Illustration: hotel lobby with bronze dimensional letters reading AURELLE on a fluted oak wall above a travertine reception desk, beside a printed botanical mural wall
Sign packages for brands, hotels, resorts and casinos

The sign out front. The wall behind the bar. One scope.

Logo letters, storefront and blade signs, wayfinding, braille room signs, printed and moulded feature walls. One set of drawings in, one priced scope back.

  • Since 2009Niagara Falls, Ontario
  • $5Mliability insurance
  • Class AASTM E84 fire rating
  • Up to 50locations a month

Signs we've built for: Gucci, Starbucks, Pizza Pizza, Royal Caribbean.

Who we build for

From the flagship to the fiftieth store.

Brand teams, hotel and resort owners, casino operators and the designers who work for them.

Sign types

Every sign a brand needs, built to its standard.

Made to your drawings and brand files, in your colours. Some images on this page are illustrations of products we make.

Illustration: brass dimensional letters reading MAISON CALLIS on a limestone boutique facade

Dimensional logo letters

Metal-finish faces with deep returns, stood off the wall.

Illustration: red storefront letters reading CRUST & CO on a dark restaurant fascia

Storefront letters

Fascia letters to your brand standard, repeated store to store.

Illustration: round green projecting sign reading HARBOUR ROAST on a black bracket

Blade and projecting signs

Double-sided, on a bracket made to suit the building.

Illustration: stone monument sign with bronze letters reading CASTELLANE at a resort entrance

Monument and entry signs

Stone-look bases with dimensional letters for the drive in.

Illustration: brushed letters reading NORTHWALL on a walnut slat wall behind a reception desk

Lobby logo walls

Letters and the feature wall behind them, on one scope.

Illustration: three menu boards and a hanging ORDER HERE sign over a restaurant counter

Menu boards and order points

Menu frames, order and pick-up signs, and the counter wall.

Illustration: bronze floor directory with room ranges beside hotel elevator doors

Wayfinding and directories

Floor numbers, room ranges and directions at every lobby.

Illustration: black room sign with raised brass numerals 1214 and braille beside a walnut door

Braille room and washroom signs

Raised characters and Grade 2 braille, made in-house.

Illustration: painted coastline mural wall with dimensional letters reading RESTORA above banquette seating

Printed feature walls

Your artwork printed floor to ceiling, letters mounted on top.

Illustration: script sign reading Golden Hour above a brass back bar

Script signs

Custom script letters for bars, lounges and photo walls.

Illustration: frosted band and lettering reading LUMEN OPTICAL on a glass storefront

Window and glass graphics

Frosted bands, cut lettering and privacy film.

Illustration: bronze-finish plaque reading THE ASHFORD CLUB EST. 1924 on a stone wall

Plaques and cast-look signs

Raised lettering in bronze or brass finishes.

Illustration: carved and painted sign slab reading CORAL COVE with a sculpted sea turtle at a resort pool entrance

Custom moulded and themed signs

Carved, sculpted and painted to your theme for resorts, cruise ships and attractions.

  • From your concept drawingThemes, characters and lettering sculpted to your designer's art.
  • Painted in-houseYour palette, weathered or crisp.
For brands and chains

One standard. Every location.

Your first store sets the standard. Every store after it reorders by code and matches the first.

  1. 01One contactFrom drawings to delivery.
  2. 02Prototype firstYou sign off the first location's set.
  3. 03Your standard on fileDrawings, colours and schedule, reordered by code.
  4. 04Up to 50 locations a monthShipped to each store's opening date.
  5. 05Sign shops welcomeTrade pricing and blind shipping on request.
In-house

Printed, cut and built under one roof.

Your artwork goes straight onto the panel in our Niagara Falls shop. No outsourced print, no second vendor for the wall the sign hangs on.

  • Large format UV printingDirect to ACM, rigid panel and faux brick, in CMYK or Pantone.
  • A colour proof firstYou approve the colour before we run your job.
  • Cut and fabricated in-houseLetters, panels, sculpted and moulded pieces.
Our large format UV flatbed printer in the Niagara Falls shop
A floral artwork printing on panel on our UV printer bed
Accessible signs and samples

Checked on every drawing. Samples in your hand.

Tactile and braille signs laid out to the code in your spec, and a kit of real finishes for your team.

Built to the requirements on your drawings.

Room, washroom, exit-door and stair signs get looked at closely. We lay out every tactile sign to the code in your spec and check it on the shop drawing before anything is cut.

  1. Character heightRaised copy sized to your code.
  2. Raised depthCharacters raised enough to read by touch.
  3. Grade 2 brailleCorrect translation, placed below the copy.
  4. Mounting height and locationLatch side of the door, to the height on your drawings.
  5. ContrastCharacters light on dark or dark on light.
  6. FinishMatte, non-glare faces.
Illustration: sample kit on a worktable with a braille washroom sign, a faux brick panel, printed and metal chips, a clear acrylic letter and a colour fan

Hold it before you spec it.

A sample kit for designers and brand teams, sent to your office.

  • Braille sign
  • Faux brick
  • Printed panel
  • ACM
  • Acrylic letter
  • Colour chips
Drawings in

What to send. What comes back.

Every sign and every finished wall, coded to your plans on one sheet.

ReSigns and feature walls
ToFoamcore estimating
TransmittalTR-001
ActionFor scope and price

Send us

  • Architectural plans and elevations
  • Your sign schedule, if there is one
  • Brand standards and vector logo files (AI, EPS, PDF, DWG, DXF)
  • Finish schedule for feature walls
  • Accessibility notes in your spec
Email drawings to sales@foamcore.caPut your company name in the subject. We match them to your request.
  • ReturnedScope by code, type and location
  • ReturnedShop drawings and a colour proof
  • ReturnedQuestions for anything the drawings leave open
Get a scope

Send the drawings. We send back the scope.

Brand team, hotel, casino or designer: drawings, a sign schedule or just photos work. Sign company? Write "supply and ship only" and we price it line by line.

Drawings: email them to sales@foamcore.ca with your company name in the subject. We match them to this form.

We reply from sales@foamcore.ca.