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Do you want to bring maximum impact to your print marketing? Here, we will provide expert print and design tips to help get the best results from your next print run.
Do you want to bring maximum impact to your print marketing?
Here, we will provide you with expert print and design tips that will help you get the best results from your next print run.
Aluminium Composite Panel
Aluminium Composite Panel Signage, or ACP for short is the ideal media for all of your signage requirements. Lightweight, durable, easy to install.
In this post, we will discuss the design and production process using one of our recent projects as a case study.
Alto Franklin, our client.
One of our clients, Alto Franklin, a top shelf Airbnb property located in the beautiful Huon Valley Tasmania, approached Inknition to undertake the task of designing and producing signage for the property to better guide guests around the features and draw cards of the property.
More about Alto Franklin
Commanding the top of a ridge known as Heriot’s Rise, sits Alto Franklin. Taking in a vast swathe of Tasmania’s picturesque Huon River, this deftly designed modern home is fitting for such a prominent location. The simple, modern form of the building is artfully resolved with a premium palette of materials: American White Oak floors, an Italian slate feature wall, Escea gas fire and Tasmanian Oak joinery. However, it is what is beyond the glass walls that really absorbs.
Heriot’s Point is a peninsula that punctuates the Huon River and affords the Alto Franklin 180º view of this majestic waterway peppered with islands flanked by verdant rolling hills. To the north rests the renowned peak of Sleeping Beauty and the beguiling Tasmanian sky above. Alto is a beautiful place to create the next chapter of your story, be it connecting with the one you love, much-needed time with the family or a place to celebrate.
We welcome you to discover why Alto Franklin is acclaimed by the Hobart Mercury as ‘Possibly Tasmania’s finest home’.

Aluminium Composite Panel – The design process
Our design team worked very closely with the owner of Alto Franklin to design several signs to be located around the property. The purpose of the signage was to point out features and highlights of the property to make them more obvious to new guests, and given the sheer size of this property, was a very wise dicision!
A 600mm circular template was agreed upon, which suited the circular structure of the clients existing logo. A stark white background with black logo, black text and a black circular border kept all of the designs in line with the design brief, which was clean, classy and simple.
Designs were created for a total of 12 signs for the property, ranging from “Fire Pit Area,” “Chicken Coup,” “Wood Shed” and “Platypus Viewing,” just to name a few.
See example below for design work template:

Aluminium Composite Panel – Production of signage
Once all design works where created and signed off on by the client, the next phase was to discuss what the perfect substrate would be for the signage.
ACP was the perfect choice here, lightweight, 3mm thick, weather proof to sustain the harsh Tasmanian climate all year round, easy to print to and also shape cut to the circle contour.
Our ACP panels also come with your choice of matt or gloss over laminate for even further added protection and longevity. All up, these signs can be expected to last up to 10 years.
What is ACP? find out more here
ACP is also an extremely easy to install product. Once the client had safely received all of the aluminium composite panels by direct courier, it was a simple process undertaken by the client of drilling 2 pilot holes top and bottom of the ACP, then screwing onto fence panels around the property where required.

Client satisfaction
Needless to say, the client was extremely happy with the quality of the final product, and very impressed with the painless design process and steamlined production and fast delivery.
If you are looking for ACP signage solutions for your business, home or anything else, please do not hesitate to contact us now. info@inknition.com.au
Other signage options you may require:
Composite Panel
- Aluminium composite panel
- UV outdoor inks - rated 2 years outdoors
- Full colour printing (CMYK)
- Printed onto white vinyl sticker stock
- Need a custom size, shape, stock or quantity? Please submit the "get a custom quote" form below
A Frames
- Full colour printing (CMYK) both sides
- Two options; snap frame with 2 posters or fixed metal face with 2 vinyl stickers
- Lightweight and easy to position
- Need a custom size, shape, stock or quantity? Please submit the "get a custom quote" form below
Posters
- Full colour printing (CMYK)
- 200gsm silk poster paper
- A2, A1 and A0
- Cost effective marketing item
- Need a custom size, shape, stock or quantity? Please submit the "get a custom quote" form below
Corflute
- 5mm thick coreflute (corrugated plastic)
- UV outdoor inks - rated 2 years outdoors
- Full colour printing (CMYK)
- Standard Pricing for A2, A1 and A0
- Need a custom size, shape, stock or quantity? Please submit the "get a custom quote" form below
Tear Drop Banners
- Full colour printing (CMYK)
- Direct print to stretch fabric media
- Includes all poles and carry bag
- 4 sizes available
- Need a custom size, shape, stock or quantity? Please submit the "get a custom quote" form below
Vehicle Magnets
- Waterproof and designed for outdoor use
- CMYK (full colour) UV ink single sided
- Gloss laminate
- Standard size: 600mm x 300mm
- Need a custom size, shape, stock or quantity? Please submit the "get a custom quote" form below
Outdoor Vinyl Banners
- 510gsm PVC vinyl banner stock
- UV outdoor inks - rated 2 years outdoors
- Full colour printing (CMYK)
- Eyelets supplied (frame not included)
- Need a custom size, shape, stock or quantity? Please submit the "get a custom quote" form below
Media Walls
- Full colour printing (CMYK)
- Direct print to stretch fabric
- Includes all poles and carry bag
- 5 sizes available
- Need a custom size, shape, stock or quantity? Please submit the "get a custom quote" form below
Counter Strut Cards
- Full colour printing (CMYK) single side
- 2mm screenboard
- A5, A4 and A3 sizes available as standard
- Comes complete with sturdy rear strut
- Need a custom size, shape, stock or quantity? Please submit the "get a custom quote" form below