FASTSIGNS® Boardman Expands, Takes Ownership of Bedford Heights Location

(Boardman, OH) February 13, 2012-
BOARDMAN, OHIO -- Jay Summer, president of FASTSIGNS of Boardman, is purchasing the existing FASTSIGNS location in Bedford Heights. The acquisition, effective Feb. 13, will allow the company to serve a market ranging from southeast Cleveland along the turnpike corridor to Youngstown.

“My team and I are excited about this expansion,” says Summer. “FASTSIGNS of Bedford Heights will be able to offer improved solutions to businesses and organizations—while having a strong support network through the Boardman FASTSIGNS location. It will remain a stand-alone center.”

Located at 5205 Northfield Rd, the Bedford Heights FASTSIGNS center can now provide the same level of professionalism, quality and speed as Youngstown businesses and organizations have experienced for 12 years. Services include a full range of custom visual communications solutions including site and architectural signs, window and vehicle graphics, point-of-purchase signs, safety and identification signage, and trade show displays. In addition, the FASTSIGNS center now has the ability to create digital marketing tools such as 2-D Barcodes (QR codes), and host mobile websites. 

Bedford Heights customers will additionally benefit from Summer’s recent purchase of a new high-volume flatbed printer, located in the Boardman FASTSIGNS center at 6981 Southern Blvd, Suite D.

“The HP FB500 offers direct tangible benefits such as streamlining the production process, increasing speed and volume, and improving image quality,” says Summer. “The flatbed printer prints sign and graphics jobs faster, at near photographic quality. By having the latest technology in-house, we can produce the product to our clients’ specifications on budget and on time.”

 “The Bedford Heights FASTSIGNS purchase will provide for increased throughput on high-volume equipment and recognize economies of scale in marketing and purchasing,” he adds.

Summer credits the Boardman FASTSIGNS staff for making the expansion to Cleveland possible. Working together for more than a decade, the team includes Lori Bowser, Carlie Helbeck, Rick Miller and Jen Johnson. “I appreciate my Boardman team’s willingness to step-up to help with the Bedford Heights opportunity,” Summer says. “Their enthusiastic support is critical.”
 

A native of South Carolina, Summer relocated to the Youngstown area in 1993. He currently serves as Secretary and President-Elect of Boardman Rotary and is a Paul Harris Fellow.  Summer has owned and operated Boardman FASTSIGNS for 12 years and is a past board member of FASTSIGNS National Advertising Council and Franchise Advisory Council. The father of four attends Canfield Presbyterian Church. 

For more information call the Bedford Heights FASTSIGNS at (216)581-4141 or visit them online at www.fastsigns.com/111. To contact the Boardman FASTSIGNS, call (330)965-0970 or visit the Boardman FASTSIGNS^® online at www.fastsigns.com/360or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fastsigns.boardman.

FASTSIGNS^® helps businesses, organizations and events solve their visual communications and marketing challenges—large and small. From the simple… to the simply impossible™. The  Boardman FASTSIGNS center provides consulting, file transfer, design, production, delivery and installation for a full range of custom sign and graphic solutions.