It's All Happenin' In The 'Zoo...

Kalamazoo! What a great town with a zoooper history. Known for many things through the years, such as Checker Cabs, UpJohn pills and the first downtown mall, it's also the home of Kalamazoo Banner Works, now known as Consort Display Group. This medium-size, little company designs and manufactures some of the most unique and innovative display products ever conceived on earth! Well, OK, some of them are pretty good and some of them sell better than others but we are proud of all of them.

So, who are the "we" in all that? The "we" are the talented and dedicated folks who make up this company that I started in 1984 to combat one of the past US recessions that occassionally affects my other profession of architecture. We are made up of designers, accountants, screen printers, digital printers, sales professionals, office managers and staff, CNC and waterjet operators, business administrators, assemblers and machinery operators and techies. A diverse group to be sure! But we do it all here, right here in Kalamazoo. We design the products, we make them, we market and sell them, we design and print the marketing materials and we create and maintain the websites. Of course, we hereby also acknowledge all the vendors, suppliers and consultants who fill in the gaps with materials and expertise that we absolutely count on to help bring it all together.

This blog site will wander through the goings on of Consort Display Group with an emphasis on innovation and other fun stuff that we and other designers are doing as well as some serious discussions about our products. With some of our products being somewhat technical in nature in regards to wind loading and structural engineering, we will address many whys and hows of the street light banner and banner bracket business to share important information to our customers. And, in a lighter vain, we'll talk about the fun, non-technical side of our products like Dori Pole Pennant System, Podia Tabletop Displays and others to share how you can benefit from what we and our customers have experienced with those.

Also, we'll link to some very astute designers and companies which we admire and think more folks should know about. Thank you for stopping by now and again. Roger