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Every so often, products are developed that bring the sign industry one step closer to replacing neon. AgiLight of San Angelo, Texas, is one such developer, and its new product is the z-LED system.
President & CEO J. Bryan Vincent and co-founder William R. (Bill) Ratcliffe started AgiLight last year. Vincent had developing some new flexible display technology in Dow Chemical's Advanced Electronic Materials business, when he was contacted by Ratcliffe, who had been looking for some flexible display technology for an electronics application he was developing.
The two soon discovered that they also had ideas on the further development of a range of LED products-specifically in the areas of micro-lighting and signage. With Vincent's experience in venture capital, the two basically shook hands last Summer.
The company has been working closely with Bridgestone Industrial Products for some time on signage products using their Luxaura Linear Light Guide (LLG). In March, they formalized a partnership, making AgiLight its exclusive partner for the signage industry.
Sign Builder Illustrated recently spoke with J. Bryan Vincent, President and CEO of AgiLight Inc., about its new product.
Please tell us about the technology behind the z-LED system.
The z-LED system really couples two products: the LLG and the AgiLight Engine.
The patented LLG technology...