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Fometco announces new digital billboard design

Atlanta-based Formetco recently announced the official launch for the new FTX digital billboard design, featuring a 10-year LED brightness warranty.

March 20, 2015

Atlanta-based Formetco recently announced the official launch for the new FTX digital billboard design, featuring a 10-year LED brightness warranty.

"The FTX was designed to be a superior billboard among any other billboard product in the world. Our objective is to take both owner and advertiser satisfaction to new heights," said Todd Heller, VP, Formetco, in the announcement.

Formetco said it invested time to identify the top concerns of billboard owners and outdoor advertising companies. Each customer concern was isolated and assigned a team whose mission was to find a solution. The development teams came up with design improvements that were combined to produce the FTX system.

A grid-based LED tile design is intended to make display repairs fast and easy. Significantly reducing the number of electrical connections and using weather tight sealed LED tiles and connectors eliminates numerous areas of common problems, the company said, and multiple safeguards and system redundancies provide more reliable performance from critical components of the system.

An open box design eliminates the need for cooling fans which require replacement, and the absence of fans means lower power consumption. The new energy efficient power system further lowers power consumption.

The FTX technology is available in five sizes of display signs, for both indoor and outdoor advertising. FTX technology can also be retrofit into existing billboard structural framing for upgrading to a high visibility sign.

Formetco FTX billboard owners also have access to an in-house support team, SmartLink technology and a nationwide network of service providers. Specialized billboard software provides live diagnostics feedback, and the Formetco network operations center also uses visual monitoring of FTX billboards.

In addition to the 10-year LED brightness warranty, Formetco also provides a five-year parts warranty, and additional labor warranties.