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Going the Extra Mile
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he twenty-plus-year relationship between Pro Signs and Sunoco has been fueled by the right solutions and quality sign making—both of which were on display during a recent high-rise signage roll-out at is gas stations. Pro Signs (prosign.net) is a family-owned business that started in 1947. Today President Vincent Protesto runs the company with his two brothers—Jack Protesto, principal, and Ed Protesto, president of the Pro Crane division. The full-service shop does everything from digital printing to installation to electric signs. It’s this last category that the shop leant its expertise to for Sunoco’s new high-rise program that called for a number of illuminated cabinets on its 120-foot pylon
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signs, which Pro Signs is continuing to supply through 2016. “We’re very involved with the development of any new products that Sunoco has. The high-rise program came around, and they wanted to light them with LEDs,” says Vincent Protesto. “We used our supply chain of partners—Pioneer Supply and G2G Lighting—to help us spec out the LEDs and make sure we were staying within Sunoco’s brand and their specifications for the lighting of the back of the face.” Sunoco wanted to use G2G’s AnPro LED modules, which offer a 155-degree-wide viewing angle that helps spread the light out in the cabinet. The biggest challenge with using these modules, however, was finding the right color temperature. signshop.com
all photos: pro signs.
Partnering to deliver the best lighting solution on a pylon project.