Stand Out This Year With a New Sign for Your Business
It’s hard to believe that another year has come and gone. If you look at the front of your business, how is your sign holding up? Does it looks faded? Is it worn out or damaged? And what about your business’s logo? When was the last time it had a facelift? At MRC Signs, we can help you kick off the new year with a new look for your business. We even create LED signs for Bucks County, PA, businesses. Not sure if you need a new sign? Here are some things you might want to consider.
- How old is your logo? If your logo was designed over 15 years ago, it might be time to give it a makeover. Design elements that were popular back then, like gradients and shading, might look dated now. You don’t want to send the message to consumers that you’re stuck in the past. A new logo can do wonders to update your company’s image.
- Is your logo or sign too cluttered? Think about the most recognizable brands – Apple, Nike, Starbucks – what do they have in common? All of these companies have very basic logos that are easy to identify. Simple and clean is the way to go when it comes to recognizable signage. Choose a smooth design or uncomplicated image and don’t add too much text.
- Does your sign accurately represent your business? Let’s say you own a restaurant with a tropical beach theme. It’s a fun, casual place to eat. So if your sign made use of dull colors, images of mountains and an elaborate script font, people walking in the door are going to be very confused. While this might be an extreme example, it is true that your sign helps people form an expectation of what your business has to offer.
Greet the new year and your new potential customers with an updated sign from MRC Signs. To make sure everyone sees your sign, and other outdoor areas of your business, we also offer commercial lighting in the Philadelphia area. Even if you’re not quite sure what you want, just come to us with a few ideas. We’ll be able to help you design and create an attractive new sign that will stand the test of time.
What Type of Interior Lighting is Right For Your Business?
You’ve spent plenty of time planning how you want the interior of your business to look, but have you considered how it will be lit? The type of lighting you choose can dramatically alter the appearance of any room. There are four common types of lights that you might use in different situations.
Incandescent: This traditional variety of light bulbs was first invented in the 1800s, and is still common in many homes today. They are relatively inexpensive and usually give off a warmer color. However, they are not very energy efficient when compared with other light sources, and they typically have a short lifespan.
Applications: This type of light bulb is best used in smaller lamps, or where you desire to create a warmer atmosphere, such as in a restaurant dining room.
Fluorescent: These bulbs come in various shapes and sizes, and typically use about 30% less energy than incandescent lamps and last several times longer, making them a more cost-effective choice in many settings. They give off a cooler color than incandescent lamps.
Applications: These bulbs are often the go-to choice for illuminating large spaces like offices and warehouses.
Neon: Neon light is created when an electric current is passed through an evacuated tube filled with a small amount of inert gas. Neon gives off a soft, colorful glow that varies depending on the type of glass used. The disadvantage is that the lights are very fragile and they cannot be repaired once broken.
Applications: Neon lighting is primarily used to create signs.
LED: Light Emitting Diode (commonly referred to as LED) lighting is an increasingly popular choice that has a wide variety of uses. LEDs last longer than both incandescent and fluorescent bulbs, and they also use far less energy. Another benefit is that they remain relatively cool to the touch.
Applications: LED is an excellent choice for accent lighting, and is available in a full spectrum of colors. It can also be used to create dynamic signage.
Whatever your lighting needs are, MRC Signs, your preferred sign company in Philadelphia, PA, can assist you. We install both indoor and outdoor lighting, and can even retrofit lights to work with the current interior of your business. For business signs in Philly, as well as all your lighting and electrical needs, give us a call today!
LED Lights Are the Future of the Global Industrial and Commercial Market
We at MRC Signs are experts in the commercial lighting market. We work with small business all the way up to large ones. We will provide your business with the creativity and excellence of a global market key player, but with the dedication and concentration to detail of a small business. We want to provide our clients with brand presence and keep our clients’ customers constantly coming back for more.
MRC Signs completely create and customize your lighting from scratch, so that it fits perfectly with your brand’s image. We specialize in parking lot lights, exterior building lights, decorative lights, street lights, security lights, interior installs and retrofits and of course light emitting diode (LED) conversions and installs. If you are interested in a exceptional sign company in Philly, look no further than us at MRC Signs.
Many Uses of LEDs
Incandescent light sources are being replaced by light emitting diodes (LEDs). LEDs are considered to be a semiconductor light source. They have a longer life than incandescents, require less power, and are smaller in size. What they lack in size, they make up for in performance. LEDs have a high reliability and high brightness levels as well.
LEDs are being used in many applications including: Camera flashes, traffic signals, headlights and even aviation lighting. For example, the global commercial airport lighting market is expected to grow up to eight percent or more between 2016 and 2021. This growth is due to an increase in air passenger traffic, investments in modernizing and upgrading airports, and a demand to increase aircraft and passenger safety. Airports will use the LED lights to provide illumination for the runways, taxiways and terminal lights. Aviation is just one of the many industries that are transitioning to widespread use of LED lighting.
Some of the key players in the global LED lighting market are Digital Lumens, Inc., Cree Inc., Philips Electronics, GE Lightings, and Toshiba Corp. If you are looking for the same experience and quality as one of the key players on a more local scale, look no further than MRC Signs.
Providing Excellent Customer Service
We at MRC Signs use LED lighting in our outdoor signs and banners as well as indoor lighting. When creating and installing our LED lighting, we strive to provide our clients with quality, dependability, and affordability by providing excellent customer service to everyone that we serve in Philadelphia, Montgomery and Bucks County, PA. We make sure that all projects are completed on schedule and efficiently. If you are looking for an extraordinary lighting company in Bucks County, PA, check out our website. At MRC Signs, we are dedicated to helping you understand every inch of your customized project.
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The History of Light
It’s hard to imagine a time when the world may as well have stopped spinning as soon as the sun went down. Lights out was a literal fact of life, and there wasn’t a magic switch to help devoid a space of its darkness. Kerosene was introduced in 1846, and with the long lasting, bright flame produced by the coal-based liquid, we were able to stay up a little later. But everything truly changed when the advent of the electric incandescent light bulb allowed society to stay up the whole night through.
We’ve come a long way since the beginning days of electric lighting, and in today’s ever-moving marketplaces, the ability to work 24/7/365 is nonnegotiable. Quality lighting is necessary for your commercial business, and the facility in which it operates.
While we’re best known for the LED signs that we make for Montgomery County, PA area businesses, we’re also fully capable of installing commercial lighting for your company. Get in touch to learn more and set up a plan. In the meantime, read on to discover a few facts about mankind’s journey to produce light:
The Early Days
Back in the days of yore, man was determined to produce light efficiently. During that long, dark period of trial, error and experimentation, we came up with some pretty bizarre solutions. One of the strangest examples takes us to the Shetland Islands in the Northern Isles off the coast of Scotland. An oily avian inhabitant resides there called the Storm Petrel. Before electric light was invented, people from Shetland would take deceased Storm Petrels, outfit them with wicks, and voila—a bird-based oil lamp was born!
The High Price of Keeping the Lights On
Thousands of years ago, artificial light was extremely expensive. A Yale economist named William Nordhaus set out to determine just how much it cost to keep their homes lit in ancient Babylon. His research concluded that their abilities to efficiently keep the lights on was dim. It would cost about a day’s worth of wages for an average Babylonian to run an oil lamp for 10 minutes.
Electric Lighting Changed the World
While many people credit Edison with inventing the electric light bulb, it turns out that bright idea wasn’t his, but rather, was perfected by he and his cohorts. The prototype for electric light actually stems all the way back to 1802. A determined chemist named Humphry Davy built an incandescent light using a massive battery to run an electrical current through a platinum plate. It was dim and inefficient, but set the framework for a generation of other scientists and inventors to try and perfect the idea.
We’ve come quite a way since the incandescent light was invented. For example, just look how much we can do with the LED signs that we supply to Bucks County, PA companies. Imagine what Edison, Davy, a Babylonian or a Storm Petrel-toting Shetlander would think of those!
All in all, we’re fortunate to have access to reliable light sources these days. Get in touch if you need your commercial space illuminated!
