Next month, the second annual Signs of the Times Black Book (formerly known as the Buyers’ Guide) will mail to subscribers along with our March issue.

Newly updated and verified, the sign-industry manufacturers and products listings will match those in our online resource, buyersguide.signsofthetimes.com.

To view the 2018 Black Book, click here.

Grant Freking

Grant Freking is Signs of the Times' Managing Editor. Contact him at grant.freking@smartworkmedia.com.

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