Legends of Mythology Campaign Demonstrates Attributes of Alcan Composites' Graphic Display Board Lines

A pantheon of mythological gods is leading the Alcan Composites USA campaign to inspire legendary creations on an epic scale from graphic designers, who've long relied upon the proven performance of the company's Fome-Cor, Sintra, Gator, and Dibond graphic display boards. Alcan Composites' Legends of Mythology marketing communications campaign has been designed to visually inspire designers by powerfully representing each product line's attributes through a mythological figure.

"Alcan Composites has earned a long-standing reputation in the graphic display industry for producing legendarily reliable substrates and has challenged designers to create their own legendary graphic displays in its previous 'Legends' marketing communications campaign," said Joseph N. Masters, marketing manager, graphic display, Alcan Composites USA. "The Legends of Mythology campaign extension is designed to remind graphic designers and fabricators of the powerful role these products can play in creating legendary displays. Bold images of mythological gods?including Neptune, Ra, Medusa and Thor?represent the unique attributes of each of our lines of Fome-Cor, Sintra, Gatorfoam, and Dibond graphic display boards."

Those mythological images include:

Fome-Cor and Neptune. Illustrations of the Roman god of the sea often depict Neptune rising out of the depths of the ocean. This concept of ?depth? is exemplified by Fome-Cor board because it is uniquely embossable; varying surface levels can be die-cut into the board to produce 3-D effects as well as closed edges that will stay closed permanently. Fome-Cor board consists of extruded polystyrene foam bonded between various high-quality papers that feature a smooth surface for direct digital- and screen-printing applications or mounting.

Sintra and Ra. Egyptian sun-god Ra personifies the attributes of Sintra Bright White, which is print-optimized to feature the brightest, whitest surface available to produce eye-popping graphics in both direct screen-printing and digital-printing applications. Sintra is a lightweight-yet-rigid expanded PVC material that cuts cleanly, can be direct printed, and accepts vinyl graphics.

Gatorfoam and Medusa. In Greek mythology, Medusa possessed the power to turn into stone anyone that she gazed upon. Similarly, that kind of rigidity is possessed by Gatorfoam, the original heavy-duty graphic display board that consists of polystyrene foam bonded between two layers of wood-fiber veneer laminate. This unique construction makes Gatorfoam rigid yet lightweight and warp-resistant; its surface also is exceptionally smooth and strong.

Dibond and Thor. Thor, the strongest of the Norse gods, was believed to control thunder, with lightning flashing whenever he threw his hammer. That kind of superior strength is exemplified by Dibond, a rigid, durable aluminum composite material consisting of two pre-painted sheets of .012-inch aluminum bonded to a solid polyethylene core. Dibond, the flattest panel on the market, offers a superior surface for mounting vinyl graphics and displaying digital and screen-printed graphics.

Alcan Composites' Legends of Mythology will be represented in a series of bold advertisements, a new product brochure, trade-show exhibit booth graphics and tabletop diorama, a sales kit featuring product samples printed as scrolls, and on the company's updated website.

The Legends of Mythology marketing communications campaign was designed by Charlotte, N.C.-based Luquire George Andrews (LGA), a leader in integrated marketing communications in the Southeast for 25 years.

"We were asked by Alcan Composites to extend the 'Legends' campaign with a series of cohesive visuals that support the big picture of choosing the right graphic display board," said Philip Tate, senior vice president, LGA.

"The Legends of Mythology concept was developed after reviewing several different types of legends," said Todd Aldridge, group creative director, LGA. "Ultimately, the mythological gods were chosen as the best way to link the powerful attributes of Alcan Composites' graphic display boards with the legend."