Empreinte signs of the times materials: enamelled lava, enamelled stoneware for your tourist signage

Enamelled lava stone

Lava stone has been used for roadside signage for over a century.  Michelin plaques were to be found throughout towns and villages from the end of the First World War onwards.  Some milestones and many signposts and street signs can still be seen today and are still in good condition.
The Touring club de France also had many enamelled lava orientation tables made as early as 1908.

Thanks to enamelled lava we are now able to produce tourist signage that's beyond compare.  The natural aspect of lava, which is a local product, gives a unique finish to all visual features, and exceptional depth of colour.
Unaffected by the heat, cold, sea air and exceptionally resistant to any form of aggression (graffiti, scratching and boring) enamelled lava gives you long-lasting signage with excellent staying power.

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For you, in its design and production workshops, Empreinte can create orientation tables, totems, lecterns, natural or historical trail waymarks, coats of arms, frescoes...  As a specialist in the reproduction of heritage sites on enamelled lava stone or stoneware, Empreinte guarantees the creation of high-quality, original and long-lasting tourist signage.   Empreinte’s products in enamelled lava stone or stoneware come with a 10 year guarantee, with visuals the same as on the day they were delivered.  Every orientation table and all tourist signage are delivered with a warranty certificate.  

Download : Data sheet "Things you need to know about enamelled lava"

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Enamelled extruded stoneware

Initially used for the cladding of public buildings, the enamelled extruded stoneware used by Empreinte gives excellent results for all your visual features.
Its slimness means it can easily be set into lecterns, benches or wall hanging.

It is unaffected by UV rays, and withstands scratching, corrosion and climatic stress, thus meeting all standards required for outdoor use (10-year guarantee).

 Download : Data sheet "Things you need to know about enamelled stoneware"

A great many applications

Enamelled extruded stoneware can be used for a great many applications, from the most traditional to the most original.  Thanks to the waterjet cutting technique, all shapes are possible.  Less heavy than lava (18 kg/m2), stoneware fits in easily with existing street furniture, in natural areas, parks and gardens.  Empreinte can also make your orientation or interpretation tables in stoneware, as well as your thematic trail signage or commemorative plaques.

Stoneware is also ideal for making very large frescoes.  In this case, plaques can be set side-by-side, ad infinitum.

Stoneware is essential when making pictograms or elements of indoor and/or utilitarian signage.

Empreinte provides a 10 year guarantee for its orientation tables, its tourist itinerary signage, and its signposting plates in enamelled stoneware, with visuals the same as on the day they were delivered.