Manufacture - Install - Service
Signs Manufacturing makes each channel-letter sign to last; including the use of CNC manufacturing, rust-proof metal, high-end automotive paint, high-impact plastics, and most importantly, sophisticated protective coatings. All our signs include these many hidden features, critically important to you but often ignored by competitors to lower their cost. We even add self-cleaning properties.
We champion energy-saving signs solutions, whether you want your sign lighted internally with neon or LEDs, including the new color-changing SpectraLites™ LED, or externally with the new modern-look LetterLites™ Channel Letter signs that use patent pending first-surface LED lighting to advertise during the day, that will save our customers money while protecting our environment. Many of our designs can even be economically solar powered.
Did you know there are WELL OVER 1000 different types of channel letter signs available for your business? We manufacture all of them!
Here are just four different ways to build the same sign, each with its own "unique" look.
Front-Lit Channel Letters, Back-Lit Channel Letters, Reverse-Lit, Unlit, Vinyl Overlays, Raceway-Mounted, Flush-Mounted, Backplates, Backlit Backplates, etc.
As you can imagine, it would be pretty difficult to explain all of the options without letting you see them for yourself. That's why we developed our state-of-the-art sign showroom. Come see for yourself!
Let us know you're coming and we'll make sure a Sales Representative is here to help you and explain the different options, pricing, and more!
Lasting Quality — Your Sign will ALWAYS look good to potential customers
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No matter what types of signs you are interested in, our sales team, consisting of 11 highly-trained individuals, is at your beck and call.
Let us meet with you in your office, or at your new signs location, or home, or anywhere.
You will probably have a firm quotation, not a non-binding "estimate" like most competitors provide, for what you want during our meeting; certainly no more than a day later.
Unique in the entire sign industry, Signs Manufacturing™ built an 85' by 50' (over 4,000 sq ft) indoor sign lighting laboratory for testing the longevity, visibility, and effectiveness of all the lighted signs we manufacture.
The Laboratory is open to the public, for FREE, adding an LED Video Display Showroom because we realized how important one would be to consumers.
The people at Signs Manufacturing™ are proud that we were the first (and remain the most) automated channel letter production facility IN THE WORLD.
Letters manufactured by Signs Manufacturing™ are precision patterned by computer-controlled programmable cutters/plotters.
Installation patterns are prepared by computer also. They are printed full-size on paper to insure that letters and words are properly spaced 
from one-another when they are installed.
Metal letter backs, and plastic letter faces are cut using a computer-controlled router, insuring precision letters, which fit together perfectly.
Signs Manufacturing™ commissioned the development of a computer-controlled precision letter-forming machine; insuring that the sides of a metal letter EXACTLY match the computer-cut backs and faces, and that all bends are plumb. We were the first company IN THE WORLD to automate channel letter production!
The advantage to our customer is a better made AND a better looking product.
Virtually all of our metal and plastic cutting and forming equipment is computer controlled, insuring that the signs we make are precise.
Channel letter bases will be constructed of .063 or heavier aluminium (#3003, H14 - not "soft" aluminium like some companies use) for strength and to totally eliminate the potential for rusting.
Because hydraulic machines, not human hands, form our letters, we can use harder aluminium, creating a superior wind and hail resistant product.
These letters will be welded together; not screwed, stapled, or pop-riveted, to insure structural integrity. Many municipalities, and landlords, require welded letters.
All seams will be caulked to eliminate light leaks.
Drain holes will be added, as required by the National Electric Code, to eliminate the potential for water damage to the electrical components.
When our founder was very young he managed a supermarket, a grocery store.
He discovered that he could affect the store's business by simply turning “on” the store's signs on less-than-sunshiny days. Cloudy and/or rainy days would have a higher sales volume than bright days, IF HE REMEMBERED TO TURN THE SIGNS ON.
And with the tinted window glass so prevalent in the South it is often-times hard to tell if a business is even open.
These are lessons every business person should be aware of. And, with today's modern LED illuminated signage, it costs practically nothing to make your store really stand out!
What is the main reason our Sunburst™ LED outdoor digital signs increase a store's business so dramatically? Lighted signs draw much more attention than unlighted signs, even during the day!
Because we recognize how important this is, we will
now install automatic electronic lighting controls on every lighted
channel letter sign we manufacture*, for free if you participate in our
BETA TEST,
factory calibrated to turn the sign "on" and "off" at times when lighting will
help you do more business. Over the past 40+ years, we have documented EXACTLY
when channel letter's lighting should be turned "on" to increase visibility on
dark and/or rainy days, overcome shadows, and exactly when at dusk a sign should
be turned "on." The whole purpose of the sign, after all, is to attract
attention to your business. We make your sign both more attention-getting AND
more legible.
The setting varies for signs pointed East, West, North, or South, and varies for signs containing neon and/or LEDs. It also varies by how the sign was built. Our automatic electronic lighting controls also sense shadows making signs less legible, and turn "on" the internal lighting accordingly. Optimum settings are custom-set for every sign.
Another example of our doing everything we can to insure that our signs make your business the most successful. As far as we know, no other sign manufacturer does this, for free or otherwise, for their customers.
If possible, have your electrician also wire a time clock to control the power supplying your signs. The time clock should be set to keep the sign "off" at times they should never be lighted, say 2:30 AM to 5:30 AM, the rest of the time whether the sign is "on" or "off" should be determined by our automatic lighting controls. The power-supplies used for powering neon and LEDs last much longer when given a chance to cool down occasionally. Besides being wasteful, it increases service costs to leave them "on" 24/7. USE ELECTRICITY WISELY TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS THE MOST VISIBLE, BUT CONSERVE ENERGY AND MONEY.
Regarding "Energy Consumption" click on our "Energy Savings" page tabbed on our "Electrical" page (left column) and note how little energy our SolarBrite™ LED lighted signs use in a year!
Recognize that Intermatic and Tork time clocks, used by most electricians, are not finely adjustable, and at certain times of the year dawn and dusk occur at quickly-varying times, gaining or losing over 15 minutes of daylight each week. If you only have a time clock controlling power to your signs, savvy business owners must reset their time clocks constantly and carefully, and manually override them to turn "on" their signs on dark days. Good luck getting your employees to do this religiously - THIS IS ALSO WHY WE INCLUDE CALIBRATED AUTOMATIC THERMAL LIGHTING CONTROLS ON EVERY OUTDOOR SIGN WE MANUFACTURE.* Incidentally, we DO NOT use photo cells or photo eyes. They are neither precise nor reliable.
Anecdotal data suggests that increased profits resulting from this feature alone more than pays for the entire cost of the sign EVERY YEAR.
Unconvinced of the importance to you? View our control system in operation, and our supporting testing, in our Sign Lighting Laboratory and Showroom. Then you can decide if you agree that this is a critically important improvement in signage effectiveness.
*Dependent on size and design. For instance, it is
not possible to incorporate automatic electronic lighting controls in individual
channel letters under 4' tall if they are being installed mounted directly on
the wall with no raceway or wireway. But any size channel letters with
raceways or wireways can incorporate automatic electronic lighting controls.
Knowing
that our signs will be illuminated during the day we design our signs and
lighting for daylight effectiveness; to take full advantage of our daytime
lighting.
For instance, we pack backlighting to create a subtle glow during the day. If you are going to light a sign during the day the lighting better look good!
This is easier to accomplish because of our use of SolarBrite™ LongLife™ LEDs which are so much brighter than competitive LEDs.
If we didn't use SolarBrite™ LEDs we couldn't design and build signs that offered such an advantage when compared to competitive signs (Both our competitors, and your neighbor's signs.) We don't waste electricity, simply because our signs always stand out, even when both are lighted.
“We prosper because of our sign. Signs Manufacturing’s unique understanding of the use of colors 
and light both day and night causes our business to always be the most visible. No one else could work their magic!” – the 407 club
"Click" on tabs to the other components of a channel letter sign, listed down the left side of this page, to learn more about their impact on your business.
Be sure to select the "Specifications" tab to the left. This is a tool for your use to insure that quotations you receive are for the same sign!
We are a full-service sign company. We provide sign site surveys, sign permits, sign installation and sign maintenance services for electrical and non-electrical signs for our customers as well as other sign companies. We provide this work in Dallas, Fort Worth (DFW), and ALL of North Texas and Northeast Texas.
State Sign and Electrical License Numbers: TECL17503, TSCL18015, TSCL18016.
Serving Collin, Cook, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Lamar, Navarro, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, Titus, Van Zandt, Wood, and Wise Counties in Texas.
We also have signs in 43 different states, and 6 other nations.
Let our experience help you. Come to our showroom and see for yourself which sign works best.
No one else can offer you this unique opportunity. Be sure to take advantage.
Please contact us to develop an exact plan to meet your particular needs - for free.
Our professional staff will usually have exact quotations, and exact scale drawings of your signs installed on your building or property ready for you the same day we meet with you. (Much faster than the 2 1/2 week average in our industry.)
Virtually ALL cities, as well as the State of Texas, adopt the National Electric Code as law.
The National Electric Code (NEC) requires that for electrical, structural, and installation safety all electrical signs be "Listed" (tested and labelled with an appropriate Listing Mark.)
Certification (testing and labelling) organizations acceptable in the USA to test to the multitude of Standards signs are required to meet are determined by OSHA.
If the sign you are purchasing does not have a ETL or UL Listing Mark label the sign is probably not legal to install, anywhere in Texas.
We are the 9th oldest UL Listed Manufacturer in North Texas. (File #UXYT.E149959)
Incidentally, ISO (International Organization of Standardization) Standards, such as ISO 9001, are NOT electrical Listings (similar to a UL or ETL Listing) that allow a sign to be installed in Texas. That said, components in our electronic signs also meet ISO 9001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and RoHS standards.
"All sign companies do the same thing!" This is a common claim by other sign companies.
Through years of research we have introduced many quality products and procedures to use on signage. Most remain unused by other sign companies because they have no idea how to do it. Some of these products are:
To purchase sign and neon parts and components, please go to TexasSignSupply. How's THAT for an easy-to-remember website?
Would you like to be seen on our SignDawgsTV™ Show?
Season 8 of the reality TV documentary series about Signs Manufacturing™ featuring the signage we create, and the customers we serve in the DFW Metroplex area of North Texas, is currently being filmed.
Co-star with William, James, Robert, and the whole SignDawgs™ crew. Every business ever featured on SignDawgsTV™ continues to operate successfully. If your business, church, or school, are interested in appearing in this project be sure to tell your salesperson so we can immediately arrange for the producers to contact you.
SignDawgsTV™ is one of YouTube's most successful series, with 2,000,000+ viewers (we've officially gone viral.) Older episodes continue to be viewed over-and-over.
This could be valuable free advertising for you.
SignDawgsTV™ debuts bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm.
You can view all SignDawgsTV™ episodes @ SignDawgsTV.com
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