MACtac Graphic Products has added an easy-to-use pressure-sensitive adhesive media to its IMAGin® B-free® Gruv™ portfolio. IMAGin B-free Gruv GV429R is the first air egress media in the bubble-free product line specifically designed not just for easy application but also for easy, clean removal from a variety of surfaces.

IMAGin B-free Gruv GV429R is ideal for outdoor medium-term advertising and promotions on flat or simple curved surfaces. It is intended for use in applications such as wall murals, point-of-purchase (POP) displays, and indoor and outdoor signage.

“We wanted to provide a product for our customers who are looking for an easy-to-apply and easy-to-remove media for large graphics,” said Mary Ann Kucera, marketing manager, MACtac Graphic Products. “So, we focused on air egress when developing IMAGin B-free Gruv GV429R. It’s easy to install and remove from a wide range of surfaces. Plus, the product has an outdoor durability of four years, which further contributes to its versatility.”

IMAGin B-free Gruv GV429R features a B-free air egress removable, opaque, acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive. It can be applied and removed from most latex-painted walls and many other well-maintained surfaces for up to a year after application without the need for heat or chemicals.

IMAGin B-free Gruv GV429R is a 3.0-mil gloss, PVC film designed for solvent and ultraviolet (UV) inkjet printing. The product is also suitable for most other wide-format processes, including eco-solvent, solvent screen and UV screen inkjet printing. The product is supplied with a 98# polycoated liner.

The full line of MACtac Graphic Products: IMAGin, PERMACOLOR, MACmark and REBEL provides a pressure-sensitive solution for every signage need. Whatever technology–wide-format digital printing, mounting and laminating, CAS or screen printing–MACtac has you covered.

3M Commercial Graphics played an important role in the recent 3M Championship Golf Tournament, creating and installing a custom-designed wrap for an EZ-Go RXV golf cart that was the prize in a sweepstakes.

The golf cart wrap was designed and printed by Vomela and featured the 12 Post-it® Products Greats of Golf. The wrap was created using Controltac brand wrap film with Comply brand v3 adhesive IJ380Cv3 and Scotchcal brand gloss overlaminate 8580, all from 3M. The cart was signed by 10 of the Post-it® Products Greats of Golf on hand for the tournament, including Gene Littler, Andy North, Dave Stockton, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Lee Trevino, David Graham, Al Geiberger, Don January, Miller Barber and Arnold Palmer.

Palmer drew the name of the winner on the 18th hole at the tournament, selecting Ham Lake, Minn., resident Chuck Forare. The win was especially lucky for Forare, who spends winters in Green Valley, Ariz., where golf carts are street legal.

“They did an awesome job on the wrap,” said Forare. “It’s beautiful.”

This year was the 19th anniversary of the tournament, which was held in August at the TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn. The tournament expects to donate $1.3 million this year to charity, and has raised over $17.5 million since 1993.

For more information about Controltac brand wrap film with Comply brand v3 adhesive IJ380Cv3 and Scotchcal brand gloss overlaminate 8580 from 3M, visit http://bit.ly/r4Yem5 or http://bit.ly/qOrwKX.

Avery Dennison announced today that a variety of Avery Dennison digital media products, which are used to wrap, brand and decorate vehicles and buildings, were used to help transform the athletic facility at Ingraham High School, in Seattle, Washington, in the second episode of the ESPN original series RISE UP.

RISE UP tells the story of four communities coming together to renovate their respective local high school athletic facilities with help from ESPN. The series started on Tuesday, September 13 with the transformation of the athletic facility at Wellston High School in Ohio. RISE UP Seattle aired Tuesday, September 20, showing the renovation of Ingraham High School’s original, 1959 gymnasium.

ESPN announced in June that Ingraham’s gymnasium, with floors and bleachers that date back to the year the school opened, had been selected as one of four schools to receive an athletic facility renovation this year. The facility, which had no hot water for post-game showers and a weight room filled with 1970’s-vintage ‘Let’s Get Physical’ videos and equipment, hasn’t kept student spirit down, though. Ingraham, a school of 1,051 students just seven miles from the Seattle space needle, has been honored for sportsmanship four years in a row.

RISE UP Seattle tapped Ingraham alumni Greg Root, president of SuperGraphics, a Seattle-based visual communications company that specializes in decor and branded solutions for event and retail environments, to help with the makeover.  Root played football at Ingraham and went on to play on the varsity Western Washington University football team.

“I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to help improve the athletic facilities at my alma mater,” said Root. “Ingraham truly is a special school and I learned so much about becoming a leader and athlete playing on the high school football team.”

SuperGraphics, a division of GM Nameplate, often uses Avery Dennison products to create graphics for its clients. “Avery Dennison products are top-of-the-line and I knew they would be a great fit for this project,” added Root.

“Avery Dennison is proud to support SuperGraphics and the Ingraham school community in this inspirational project,” said Todd Hain, marketing communications manager, Avery Dennison Graphics and Reflective Solutions. “Avery Dennison digital media products were used to create new graphics for the athletic facility’s bleachers, floors and windows that feature the school’s colors (blue, white and gray), insignia and mascot, the ram.”

High-quality Avery Dennison calendered films, MPI 2923, produced high-impact, colorful graphics and were protected with DOL 2070 to ensure long-term durability. “With Avery Dennison’s assistance, the new athletic facility will be a source of pride for Ingraham’s students and community for many years to come,” shared Root.

3M Commercial Graphics is giving its Facebook fans the power to choose the next color and finish for its Scotchprint brand Wrap Film Series 1080. The Wrap Battle: 1080 contest begins today and asks fans to vote for their favorite color to give them a chance to win a roll of the film.

On the Facebook page, www.facebook.com/3MGraphics, fans can choose their preferred color/finish combination, and can then share their choice with their Facebook friends. Voters in the U.S. can also fill out an entry form to be entered into a contest to receive a free roll of the winning film.

Voters can choose from nine new color/finish combinations:

·     Gloss Red Metallic

·     Brushed Black Metallic

·     Carbon Fiber Blue

·     Carbon Fiber Gold

·     Carbon Fiber Red

·     Matte Pink

·     Matte Blue

·      Matte Red

·      Matte Orange

Voting will close on Monday, November 7, and the winning product will be announced on the Facebook page and via Twitter (@3MGraphics) on Wednesday, November 9. The winning product will become available for sale in January 2012.

Car enthusiasts have embraced Scotchprint brand wrap film series 1080 from 3M thanks to its variety of finishes, textures and colors, which help users create a cool and distinctive look. Film series 1080 is a long-term, removable, dual-cast film that offers graphics installers the same convenient installation features found on Controltac brand graphic films with Comply brand adhesive from 3M. The film is slideable and repositionable, with a pressure-activated adhesive and non-visible air release channels to allow virtually bubble-free applications. The film is also backed by the industry leading MCS Warranty from 3M, bringing peace of mind to discriminating users who require optimum performance.

For more information, visit 3mgraphics.com/1080.