Honolulu International Airport Brings the 'Wow' Factor Back to Travel with State-of-the-Art LED Displays

Adding to a growing portfolio of airport installations around the world, NanoLumens, today announced the completion of a new installation at the Honolulu International Airport (HNL). In partnership with systems integrator Ford Audio-Video, NanoLumens, the industry-leading manufacturer and innovator of LED display visualization solutions, installed two 44.65’ X 7.28’ NanoLumens NanoSlim LED display solutions that now serve as the central traveler communications platform for an improved experience. 

According to Airport World, environmental graphic design within airports is often not the first thought when looking to boost revenue, but it has a tremendous potential to influence a traveler’s experience. In fact, J.D. Power and Associates, reports that happy passengers spend an average 45 percent more than grumpy ones or $20.55 versus $14.12 on airport retail purchases in shops and eateries.

The Honolulu International Airport project joins a growing list of NanoLumens airport installations that now include London’s Stansted and Heathrow Airports, the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, the Miami International Airport, the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and the Darwin International Airport in Australia. According to NanoLumens Regional Sales Manager Eric Seigler, “More and more airports understand that large format LED based visualization solutions are the best way to cut through the clutter and engage hurried travelers with critically important messages, information, and, in many cases, sponsored advertising content,” Seigler explained. “The Honolulu International Airport installation represents the latest addition to our transportation portfolio, with more to follow.” 

NanoLumens worked with its systems integration partner, Oklahoma City-based Ford Audio-Video, to install two 44.65’ X 7.28’ NanoSlim 6MM pixel pitch solutions to help the airport operators more efficiently and compellingly communicate flight information to travelers. Ford Audio-Video selected NanoLumens for the project based on its demonstrated ability to custom design solutions in any size, shape, or curvature that are also thin, light in weight, and easy to service. 

“Ford Audio-Video has partnered with NanoLumens on many successful projects,” said Bid Division Manager  at Ford Audio-Video Ed Knoll “NanoLumens was selected for this project because of their strong integrator support program, superior product performance, and long-term performance reliability. The NanoLumens team is very accessible and responsive, and is always eager to help us with design and creativity.”

According to Ford Audio-Video Project Engineer, Travis Ellis, “Ford Audio-Video has been the long-term provider of Public Address, Flight Information Display and Gate Management System Maintenance and AV integration at the Honolulu international Airport (HNL). The goal of the project was to provide departure flight information that could be visible throughout each of the two lobbies that are approximately 120-feet in depth. Additionally, the airport required that there be additional LED real estate space to show additional content of passenger interest, such as a destination city’s weather and a Hawaii tourism video slideshow.”  

To operate the NanoLumens 6MM, 2,000 NIT visualization solutions, Ford Audio-Video installed SITA manufactured software running on Dell Optiplex XE2 computers to generate the flight information in addition to a BrightSign 4K242 solid state media player to output the destination city weather and Hawaii Tourism video slideshow.

Available in any size, shape or curvature, NanoLumens solutions fit seamlessly into any architectural space and on virtually any surface without being obtrusive, adding the ‘WOW’ factor to an airport without taking up precious space. Each display is extremely slim, ultra-lightweight, energy efficient, featuring a bright, seamless, high-resolution picture quality that can be viewed from any angle throughout the display horizon without color shift or image distortion.

“This is the first large format LED display installation at the Honolulu International Airport,” Ellis concluded. “The success of this project should help us to bring future large format LED displays to lobbies four through eight of the airport’s overseas terminal.”

Seigler concluded, “NanoLumens values the relationship with Ford Audio-Video and looks forward to working on many more projects with them in the near future.” 

IMA Outdoor Turns to NanoLumens to Create a Captivating New Advertising Solution to "Engage" Toronto Skywalk Commuters

When it comes to high impact, large indoor Digital Out-of-Home advertising, the era of bezels and lines is diminishing, according to IMA Outdoor (www.IMAOutdoor.com) CEO Brian Rodkin. “Advertisers are insisting that their messages be seen with the highest quality resolution at extremely close distances and without the distractions of pixilation, bezels and lines that traditionally interfere with the advertiser’s message being seen and retained.”

This conviction led one of Canada’s leading providers of indoor Out-of-Home advertising solutions, to NanoLumens (www.NanoLumens.com), an industry-leading provider of LED visualization solutions, when they were looking to create two 21st Century advertising platforms in the famous SkyWalk pedestrian walk-way. The SkyWalk, opened in 1989, serves as the city’s pedestrian hub linking Union Station, the Union Pearson Express, and the PATH system to the Rogers Centre, Metro Toronto Convention Center, CN Tower and Aquarium. “Hundreds of thousands of people pass through the SkyWalk every year,” Rodkin explained. “And, the new UP Express arrival hall is going to generate even more high-quality pedestrian traffic. It presents an absolutely sensational opportunity for advertisers to engage working professionals, international and local tourists who are hard to reach through traditional advertising media.” 

Following a complete competitive review, IMA Outdoor selected NanoLumens to install two NanoSlim Engage 2.5MM LED visualization solutions — one measuring 10-feet-by-16-feet and the second measuring 6-feet-by-10-feet. 

NanoLumens Regional Sales Manager, Canada, Martin LeClerc, explained that the ability to complete the installation while maintaining a strict three-month deadline was critical, because the displays needed to be up-and-running by the 2015 Pan Am Games taking place in Rogers Center, where visitors and participants access the downtown stadium through the SkyWalk. “Our team met the challenge head-on, providing stunningly clear, bezel- and line-free advertising displays for IMA Outdoor and for their clients to showcase products and services during the high-traffic days of the Pan Am games,” LeClerc added.

According to NanoLumens Vice President of Strategic Accounts, Almir DeCarvalho, “Each NanoLumens NanoSlim displays portrays itself extremely well in the high-profile location in the SkyWalk. The quality was an important aspect when choosing the solutions. A lot of signs in downtown Toronto have bezels and lines through the displays; in addition the lesser pitch LED signs the closer you get, the more pixelated the image becomes. The NanoSlim Engage provides bright and vivid colors that catch the eye of people in the SkyWalk. People can walk right up to the NanoSlim Engage solutions and still see advertisers’ creative work extremely clearly.”  

NanoLumens NanoSlim Engage solutions can receive inputs from nearly any device. IMA Outdoor operates the system directly from their headquarters, so changing advertisements day-to-day is a simple task. This allows IMA Outdoor to secure additional and targeted third-party advertisers. “Our existing clients love being able to day-part,” Rodkin said. “For example, the Lottery can update a game’s jackpot amount easily, without any fuss. And, we were able to show our Toronto Blue Jays spirit and support by running Jays fan messages during the playoff games. Since the NanoSlim Engage solutions have been installed we’ve received more advertising interest from automotive, luxury product and travel companies.” 

NanoLumens NanoSlim Engage 2.5MM solutions are extremely lightweight, allowing them to hang effortlessly on any architecture. The tight pixel pitch also provides a seamless image that can be seen clearly at any viewing distance or angle. 

“The displays have been a huge success with our advertising clients as well as Skywalk patrons,” Rodkin concluded. “We are also considering additional advertising signage into the SkyWalk.”

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NanoLumens Ranked #267 on Inc. Magazine's 2015 List of the Nation's 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies

Inc. magazine’s 2015 list of the nation’s 5000 fastest growing private companies is out and NanoLumens, Inc. (www.nanolumens.com), a visualization solution (“digital display”) provider that delivers value, advertising revenue, experience creation, and customer engagement has recently been named Gwinnett County’s #1 fastest growing company, Georgia’s 15th fastest growing company and the nation’s #267th fastest growing company.

“We provide solutions to problems that haven’t been thought of yet by others, and our ability to do this for customers around the world is driving our success,” CEO Rick Cope (an entrepreneur, former combat commander and Special Operations advisor to General Norman Schwarzkopf) said today, “This achievement stems from the vision, commitment, and can-do spirit of the entire NanoLumens team who believe that Made in America is not a statement about our past but a promise about our future as Americans competing in a global economy.” 

With a three-year growth rate of 1692%, NanoLumens redefines the way architects, designers, integrators, retailers, casino operators and event/convention center organizers engage with their customers through LED display solutions in any size, shape, or curvature.  The company’s ability to listen to a customer’s needs and then respond with a unique solution that no one else can match has resulted in record-breaking sales for NanoLumens in an industry dominated by Asian manufacturers. 

Because of this extraordinary American-made quality NanoLumens is also the only display designer in the field to offer customers an unconditional Six Year, Zero Failure Warranty that covers the entire display from corner to corner, including all parts and controller devices sold by NanoLumens to end users, resellers, and distributors, effective from the date of shipment. 

NanoLumens Opens the Largest Full Line Visualization Center in the United Kingdom

NanoLumens (www.nanolumens.com), an industry leading manufacturer and marketer of visualization solutions, today announced the opening of the largest and most comprehensive full line Visualization Center in the United Kingdom, a move that reinforces the company’s long-term commitment to customers throughout the region. 

According to NanoLumens EMEA Managing Director David DaCosta, the new showroom in Bath marks the next step forward in the company’s UK and EMEA regional marketing activities and provides customers and prospective customers with a wonderful opportunity to see the full range of NanoLumens solutions in a central location.

“I am very proud to announce that our customers and prospective customers now have a place, outside of a trade show environment, to see the full range of our solutions in action, demonstrated in a relaxed environment that is conducive to discussing how a bespoke solution from NanoLumens can help them achieve their customer engagement objectives," DaCosta stated. "Even more importantly, visitors will be able to run their own content on our solutions to get a real sense of how it would appear." 

The solutions on display in the new showroom include NanoSlim, NanoSlim Engage, NanoCurve, NanoWrap, and NanoClear.  The new showroom is located at 10 Argyle Street, Bath, BA2 4BQ UK and the phone number is +44(0) 1225 439780.     

NanoLumens® Helps Transform Three-Story Shopping Mall Atrium Into 21st Century Advertising Medium

A three-story tall open space situated in the busiest part of the largest shopping mall in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia might be called an “atrium” by some people, but the team at Eureka Funds Management (www.eurekafam.au), owner of the Indooroopilly Shopping Center, understood that the space could become a revenue-generating 21st Century advertising medium —provided they could find the right visualization partner to put their plan into action.  They found that partner in NanoLumens (www.nanolumens.com), the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of visualization solutions.

“The Indooroopilly Shopping Center has recently undergone a major renovation,” explained Rachele Godridge, Asset Manager at Eureka Funds Management.  “As a result, it is now the largest shopping center in the western suburbs of Brisbane and houses David Jones, Myer, Target, Kmart, Coles, Woolworths, Queensland’s first H&M store, and a selection of international and Australian designers. Leading fashion brands include Armani Collezioni, Ted Baker, Hugo Boss, Brooks Brothers, Carla Zampatti, Scanlan Theodore, Sass & Bide, Zimmermann, and Camilla.  It is definitely THE destination to go to for shoppers in the region.”

Godridge and her mall management team at Indooroopilly Business Partnerships (IBP) understood the revenue generating potential of a large visualization solution that could be hung in the center of the three-story atrium area. IBP’s mission is to create exciting opportunities for the center’s retail partners to communicate their sales message in ways that generate immediate feedback. The team strives to provide its retail partners with distinct advertising and marketing programs that influence their purchase path while they’re in the mall. 

“The design of the Indooroopilly Shopping Center runs along straight lines, which means that the right visualization solution can be seen from virtually every angle of approach by every shopper in the mall,” Godridge explained.  “We worked with Digital Place Solutions (www.digitalplacesolutions.com) to create a design that would absolutely galvanize the attention of shoppers, thus providing us with an advertising medium that would help our retail partners to communicate directly with their customers, no matter where they were in the mall.”

As the principles of Australia’s leading digital display and place based media consultancy, Stephen Rubie and Gerry Thorley are deeply experienced in helping proactive clients to gain a competitive edge through the design of customer engagement solutions that stand out from the crowd of traditional “digital signage.”  “We knew from the start that NanoLumens could imagine and execute a compelling, revenue-generating solution that was also cost-effective, space-efficient and eco-friendly,” Rubie explained. 

That solution, according to Rubie, is now suspended in the center of the massive atrium area located in the northern end of the mall, just outside the main anchor stores of Myer Department Store, Coles, and Woolworths (FMCG Supermarkets).  “The IBP team was challenged with a large atrium space and a very limited weight capacity loading in the ceiling to hang a display.  The NanoLumens visualization solution provides the perfect mix of high resolution, high impact LED display with a very lightweight and ultra-slim profile to meet the aesthetic objectives of the mall. 

“The attributes of the NanoLumens solution made it possible for the mall to select an appropriately sized display for the atrium without requiring any structural support works to be carried out in the ceiling,” Rubie explained. “The installation process was made simple with the display being partially fabricated in sections on the floor of the mall with each piece lifted into place with a portable mini crane. The display was completed within three days and was raised to its final suspension system 14m above the floor using the mini crane.  The slim line display and low profile suspension rigging provide the visual appearance of an elegant image floating in the atrium space.”

The 6mm pixel pitch double-sided digital banner measures 7mX4m (23’X13’), is 160mm (6.5”) thick, weighs less than 1,500 Kgs (3,307 pounds) installed and draws less power than a typical vacuum cleaner. 

“We’re extremely proud to have the opportunity to put our creative imaginations to work for such a forward-looking client,” NanoLumens’ Vice President of Strategic Accounts, Almir DeCarvalho, said today.  “It is precisely clients like the IBP and Eureka Funds Management teams that are going to help reinvent the retail shopping experience for a 21st century consumer audience.  We’re glad to be part of their team!”

To watch a video of the NanoLumens installation in action at Indooroopilly, click here. To download additional hi-res images, click here.