Press Releases

April 21, 2011

New GRAPHIC-AL Website Reflects The Product’s Growing Demand and Popularity.

A new website has gone live for GRAPHIC-AL™, the innovative line of aluminum composite material (ACM) panels by Mitsubishi Plastics Composites America specially designed for all kinds commercial signage applications. The website -- www.graphic-al.com -- has been completely revamped both in terms of content and functionality.

The new GRAPHIC-AL ™ website has been simplified and enhanced to create a more interactive, product-based experience. Features include improved navigation, a new “product section,” an interactive “project viewer” that shows examples of GRAPHIC-AL™ in use, and a growing distribution list customizable by state.

“Our GRAPHIC-AL™ products have really caught on as the perfect material for creating all types of signage,” said Senior Marketing Manager, Paul Olson. “Now that awareness is out there, our new website fills in more details on exactly what GRAPHIC-AL™ is, where people can get it, and what other designers and fabricators have been able to do with it.”

GRAPHIC-AL™ panels are lightweight with thin aluminum skins designed for indoor and outdoor signage, display and canopy applications. The GRAPHIC-AL™ line includes: DP, perfect for direct UV cure print applications; OR, a foamed super-lightweight panel; LT, offering a variety of colors and finishes in a solid core; and HP, featuring a high-performance polyester coating for canopy and other applications.

GRAPHIC-AL™ is created by Mitsubishi Plastics Composites America (MPCA), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of aluminum and metal composite material (ACM and MCM) panels. With a state-of-the-art production facility in Chesapeake, Virginia, the company offers the widest selection of colors, textures and finishes in the industry with GRAPHIC-AL™ and ALPOLIC® materials. MPCA is part of Mitsubishi Plastics’ family of world-renowned companies.

April 1, 2009

MITSUBISHI PLASTICS COMPOSITES AMERICA INTRODUCES GRAPHIC•AL, ITS NEW LINE OF SIGNAGE MATERIALS

MITSUBISHI PLASTICS COMPOSITES AMERICA, INC., (MPCA) headquartered in Chesapeake, Virginia, has introduced to the Americas four new ACM materials for signage under the umbrella name of GRAPHIC•AL. The new interior/exterior materials have already been a major success in Asia and acclaimed worldwide across a multitude of applications. MPCA has long been an innovator and leader in the architectural cladding market with their ALPOLIC® aluminum and metal composite materials, and this new product line marks the first time the industry is seeing four ACM products ranging from flat panel signage to fascia signage offered at the same time from the same company.

Lightweight and tough, GRAPHIC•AL LT provides exceptional workability and durability in a formable panel offering many options to designers and fabricators of POP, free-standing displays, kiosks, interior and exterior signage, interior wall panels, billboards and more.

GRAPHIC•AL HP is MPCA’s lightweight and formable high performance panel with a ten-year warranty designed to boost its appeal for use on exterior canopies, fascia, signage and more.

GRAPHIC•AL OR is a super lightweight, flat panel material for signage offering the rigidity of an ACM with a foamed plastic core.

GRAPHIC•AL DP offers the same qualities as GRAPHIC•AL OR with the added benefit of a substrate ideal for direct printing with flatbed printers and UV curable ink.

Hiroshi Hasegawa, Director of Marketing, says, "Our research indicated a need for a more complete line of ACM materials for signage. Our worldwide presence and position as true innovators in the industry afforded us the ability to bring this unique family of products to North America, and we are excited to do so."

The Company has unveiled a new website that reflects the uniqueness of the GRAPHIC•AL line. Visitors to www.graphic-al.com will confront an "out-of-this-world" presentation of the four materials’ qualities and characteristics, a sample room, fabrication videos, and even an online store to purchase fun GRAPHIC•AL gear.