banner bracket hardware

Here in Michigan, and many other places, Labor Day marks the end of summer. Changing over to autumn often means changing out banners to highlight school pride and upcoming annual events. The autumn season is often the beginning of new schedules and new routines – the perfect time for fresh eye-catching banner artwork. Let us suggest a few fall-specific applications for your current or expanding street banner collection.

Marketers know that banners make branding easy – vibrant graphics mounted on rock solid hardware allow you to tie spaces together with a consistent look. At Bannerflex we understand that when working on a streetscape, campus, or retail location you may need to attach banners to a variety of surfaces. Luckily, Bannerflex hardware sets the industry standard for quality and flexibility.

Street pole banners are a staple in many communities. They can be seen lining the streets with a holiday theme, welcoming residents and visitors to the community, or showing college pride in the area around a city or town's college campus. In this post we will look at three of the most popular reasons for displaying street pole banners.

We're very proud to be the first company to use fiberglass arms for light pole banner mounting. Not only were we the first, we changed the industry as a whole. If you're walking down the street and look up at a vertical street banner, check out the hardware that is holding the banner on the pole, chances are it will be a white or off-white pultruded fiberglass rod. This technology, that we developed over 30 years ago, is used by almost every bracket manufacturers.

We are known for our outstanding customer service, and a big part of that is being able to answer our customer and potential customer’s questions. We have implemented a Guided Purchasing program, a Hardware Banding Guidelines Chart, as well as a live chat feature on our website in order to better serve our customers. In this post, we will go over three questions we are most frequently asked. 

There are many things to consider when deciding on proper wall mounting techniques for exterior vertical banners. You must take into account the dimensions of the banners, how high up the mounting will be, what material the wall surface is made of, and what surrounding environmental conditions could play a role in the wind load on the banner.

Our site's visitors often ask us, "What is the best option for me, screen-printed or digitally-printed banners?" While it's a great question, there is – unfortunately – no easy answer. Personally, we prefer screen-printed banners, as they offer more vibrant inks and can be applied to durable, marine acrylic fabrics. It's possible that we're biased, though, since screen-printed banners were our very first product line back in 1983 and, over the years, we've become really good at it!

In 1984, BannerFlex contracted with the GM Aeronautical Laboratory in Detroit to collect data and ensure that our banner bracket hardware and street pole banners were adequate in their ruggedness and strength. Since that first test in the early 80s, we have performed three more wind tunnel tests. Data from these tests, along with data from strength testing done at our manufacturing facility, and computer modeling, has allowed us to create our one-of-a-kind Wind Force Calculator Program available on our website.

Our new guidebook is full of useful and up-to-date information and is designed to be a narrative for customers, engineers, utility companies, and public works officials. The content was compiled especially for people who are considering the specification of brackets for use with vertical street banners and street flags. The guide, full of important information, is a result of our strenuous testing and knowledge of our products and what they can withstand. The information we have made available is highly recommended for anyone who is considering the purchase of competing products.

If you're visiting our website, you already know that BannerFlex's Banner Brackets are the absolute highest quality products in the street light banner bracket business. As a result of our reputation for quality, a lot of people assume that we're also the most expensive brackets in the business. To them, we can confidently say...