What do the Straz Center, Dali Museum, and Leroy Selmon’s signs have in common? They were all created by Creative Sign Designs. The company specializes in turnkey architectural signage solutions, providing consultation, design, fabrication, and installation services for a full line of interior and exterior sign products for local, regional, and national projects.
Discover how this innovative company is committed to People, Planet, and Profit and how it is reflected in how it does business.
Triple Bottom Line
People
Creative Sign Designs believes the best way to be a good corporate citizen is to be an employer of choice by retaining and recruiting the best workforce in the industry. Employee programs include a comprehensive employee benefits program, company-sponsored 401k plan, employee recognition program, and monthly company-wide meetings.
Employees are involved in extensive community and charitable activities, including American Cancer Society Making Strides, Walk to Defeat ALS, Habitat for Humanity, American Heart Association, St. Petersburg History Museum, Suncoast Hospice, and YMCA of the Suncoast.
Planet
Creative Sign Designs is dedicated to continuously researching new materials and technologies to improve their ability to create environmentally friendly signs, reduce waste and streamline processes. It includes eliminating stock marketing and sales materials to prevent paper waste, the developing of electronic marketing and sales brochures, and a company-wide recycling program for aluminum, paper, glass, steel, and plastic.
Creative Sign Designs is a NovAcryl Preferred Fabricator for Nova Polymers, which are processed in plain tap water and bond to a clear PETG panel that is non-toxic, Greenguard Certified, and has a minimum of 40% recycled content. Other practices include using durable materials to ensure long-lasting products, modular construction enabling customers to extend or repair signage systems with ease, and using responsible suppliers with a commitment to responsible environmental practices.
It also uses laser-printed paper graphic inserts that allow clients to use recycled paper and update signs in-house, light-emitting diode (LED) signage that is 85% more efficient, and sustainable ADA signage featuring nontoxic biopolymers with up to 40% recycled material. In addition, creative Sign Designs has completed numerous LEED-certified interior and exterior green signage projects.
Profit
Creative Sign Designs has a national footprint, and its management and fabrication are based in Tampa, FL. It has won numerous awards and designations, including recognition on the Inc. 500|5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies.
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