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2025 Highlights in Wholesale Signage

It's been a big year, and because of you it's been a great year! Here's a few of the highlights of 2025.

As we look for­ward to the year ahead, we’re also cel­e­brat­ing a suc­cess­ful 2025. Take a look at some of the cre­ative, chal­leng­ing, and reward­ing sig­nage man­u­fac­tur­ing projects we com­plet­ed last year.

Solar Field Installation

Not signage, but important, nonetheless!


Last year, we installed a new, five-row solar field at our Grin­nell, Iowa, man­u­fac­tur­ing plant. This project is designed to boost our oper­a­tional effi­cien­cy and embody our ded­i­ca­tion to a sus­tain­able future.
Our new solar field is a cus­­tom-engi­neered solu­tion from 1 Source Solar. The ground-mount array is antic­i­pat­ed to off­set 106.3% of our annu­al ener­gy con­sump­tion. Learn more about how our solar field ben­e­fits the envi­ron­ment and our customers.

Pickle Palace

Innovating traditional channel letters was a recurring topic for signage in 2025, this is a great example.


Pick­le Palace in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, fea­tures indoor and out­door pick­le­ball courts, duck­pin bowl­ing, a rooftop pub, restau­rant, and event spaces. Image­First helped bring its play­ful brand to life by man­u­fac­tur­ing a mas­sive illu­mi­nat­ed scaf­fold sign ris­ing above the rooftop. Forty-two-inch chan­nel let­ters spelling Pick­le Palace” on all four sides with col­or-chang­ing LEDs instant­ly define the sky­line and estab­lish a bold brand pres­ence. Take a look at the whole project here.

Arie Crown Hebrew Day School

In addition to the traditional exterior signage, exterior donor signs carried a complimentary look to the interior donor walls.


Arie Crown Hebrew Day School recent­ly relo­cat­ed to a for­mer office build­ing out­side of Chica­go, reimag­in­ing it as a vibrant, inspir­ing envi­ron­ment where stu­dents feel a sense of belong­ing. Exte­ri­or mon­u­ment signs and donor sig­nage were val­ue-engi­neered to work with the client’s bud­get while still mak­ing an impact. See how the signs turned out.