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EZBannerz makes displaying banners easier and better By CAL PETERS | CEO EZBannerz
It’s the quintessential “There has to be a better way …” story. Working for a number of years in a typical mid-sized Midwestern city downtown area, it was impossible not to notice a series of light pole banners that appeared at approximately the same time every year promoting a series of annual events at the local convention center. After my initial, more casual observations, I started paying more attention, and it quickly became clear that “banner duty” for the guys in the bucket trucks was not a fun job. So I sat down, designed and patented a complete solution to their problems. EZBannerz is safer, faster, easier, cheaper and more sustainable than any other banner system on the planet. Plus, our system is patented and made in the USA. Let’s explore what makes our product stand out.
Banners allow communities to show their personalities, spotlight events or add to beautification efforts. EZBannerz strives to make their installation a breeze. (All photos provided by EZBannerz)
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Safety Whenever you put people above grade, you invite all kinds of safety risks, often requiring specialized training. Still, industry statistics tell us that there were about 250 fatalities in bucket trucks over the last five years. That’s an average of one per state per year! I’ve heard multiple accounts where bucket trucks have been hit by 18-wheelers, including as recently as last fall in Paw Paw, Mich.! Our customers have expressed their gratitude at the prospect that they can get their people out of harm’s way when they change their banners, and we’re more than happy to oblige. With EZBannerz, there is no need for traffic control or the resulting bottlenecks, which create safety issues while impeding the traveling public. If you’re in a hurricane-prone area, you’ll almost always have enough advance warning of a storm so that you can go out and quickly remove all the EZBannerz, which saves your banners and banner hardware from damage. This also eliminates the wind forces on the light poles due to the banners, increasing your utility system’s survivability. After the storm, you just go back out with the extension pole and put the banners back up, which is convenient because at that point the bucket trucks are likely going to be pretty busy! As a bonus, our hardware is rated and tested to 100 mph wind force. Bear with me on this one. I happened to travel to Houston a couple years ago, and from my 15th-story downtown hotel room window,
