To provide faster shipping and easy access to technical support to customers in the Midwest, Drytac has opened an office in the Chicago area. Like Drytac's other five facilities throughout North America, the new office combines a showroom for banner stands and portable displays with a state-of-the-art training center. Here, laminating equipment operators can receive hands-on instruction in the latest techniques and materials for display-graphics fabrication.

The facility is located just minutes from O'Hare Airport and about 20 minutes from downtown Chicago at 808 N. Central Ave., Unit A, Wood Dale, IL 60191, 630-694-8387. (Drytac Corp.: 800-280-6013, www.drytac.com)