Certification
SGS Fleet Livery in Cut Vinyl
What we did
- Client
- SGS
- Sector
- Certification
- Area
- Signage
- Type of work
- Fleets
- Location
- Spain
Livery for a large fleet of SGS vehicles in Spain: Citroën Berlingo vans and C3 cars. Each unit carries the logo and the strapline 'When you need to be sure' applied to the side and the rear door, produced entirely in cut vinyl. The job was approached as a long series, with the same set-out repeated vehicle after vehicle.
The challenge
The SGS logo is a compact block that leaves no room for deviation: if its height or its distance from the handle changes between two units, it shows as soon as the fleet is seen together. On top of that, the van and the car offer very different usable areas on the side and the rear.
Our solution
We worked with two set-out templates, one per model, dimensioned from the door shut line and the waistline so the installer never had to measure on the vehicle itself. The logo and strapline were plotter-cut in polymeric cut vinyl and mounted with application tape and a hinge tape to allow dry positioning before application. The area was degreased and primed, applied with a felt squeegee, heat-conformed over the rear door mouldings and the application tape removed while warm.
Materials used
- Polymeric cut vinyl in white and the corporate colour
- Application tape and hinge tape for positioning
- Set-out templates for the Berlingo and the C3
- Cutting plotter and felt squeegee
- Surface degreasing and priming products
Results
- Logo at the same height on every unit of each model
- Strapline legible on both the side and the rear door
- Cut vinyl with no lifted edges on mouldings or beside handles
- Short cycle time per vehicle, with the set-out already resolved on the template
- Consistent fleet appearance when several units are seen together
The work up close
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