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    Fibra Max – Large Format Banner — Unical Graphic

    Outdoor advertising

    Billboards, facades, site hoardings, flag banners and bus-shelter panels. We produce at our workshop in Barcelona and install with our own team throughout Spain.

    • From a single site to a network of supports
    • Production and installation with no outsourcing
    • We tell you which format performs before we produce

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    The service

    What outdoor advertising is, and when it pays off

    Outdoor advertising covers every graphic support seen from the street: billboards and hoardings, party walls and facades, site hoardings, lamppost flag banners, masts, bus shelters and canopies. It isn't a material, it's a situation. The piece sits outdoors, is viewed while people are moving and almost always from a distance, and that shapes the message, letter size, finish and fixing system far more than design taste does.

    It pays off when you want to cover a specific area and repeat impact: a neighbourhood radius, a city entrance, a potential customer's daily route. It works especially well when the business has a physical location to bring people to, when a building site or a shop under renovation can advertise what's coming while the work is under way, and when several locations need to change campaign at the same time without falling out of sync.

    Each support has its own page: large-surface material and its production are covered in advertising banners, adhesive vinyl on glass and walls in adhesive vinyl, and the printing technology behind almost all of this in large-format printing. If the moving support is a vehicle, that's vehicle signage, and if what you're after is permanently identifying your premises, commercial signage. The whole Printing section is at digital printing.

    Street formats

    Where the campaign
    is seen decides everything

    The support isn't chosen from a catalogue: it's chosen by where people pass, at what speed, and how long it needs to hold up there. These are the formats we're asked for most.

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    Format01 / 05

    The classic roadside and urban-plot format. Read in seconds and from a distance, so contrast and letter size are what matter: one message too many and the billboard stops communicating.

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    Materials and finishes

    What a street campaign
    gets printed on

    Outdoors, the material decides how long the piece lasts and the finish decides whether it's still legible by month three. Sun and wind are what call the shots, not the catalogue.

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    Removable vinyl

    For campaigns with an expiry date. Comes off clean with no adhesive residue, which is what any rented unit, any franchise and almost any furniture that isn't yours will require.

    SettingIndoor and outdoor
    Durability2-3 years

    How we work

    From location to
    an installed campaign

    1. Step 01

      Location and dimensions

      Before the file, we want to know where the piece will be seen: from what distance, at what height, with what exposure to sun and wind, and how long it needs to stay up. That determines the support and fixing, not the other way round. If needed, we visit the site to measure.

    2. Step 02

      Message, file and colour

      A street piece is read in seconds, so we check that the message holds up to that reading and that the file holds up when scaled to full size. If the logo falls apart at six metres, we tell you before printing.

    3. Step 03

      Production at the workshop

      Printing, laminating, cutting and assembly in Cabrera de Mar: eyelets, pockets, reinforcements and frames. Not depending on an outside supplier means we can prioritise a campaign deadline without joining someone else's queue.

    4. Step 04

      Installation and removal

      Installation with our own team and, once the campaign ends, removal of the piece and its fixing system. Multi-location campaigns are organised by route so every site changes at the same time.

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    Before requesting a quote

    Which format to choose depending on who you want to reach

    A summary to get you oriented before the call. The duration shown is typical for a campaign with correct installation and normal exposure; in full sun and south-facing orientation, always expect less.

    Relative cost compares the formats against each other; these aren't fixed prices. Public-space availability and permit procedures depend on each local council [PENDING: confirm which procedures Unical handles and which remain the client's responsibility].
    FormatWho it reachesUsual supportCampaign durationRelative cost
    Billboard or hoardingPassing vehicle and pedestrian trafficBanner PVC or billboard paperPer campaignMedium
    Facade or party wallThe entire visual surroundings of a streetBanner PVC or perforated mesh+5 years if left in placeHigh
    Site hoardingNearby pedestrians, at close rangeBanner PVC or rigid materialsLength of the buildMedium
    Flag banners and mastsRepeated route: street, entrance, industrial estateFabric or reinforced banner PVCReusableLow per unit
    Bus shelter or canopyWaiting pedestrians and public transportBacklit film or paperPer campaignLow
    Shop window and facadeAnyone already passing your doorPermanent or removable vinyl2-10 years depending on vinylMedium
    Multi-location campaignSeveral areas or cities at onceMixed, depending on locationPer campaignDepends on volume
    Not sure which one you need? Send us the locations and a photo of the site and we'll tell you
    Pricing

    How the price of an outdoor advertising campaign is calculated

    The base is the square metre produced, but outdoors the square metre explains less than half of it. On top come assembly, the fixing system and installation, and installation is what moves the total the most: the same banner costs one thing on a street-level hoarding and another at eight metres up with public-space permits involved.

    That's why we quote broken down by location, with its own dimensions, material and finish, and installation shown separately. That way you know what to trim if the total runs over expectations, and how much it costs to add one more support without renegotiating the whole campaign.

    Send us the locations and we'll break down the cost

    What moves the price the most

    • Surface area and number of locationsAn 80 m² party wall isn't like twenty flag banners: the square-metre price drops with volume, but each location adds preparation and travel time.
    • Support and assemblyThe material is only part of it. Laminating, perforation, eyelets, pockets or a frame can weigh more than the printing itself.
    • Height and accessibility for installationA street-level hoarding and a party wall requiring lifting equipment and public-space permits are worlds apart in installation cost.
    • Whether the campaign repeatsWhen the same size is repeated across several locations, it's produced as a batch and installed by route. That's the biggest saving available.
    • Removal and replacementIt's worth deciding early on whether the piece is removed at the end and whether structures are kept for the next campaign.

    Google reviews

    What our clients say

    5,044 reviews on Google

    • 5/5

      Servicio impecable de principio a fin. La calidad de impresión es top, pero lo que realmente marca la diferencia es la atención y el trato: rápidos, cercanos y muy profesionales.

      Aaron Cuenca AguilarGoogle · Original review in Spanish

    • 5/5

      Servicio de impresión que impresiona, por su calidad y rapidez. Más allá de la increible calidad, me gustaría destacar la facilidad de comunicacion y la adaptacion al calendario.

      Pol Hernández RosiusGoogle · Original review in Spanish

    • 5/5

      Excelente empresa, la recomiendo ampliamente. Necesitábamos estos expositores con urgencia debido a un cambio de última hora, y nos los proporcionaron a un precio excelente. La calidad fue excepcional.

      Pol torralba dregerGoogle · Original review in Spanish

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    Frequently asked questions

    We answer your questions

    What people ask us before launching an outdoor advertising campaign: formats, permits, durability, timelines, installation and removal.

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    Which outdoor advertising format suits me best?

    It depends on who you want to reach and how fast they're moving. For vehicle traffic, size and contrast are what matter, and a billboard or party wall is what works; for nearby pedestrians, where people can stop and read, a site hoarding, a bus shelter or the shop window itself performs better because they can carry more information. If you want to repeat impact along a route, flag banners work out cheaper per unit than one large single piece. Send us the locations you have in mind and we'll tell you which one makes the most of the budget.

    Do I need a permit to install a billboard or an advertising banner?

    On public streets and on facades there's almost always a local ordinance involved, and it varies quite a bit from one council to another: permitted surface area, installation time and pavement occupation during assembly. What is constant is that it's worth checking before producing the piece, not after. [PENDING: confirm which procedures Unical handles and which remain the client's responsibility.]

    How long does a campaign last outdoors?

    It depends on the support and the finish, not just the ink. With laminated permanent vinyl, typical durability is five to ten years; removable vinyl is intended for campaigns of two or three years, and a well-tensioned banner exceeds five years. What most shortens the life of an outdoor piece is sun exposure and a fixing that lets it work with the wind, so if the location is demanding we'll tell you even if it raises the budget slightly.

    What should the file be like if the piece is seen from a distance?

    Ideally a PDF with text converted to outlines, or the original vector file. At large sizes you don't need the same density as in a leaflet, because the piece is viewed from a distance, but a logo pulled from a website falls apart the same way when enlarged. Send us whatever you have before finalising anything: we'll open it, check it at full size and tell you if it works. And if we see the message is too long to be read from where it'll be seen, we'll say so too.

    Do you handle installation too?

    Yes, with our own team and no outsourcing. We install everything from a single piece to a campaign spread across several provinces. Before installing we check the condition of the surface and the fixing system, because a dirty facade or a poorly planned anchor point cause almost every problem that shows up in the first storm. If the piece is at height or on public land, we arrange the lifting equipment needed.

    Do you remove the campaign when it ends?

    Yes, and it's worth deciding this from the start because it affects both budget and material. We remove the graphics and the fixing system, and if there are reusable structures we prepare them for the next campaign. On rented sites or building sites, where the condition is to return the surface as it was, we choose an adhesive and anchor from day one that come off clean.

    How long do you take?

    It depends on the format, the assembly involved and whether work at height is needed, so the specific timeline always goes into the quote rather than being a generic promise. What we can say is that producing in-house means we don't depend on an outside supplier's queue, so we can rearrange production when a campaign date isn't movable. What helps most is letting us know even if the artwork isn't finished: by reserving material and machine time, we start as soon as the file arrives.

    Can you run the same campaign in several cities at once?

    Yes, and this is where working with a single supplier shows the most. Everything is produced in the same workshop, with the same colour and the same material, and installed by route so every location changes in the same week instead of appearing one at a time. Grouping locations into a route is also the single biggest saving available on installation cost.

    Do you manufacture in-house or outsource?

    We manufacture at our facilities at Passatge la Carola, 2, in Cabrera de Mar, and install with our own team. We don't outsource either. This matters more than it seems in outdoor advertising, because problems tend to show up exactly at the seam between production and installation: a poorly chosen reinforcement is discovered while hanging the piece, and a poorly planned anchor point is discovered while assembling it. When the same team does both, that gap doesn't exist and you have a single point of contact from start to finish.

    Where do you manufacture and install?

    We manufacture in Barcelona, at our workshop in Cabrera de Mar, and install throughout Spain with our own team. It works the same for a single location as for a campaign across several provinces: neither the team nor the installation approach changes depending on where the piece lands. We've been doing this for over 32 years, and when a project calls for a solution that isn't ours, we say so instead of forcing it.

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    With the locations, the dimensions and how long the campaign needs to run, we can already give you a figure. If the file isn't ready, we'll review it first.

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