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2. Make Your Creative Visions a Reality: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Plexiglas Acrylic, but Didn't Know to Ask 3. Instructions on How to View Presentation 4. Instructions on How to View Presentation 5. Todays Presenters Tom DeMain has had an extensive career within the Plexiglas industry for more than 24 years. Starting out in sales, he currently is the Business Manager at Altuglas International. DeMain has also had a hand in developing new products, some of which are considered standards in todays retail display industry. Altuglas currently manufactures and markets more than a quarter of the world's production of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) technology.With more than 10 years experience working with the design team at Best Buy - the world's largest specialty consumer electronics retailer - Hornblad has contributed to numerous notable projects for the companys many different locations, and has also served as a liaison between the companys business team and multiple manufacturers and fixture vendor teams. Tom DeMain Business Manager, Altuglas International Jay Hornblad, Senior Display Designer, Best Buy Inc.s Experience Development Group 6. Agenda

Transparent Plastics in Retail

• Acrylic

• Polycarbonate

• PETG

Acrylic

• Application Markets

• Physical characteristic

• Performance Factors

Plexiglas in Retail Markets

A Case Study Best Buy

Recent Innovations from Plexiglas

A look to the future

How can we help?

To provide a basic overview of several transparent plastics that have been used in Retail Design, with a specific, in-depth emphasis on Acrylic Goal 7. Common Transparent Plastics Used in Retail

Acrylic

• Plexiglas

• Acrylite

• Optix

Polycarbonate Lexan Tuffak Makrolon PETG Vivak Ultros Spectar 8. Transportation Security Sign Aerospace Construction Medical Electronics Automotive Wide Range of End Markets Retail Light/Optics ACRYLIC 9. Available Options for Acrylic

Custom Grades

Various Patterns and textures

Wide range of thickness

• .060 to > 2.000 thick

Broad Range of Color Systems

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Fluorescents

• Frosted / Diffusing

• Edge Colors / Tints

• Opaque

• Day/Night

10. Transparent 11. Day-Night Colors 12. What can you do with Acrylic? Cutting 13. Machining 14. Finishing 15. Forming 16. Fastening 17. WHY are we HERE? Source CEH 7% CAGR* *CAGR-Compound Average Growth Rate Metric Tons Fabrication 20% 27% 53% Plexiglas Sheet Market Breakdown 18. Acrylic Usage in Retail/ Signage 19. 20.

The reason we used acrylic was that we wanted a thicker, stable easel to help support the pricing information. The part needed to have a higher end look, and as the acrylic would relatively never receive impacts or stress, acrylic was our best solution.

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It was important to have crisp looking parts for a good looking display, with clean, flame polished edges.

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shows a special part created for this display, and combines the upper end look we want from acrylic,

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This example uses a bead-blasted clear acrylic to help provide three items.

• showcase the Geek brand

• provide privacy for the technician behind the wall

• allow the technician to have visibility to the sales floor

24. Colors & Patterns Projection Screens Edge-Lit Sheets Optical Effects Frosted Family Security Barrier Innovations for Retail/ Signage Impact Grades LED Lighting 25. Plexiglas ELIT II

• Thin Profile

• • Slimmer and Sleeker displays

• • Enables to meet ADA Requirements

• Aesthetics

• • No light tubes visible to interfere with graphic / image quality

• Green Storyline

• • Efficiency

• • • Better able to utilize energy efficient light systems

• • Less materials

• • • 6 to 10 metal case not needed

26. Plexiglas ELIT II

• Thin Profile

• • Slimmer and Sleeker displays

• • Enables to meet ADA Requirements

• Aesthetics

• • No light tubes visible to interfere with graphic / image quality

• Green Storyline

• • Efficiency

• • • Better able to utilize energy efficient light systems

• • Less materials

• • • 6 to 10 metal case not needed

• Can be bentfor use on a curved surface

• • Use on pillar / column

27. Applications for Elit II Advertising SignsCity Posters Way finding signs Large photographs Interior Parts Advertising P-O-P Menu Boards 28. Colors & Patterns Projection Screens Edge-Lit Sheets Optical Effects Frosted Family Security Barrier Innovations for Retail/ Signage Impact Grades LED Lighting 29. Plexiglas Frosted

Dramatic, rich effects while hiding light source

Shatter-resistant and UL listed

Resists scratches

Hides fingerprints and smudges

Virtually maintenance-free

Allows maximum light transmission while diffusing the light

30. Colors & Patterns Projection Screens Edge-Lit Sheets Optical Effects Frosted Family Security Barrier Innovations for Retail/ Signage Impact Grades LED Lighting 31. Rear Projection Screens http://modernisticinc.com/index2.htm

Exceptional Image quality

Lightweight

Eye catching designs with high stopping power

Easy tocut, drill, rout, finish and cement

Common application areas DigitalSignage, Tradeshows and Exhibits

32. www.modernisticinc.com 33. Colors & Patterns Projection Screens Edge-Lit Sheets Optical Effects Frosted Family Security Barrier Innovations for Retail/ Signage Impact Grades LED Lighting 34. Plexiglas EdgeFX TM

Dynamic color changing effect

Two eye-catching color combinations

One-side frosted or standard

High-polish finish

Frosted surface hides fingerprints

Fabricates and thermoforms as easily as standard acrylic

35. Colors & Patterns Projection Screens Edge-Lit Sheets Optical Effects Frosted Family Security Barrier Innovations for Retail/ Signage Impact Grades LED Lighting 36.

Mechanical Modifications

• Optics

• Colors

• Textures

Processes Combinations

• Lamination

• Coating

• Co-extrusion

Polymer Combinations

• New substrates with unique properties

• Greener Products

What the Future Holds 37.

Mechanical Modifications

• Optics

• Colors

• Textures

Processes Combinations

• Lamination

• Coating

• Co-extrusion

Polymer Combinations

• New substrates with unique properties

• Greener Products

What the Future Holds Art tower 38. What the Future Holds

Mechanical Modifications

• Optics

• Colors

• Textures

Processes Combinations

• Lamination

• Coating

• Co-extrusion

Polymer Combinations

• New substrates with unique properties

• Greener Products

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Recyclable or Reusable

Altuglas working with channel partners Laird Plasticswww.recycle@ lairdplastics .com

Our acrylic development efforts to innovate with other environmentally friendly advancements continue

Enabler-A primary attribute of acrylic is its ability to enable retailers to use green technologies

Sustainability

• LED LightingDay-lightingPV (Photovoltaic)

What The Future Holds 40. Available Help from Altuglas

Customized Webinars

Fabrication seminars

Onsite Design Seminars

Plexiglas web site

www.plexiglas.com

• Color chip gallery

• Plexiglas Expert System

Plexiglas web store

• Samples available for mock up displays

Fabrication CD

Color Lab

Development center with pilot plant capabilities

41. 42. 43. Thank you for your time and attention Contact us @ www.plexiglas.com