On November 27th 2009, PUMA, global sportlifestyle brand  debuted a unique new retail concept with the opening of their second Chicago store, located in the highly-anticipated Chicago State Street development.  Portland Color produced and installed several wall covering components using our UV and HP Latex printers.  We also performed the installation for this location as [...]

What better way to celebrate Earth Day – by being the influence behind the materials used for this years green campaign hosted by Bloomingdale’s for the NRDC. Bloomingdale’s is partnering with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) through April to celebrate Earth Month. The partnership will be executed through various in-store and online events, visual [...]

Today, on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, WhatTheyThink, the leading news and information site for the graphic communications industry announced the winners of the WhatTheyThink Environmental Innovation Awards, given in partnership with Unisource Worldwide, Inc. and the Unisource respect Printers’ Program. The Environmental Innovation Awards recognize companies that are making real and concrete contributions [...]

Show Announcement Seeing Portland – 1970 to 1984 Photographs of a pre-technological, pre-gentrified place Portland in the 1970s was a city on the brink of being reborn. Nestled between the misguided urban renewal of the 1960s and the boom years of the later 1980s it was a time of gestation and redefinition. A surprising number [...]

We are excited to announce a new site that will allow you to browse a wide range of products that pair well with our large format products.  Banner stands, table top displays, hanging hardware for retail windows and more.  Have a look around – we have a very competitive price offering for these products – [...]

Well if there’s one thing I hate it’s an outdated website or blog.  How lame right?  That’s what happens when you ‘reset the rudder’ so to speak and become so distracted by the economic meltdown and pour all of your energy into finding new clients (or holding onto existing ones) that you don’t find the [...]

Portland Color was recently honored with an Award for Excellence by the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) for the fabrication of several large format fabric panels that were part of an installation in Minneapolis by artist Nancy Ann Coyne. The project is called Speaking of Home and is intended to draw attention the the history [...]

Hello All! I’ve been at Portland Color for about a month now, spending time with staff members and learning about their jobs. I’ve primarily been working with the finishing department where prints are cut, trimmed, hemmed, laminated, assembled, folded etc. etc. etc. and then packaged and shipped out to clients. If there’s one thing I’ve [...]

We’ve updated our website and moved it to a blog style format. We are now able to update our site on the fly, allowing us to deliver the latest news about our company, our recently completed projects, and our staff. We’d love to hear from you. Feel free to comment on any of our posts. [...]

Andy Graham, founder and President of Portland Color was recently honored by the Maine College of Art for Entrepreneurship in the Arts.