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Run for the Border

Border tubing is no longer an exclusive domain for neon.

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The outlining of objects (including buildings) with light has always helped present a defined package. Creating a border typically enlarges the impact of a facility by highlighting its full scope.

In ST’s annual Lighting Surveys, border tubing has been examined for nearly a decade. In terms of neon, border tubing has fluctuated over the years, from a high of 24% of all neon use in 2000, to a low of 12.8% of all neon use in 2005. In the most recent survey (for fiscal 2007), border tubing constituted 17.3% of all neon use, which neatly fits in the middle of the nine years of results. (See ST, April 2008, Table 6, page 105.)

Not so for LEDs. The 2007 figure of 15.4% is easily the highest figure in our five years of tracking LED usage. It’s the only other time, besides the inaugural 2003 figure of 13%, border tubing has accounted for more than 10% of all LED signage use. The lowest figure had been 4.8% in 2004. (See ST, April 2008, Table 8, page 106.)

The following photo gallery shows some examples of LED border tubing, including one instance in which it helps identify the sign company itself.

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