

• A tremendous amount of design flexibility in shapes, sub-surface color, surface texturing and fine graphic detailing like bevels and polished edges.
• The contemporary and upscale look of green-edge glass with many times the durability of glass
• The sign is formed in a single, nearly indestructible piece which means it can withstand high-traffic environments such as Hotels, Hospitals and Universities.

See more about Lucent