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Click Photo for Larger Image... From left to right: Robert Thompson, AVCOG Executive Director; Ferg Lea, AVCOG Planning Division Director; Peter Murphy, Neokraft Signs President; and James Collins, AVCOG President.
Neokraft Recieves AVCOG Recognition Award for Environmental Achievement
April 23, 2008

"In recognition of...leadership in the business community to incorporate extensive recycling initiatives" AVCOG, the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments has chosen Neokraft Signs as the 2008 recipient of the Environmental Achievement award for "Exemplary Recycling Efforts."

Interface Fabrics Group, Newport, Maine.
Interface Fabrics Group signage, Newport, Maine.


Interface Fabrics Group, aluminum sign face being routed in the Neokraft shop
Power Rain Car Wash, South Paris, Maine.


Monument signage for Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine
Monument signage for Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine.


The Empire Grill's neon sign still burns faithfully in Skowhegan, Maine.
Neokraft Signs produced and installed the "old" Empire Grill neon sign, shown here, for the HBO television motion picture 'Empire Falls' filmed in Skowhegan, Maine, 2003.

 

Awards & Industry Recognition

Neokraft Signs has been recognized as one of the most creative sign design and fabrication firms in the nation. Through national recognition and awards, Neokraft has stood out from the crowd with signs that are effective, intelligent and creative:

United States Sign Council (USSC)
National Sign Contest —       2003
 First Place-
 Internally Illuminated
 Free Standing Signs:
  • Interface Fabrics Group, Guilford, ME

 First Place-
 Dimensional Signs:
  • Power Rain Car Wash, South Paris, ME


International Sign Association (ISA)
National Sign Contest —       2004
 Honorable Mention:
  • Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
  • Portland Public Market, Portland, ME

 

The Portland Public Market project, in Portland, Maine, brought many different styles and influences together in one central location! Entrance signage for the Portland Public Market, Portland, Maine, with WMTW's Time & Temp Building in background, both by Neokraft Signs.

Empire Falls-
The Empire Grill Sign
Neokraft had the good fortune in 2003 to be a part of the HBO motion picture 'Empire Falls'. Initially working as an intermediary sign contractor, Neokraft was eventually given the entire task of fabrication and installation of the neon sign seen outside Empire Falls' main hangout, the 'Empire Grill'.

Neon sign for the Empire Grill, as seen in the HBO Picture, 'Empire Falls' (2003)

The sign produced had to be period authentic and appear old, weathered, and in limited disrepair. Neokraft produced a sign that, after "weathering" by the production company, functioned beautifully, including a user operable "short-circuit" transformer (seen throughout the film as the 'flickering' neon letter).

Additionally, Neokraft produced various small signage needed for a number of uses throughout the production shoot in Maine.