BÉFLEX Signage recently won the tender of Commerzbank for the complex replacement of all outdoor signs and logos in its each Hungarian bank offices. Our success was the result of our very good offer and the fact that the quality provided by us was 100 % matching with the requirements laid down in Commerzbank Frankfurt HQ. For the above reasons our original order was already extended at the beginning of the project, bank offices in Czech Republic and Slovakia were attached to the original plan – so finally we had to cope with 17 spots in 3 countries altogether.
After getting the purchase order in May, our top priority was to start and finish purchasing process of raw materials as soon as possible. The speciality was that we had to order many extraordinary materials like: special plexi, LED lights and rarely used profiles.
CAD designing also started in line with purchasing process. At that stage main focus was the careful consideration of all unique and extra features of the different locations.
After finishing all the preparation works, the project management’s role and responsibility became crucial – work had to be organized in 3 countries, on 17 spots paying attention for all small details carefully – in order to get the project closed in less than 2 months time. Logistics operations were under continuous control as geographical and timely factors must have been handled parallel.
Not only these facts made us proud for this project: all of our end-products represent high level of technology, aesthetics and perfect quality, every item got its final form exclusively processed.
Logos and signages placed on facades and on roofs were produced in different sizes. One of the many challenges was the smaller size signage production as these were prepared in 40 mm thickness illuminating homogenously. Another important aspect for the customer challenging us was that signages and vacuum-formed logos should illuminate exactly the same way.
We had to guarantee that the radius of all the letters in the signages in reality will appear 100 % conformity with the plans. A rarely used fixing method in Hungary adopted for the installation of smaller items – by using a power rail (power track) with attachable, specific LED lights. Faces and superficies were produced of plexi, convex inlays were created not by plexi cutting but by forming “profile 8” letter bodies.
Summarizing the experiences of the process we can say that we were able to harmonize and to apply state of the art production methods (plexi gluing, vacuum-forming, black & white signing, satin plexi processing) parallel due to the expertise of our colleagues working in the production.
The proof of the success of this project is that we are recently having further discussions with Commerzbank about similar outdoor rebranding projects in different countries of the region, and we even won an indoor project for Hungarian bank offices.
We have produced illuminating company logo for Corner Bakery Coffee and Sandwich Bar. One of the specialities of this project is that the spot is situated at Ferihegy 1 Airport – so we also had to adapt for the special security requirements.
