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Contents

About Astra Signs // 2

Installation & maintenance // 6

Retail // 8

Events // 10

Stadiums // 12

High-level signage // 14

Bespoke signage // 16

Digital signage // 20

Digitally-printed graphics // 22

Ultra-large signage // 26

Illuminated signage // 28

Totems & monoliths // 30

Contact us // 32

HELLOWERE ASTRASIGNS

Established in Manchester in 1984, Astra Signs is one of the UK’s leading signage producers, with a wealth of experience in a wide variety of sectors – particularly sport, retail and leisure. We specialise in large-scale nationwide roll-outs and comfortably handle international projects.

World-class sign makers and installers

We design, make and install signs of the very highest standard. Our complete sign-making service combines the latest digital technology, impressive high-tech machinery and robust, reliable manufacturing techniques to create products and systems of impeccable quality. We then carry out installation in accordance with stringent quality control systems, making sure our signs stand the test of time.

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WHY CHOOSE US? Well, here are some very good reasons...

Our nationwide capabilitiesSize is never a problem for us. If you need to launch a campaign across the UK, we can install signage and graphics at every single one of your outlets within a tight timeframe.

Our complete sign-making serviceWe can do anything and everything you need, from conceptual design to installation, with expert project management throughout.

Our impressive track recordWe’ve produced high-quality signage of wildly different sizes, shapes and technical requirements all over the UK and internationally.

Our bespoke approachNo idea will overwhelm us. If we can help you make it happen, we will. We listen to what you want and recommend solutions to suit – and we’ll see them through with an intense attention to detail.

We also take our responsibilities very seriously.

It’s important to us that our signs look fantastic – but we also think carefully about how they work, how useful they are and whether they’re installed properly.

QUALITY AND SAFETY Astra Signs operates to a documented and audited quality management system, known as BS EN ISO 9001:2004. We also take a stringent approach to health and safety. Our signage is manufactured in accordance with BS559, which is the specification for the design, construction and installation of signs.

ENVIRONMENT We’re also aware of our responsibility to the environment and have attained BS EN ISO 14001: 2004. Our environmental objectives include: reducing waste to landfill; increasing waste segregation; increasing energy efficiency; increasing vehicle fuel efficiency; and assessing environmental credentials of products and processes.

LICENSED SIGNAGE ENGINEERS All members of our installation crews have CSCS cards, IPAF licences (access platforms), PASMA licences (towers) and asbestos awareness training.

ACCESSIBLE SIGNAGE We comply with the Disability Discrimination Act and any other applicable legislation. We can produce wayfinding signage in embossed Braille and include audio elements.

ARCHITECTURAL SIGNAGE To ensure a perfect fit, we can provide a prototype of lettering or structural elements, along with CAD solid works drawings and renderings.

ABOUT ASTRASIGNS

We’ve been making signs for over 30 years – and we’re willing to bet you’ve seen a few of them. Our long-term partners include Manchester City Football Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club; and we also created and installed 16,000 items of signage across Manchester for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Superb signs from experienced craftsmen

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NATIONWIDE ROLLOUT SPECIALISTSWidespread reliability for multi-location brands

Astra Signs landed theBest Nationwide Roll-Out

award in 2015 for our work with Arnold Clark.

DELIVERING QUANTITY AND QUALITYIn our work for Arnold Clark, we struck a careful balance between high productivity and attention to detail, reflecting the design concept consistently across every single location. As a result, we were delighted to win the Roll-Out Programme Award in the prestigious British Sign Awards 2015.

Fast turnarounds We worked to tight timescales at every stage, with site surveys and designs turned around within a week. Installation began three weeks after we received approval to proceed, with every detail handled by our expert team.

Huge volumesWe created over a thousand built-up illuminated letters for corporate branding, ranging from 300mm to 1500mm; plus more than 3,000 metres of illuminated accent trim for buildings, five illuminated entrance portals and 20 illuminated 6m totems – using a total of over 50,000 LED lights. All were made and installed to our usual high standards.

Unique challengesSeveral of the company’s large regional buildings were curved, meaning our illuminated accent trim had to follow the circumference of the cladding to be consistent with the rest of the national portfolio. We also continually developed our approach to installing built-up illuminated lettering to increase efficiency.

Astra Signs has worked with numerous clients requiring signage on a dramatic scale, including leading car dealer Arnold Clark. As part of an 8-month programme, we surveyed, designed, manufactured and installed signs and illuminated branding at more than 30 sites across the UK, from Inverness to Milton Keynes.

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INSTALLATION ANDMAINTENANCEA complete signage package

Astra Signs takes a full-service approach to sign making, which means we care about every little detail. Our signs not only look fantastic, but are also installed safely and efficiently – with the option of full maintenance support to keep them in great shape.

We use our wealth of experience to select the best materials, pay careful attention to where you plan to place your signage and make sure that our teams adhere to environmental and safety guidelines. After installation, we can provide regular maintenance and react quickly if you face future challenges.

SITE SURVEYAstra’s reliable auditing method ensures that your locations are carefully assessed, laying strong foundations for an impressive final result. We always use the latest site surveying techniques and our services extend to arranging city planning permission, risk assessment and method statements.

SIGN INSTALLATIONWe value health and safety very highly – meaning that all site works are carried out in accordance with strict guidelines – but we also aim to avoid disrupting your working day with unnecessary hassle. We operate a fleet of vehicles, including a 27m truck mounted platform; and our installation crews are properly equipped and well-trained, with all engineers in possession of IPAF, CSCS and PASMA certificates.

SIGN MAINTENANCEOnce your sign is installed, we’ll certify that the sign has been designed and constructed in compliance with BS559 standards. This includes the design life and a structural inspection regime featuring the competency requirements to maintain the sign. You can contact Astra Signs at any time to request maintenance support, as our call-out service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week – and we have resources on hand to tackle an extensive range of issues.

ON-SITE SUPERVISION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENTOur approach is flexible and responsive to your needs. Our experienced project managers plan and implement all tasks, ensuring your objectives and schedules are upheld and that lines of communication are wide open. We track and monitor your project from start to finish and take full responsibility for any signage challenges that may arise.

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RETAIL SIGNAGEShop signs, interiors and digital art

We work with both big brands and independent traders. Whether you need shop signage, large graphic prints or digital solutions, we can produce consistent quality and style in single stores or across numerous branches. Plus, we’ll work alongside your other service providers – quantity surveyors, shop-fitters, architects and interior designers – to deliver the entire project on budget and on time. And that’s every single time, as our clients can attest.

Our expert craftsmen can create and install:• Shop signs and fascias• Point-of-sale signage, including graphic displays• High-level signage for large stores• Bespoke signage installations in-store• Multi-location fit-outs

The Astra Signs team has extensive experience in making and installing retail signs at a diversity of locations, from traditional high-street shops to huge out-of-town retail parks.

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EVENT AND EXHIBITION GRAPHICSMajor venues, sports tournaments and conferences

We also take a full-service approach to exhibitions and conferences, from building custom-designed stands from scratch to producing eye-catching features such as neon signage, banners, flags and bespoke lettering – all to the very highest standard.

Among numerous other high-profile events, Astra Signs was proud to make signs for the FINA World Swimming Championships in 2008 and the Commonwealth Games in 2002. The latter was an impressive challenge, requiring 16,000 sports signage items to be installed across 13 venues in Manchester within a strict eight-week schedule. Happily, we succeeded.

Our sign manufacturing and installation teams can handle a wide range of complex requirements for sporting and entertainment events, as well as permanent branding and wayfinding materials for high-capacity venues.

Planning an event? Whether global or local, we can provide:• Venue dressing• Wayfinding and information signage• Marketing graphics and advertising hoardings• Health and safety signage• Sponsor branding and corporate signage• Stadium wrapping• High-level signage• Bespoke installations

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Our approach to project delivery is organised and communicative, which is absolutely essential when dealing with expansive structures.

We assign dedicated managers to oversee areas such as design, factory production, digital print, installation and administration, making sure that all teams work together effectively.

Our stadium and sports signage services include: • Stadium wrapping• Venue dressing• Wayfinding and information signage• Marketing graphics and

advertising hoardings• Health and safety signage• Souvenir shop signage and graphics• Sponsor branding and corporate signage

With long-term clients like Manchester City Football Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club, the Astra Signs team is highly experienced with large-scale signage requirements for stadia, training complexes and other related buildings.

STADIUM GRAPHICSVenue dressing, branding and hoardings

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At Astra Signs, we take the utmost care at every stage of the process, from design and planning through to survey and maintenance.

We’ve made and installed high-level signs for many businesses, including UKFast, ITV Studios and the Printworks in Manchester, plus an array of leisure venues, shopping centres, hotels and office buildings.

Our skilled specialists can help you with:• Architectural and construction signage• Branding for corporate towers and retail parks• Stadium and sports signage• Planning permission compliance and structural calculations• Signage safety surveys to consider exposure, durable

materials and security• Reliable maintenance

Signage at a high altitude can be seen for many miles around – and therefore provides an excellent opportunity for projecting a brand identity – but it’s only truly effective and safe when manufactured and installed to the right standards.

HIGH LEVEL SIGNAGECommercial branding, retail parks and leisure venues

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BESPOKE SIGNAGEStunning products, tailored for your exact needs

All Astra Signs products are crafted with close care and attention – but we feel our dedication to bespoke requirements is what really makes our service special.

We can use our extensive technical expertise to survey your site, devise exciting concepts and generate complementary designs. Or, if you have some particular ideas in mind, we’ll find a practical way to transform your vision into reality.

Our ability to produce such a creative variety of signage is largely due to the diverse range of materials and signage products we work with – and our expert knowledge of every single one. We love to talk about our products, so if you’ve got a question, just ask us.

Our flexible choice of products and services includes:• Neon and illuminated signage – internal and external

(and ready-made if required)• Flags and banners – durable materials, flag pole

installation, photo-quality banners• LED lighting and rope lettering – energy-saving

technology and theatrical effects• Display graphics – floor-standing signage, pop-up

banners, bespoke fascias and more• Sector-specific signage – everything from construction

to education • Technical sign illustration – bespoke blueprints,

O&M information• Sample request service – choose from an astonishing

range of options

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Let’s get creativeWe make great signs – but we also do a lot more. From music concerts to living rooms, we can create theatrical installations in a variety of styles and sizes. Our illuminated lettering and lightboxes are popular with businesses, stage production managers and interior designers alike.

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Eye-catching and cost-effective, our full-package solutions mean you don’t have to worry about trailing wires or complicated media player set-ups – all you need is a power supply.

VIDEO WALLSBoth our indoor and outdoor LED screens are lightweight and fast to install, making them ideal for both long-term and short-term requirements. They’re also easy to maintain, with front access for controlling both content and power. Unique dot-by-dot calibration technology means a perfectly uniform display, while other benefits include energy efficiency and a durable finish.

DIGITAL DISPLAYSThe striking tablet-style design of our display screens presents a glossy, sophisticated appearance, with edge-to-edge tempered glass, rounded corners and brushed aluminium frames. All are equipped with a content management system which can be controlled remotely by computer from anywhere in the world, via wireless internet and a simple account login process. This makes our displays perfect for both broadcast systems and interactive stations.

From car showrooms to shopping malls and transport hubs, Astra Signs can supply and install digital signage technology at a diversity of locations.

DIGITAL SIGNAGEVideo walls, advertising screens and more

Our digital signage is available in a wide variety of sizes, with some of the most popular uses including:• Point-of-sale systems• Advertising displays at railway stations and airports• Business centres• Concerts• Parties• TV stations• Car showrooms and presentations

For more information about our digital signage solutions, email us at:[email protected]

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No matter how large the job, attention to detail remains our top priority, including bold colours, sharp definition and a durable finish.

Astra Signs produces premium graphic signage for stadiums, grandstands, amusement parks and billboards, installed by our reputable team of high-access engineers and abseilers.

We’re also happy to handle smaller-scale projects, such as window displays and exhibition materials.

Our digitally-printed graphic products include:• Banners – PVC and fabric, large and

small format• Window vinyl for corporate branding• Display systems

(with easy-to-follow self-assembly instructions, where needed)

• Vehicle livery for cars, vans, buses, trailers and lorries

• Point-of-sale retail signage such as floor graphics, shop displays, mobiles and show cards

• Environmentally friendly materials to assist sustainability credentials

• Exhibition and event graphics• Illuminated graphics

(including translucent and light-management films)

• Reflective graphics• Vinyl-cut graphics• Soft-signage

Our world-class digital printers allow us to produce high-quality graphics in a wide range of sizes and materials, from rigid boards to PVC banners, vinyl and canvas.

DIGITALLY PRINTED GRAPHICS

Photographic detail on a grand scale

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Printed fabric graphics and lightboxes

Our soft signage systems are elegant and versatile, making an eye-catching feature in many different settings. They’re also flexible, allowing you to change graphics or information quickly and easily whenever you need to.

Thanks to their acoustic dampening qualities, fabric graphics are often used to provide decorative screening in hospitality outlets, while lightboxes provide an attractive way of presenting menus and other information. Their simple modular assembly also makes them ideal for displays in shops, exhibitions and creative environments.

We print designs onto hard-wearing fabric, which is then stretched onto strong frames, with the use of LED lighting to create a backlit effect or illuminated panel where desired. The fabric is available in lengths up to 5.8m and can be cut to the size required, or extended using additional sections. A simple locking system means they’re quick to assemble and adjust; and all frames are made from lightweight aluminium, so they’re kind to the environment, cost-effective to transport and carry a low risk of damage.

Fabric signage systems are ideal for:• Car showrooms• Retail stores and shopping malls• Trade shows, conventions and events• Interior design features• Hotels, bars, cafes, restaurants• Banks and offices• Museums and public buildings

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Our installation crews are equipped to deal with everything from stadium wraps to giant advertising banners, supported by a fleet of specialist vehicles which includes a 27m truck-mounted platform.

All our engineers have IPAF, CSCS and PASMA certificates and we only use properly trained abseilers, so you can be sure your ultra-large signage installation will be carried out reliably and safely.

Our ultra-large signage services include:

• Stadium and building wrapping• Public information displays• Event banners and promotions

In the signage world, there are small projects and big projects. And then there are REALLY big projects.

ULTRA LARGE SIGNAGESupersized graphics and building wraps

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As well as bespoke designs, we also supply ready-made neon products, which are ‘off-the-shelf’ and therefore ideal for standard signs or lower budgets.

Astra Signs has made illuminated signage for uses as diverseas pop star Lady Gaga’s dramatic concerts at the ManchesterArena, which required creative rope lighting shapes; to built-uplettering, accent trim and totems for car dealership

Arnold Clark, using more than 50,000 LED lights across thecompany’s national network.

Our illuminated signage products include:• Neon – both bespoke and ready-made• Built-up lettering, trim and bespoke structures, lit

with LED lights• Rope lettering – ideal for bars, stage shows and homes

Our illuminated signage products can be made for both internal and external uses, from corporate branding on buildings to art installations for private homes.

ILLUMINATED SIGNAGELED, neon and built-up lettering

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Our products can really make a statement and draw the right kind of attention from passers-by, as they’re large but cleanly presented, sending a bold message about your brand identity.

Astra Signs can create totems and install them in shopping centres to help consumers get their bearings, while at petrol stations our monoliths can be spotted by motorists from a great distance and also display fuel prices.

Our totems and monoliths are ideal for:• Shopping centres• Garage forecourts• Business headquarters and branches

TOTEMS AND MONOLITHSGreetings, information and wayfinding

An illuminated totem or monolith can be used to announce the entrance to your business, while adding digital signage screens can provide useful customer information or supply directions.

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CONTACT USAstra Signs is based in central Manchester – but we create, supply and install signage for businesses all over the UK and around the world.

If you’ve got a question about our sign-making services, or want to find out exactly what we could do for you, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re always happy to talk about signs.

Astra Signs Limited204 Dantzic Street, Manchester, M4 4DDT: 0161 832 2429 | F: 0161 839 9004E: [email protected]

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Astra Signs Limited 204 Dantzic Street

Manchester M4 4DD UK