L'AQUILA (Italy) April 6th - An earthquake of 6.3 on the Richter scale occurred at 3h32 with epicenter in the Abruzzo region, causing over 200 deaths, 1,500 injured, 15,000 displaced.

To give your contribution you can support the Italian Red Cross by making a donation to the following bank account (IBAN code):

IT66 C0100 503382 000000 218020. Cause: Earthquake Abruzzo

Just a quick post to wish you all a wonderful 2008!

See you in a few days to celebrate together the Euro Display 30th Anniversary!

Fabio
on behalf of the Euro Display team

With the upcoming winter holidays, the Euro Display team and I would like to wish you all the best for the new year.

We hope 2008 will be a healty and successful year, and that it will further strenghten our partnership.

I would also like to inform you that Our Offices Will Be Closed from Saturday December 22th until Sunday January 6th included.

Any request or enquiry received during this period, will be performed Starting From Monday January 7th 2008, so please excuse any delay that may occur.

Again, best wishes to you and your family!

The reason why these last few days I haven't published anything, is because unfortunately last week I lost a very dear friend in a terrible car accident - and I haven't been focused very much these days.

I guess when tragedy strikes, the sadness and reflection on life, leave very little space to work related topics - which suddenly seem to be so futile and unimportant.

This dear friend used to tell me that time helps in healing all wounds. He also used to tell me that life's not easy, but that you must face it with courage, day after day. And never ever give up.

He lost his father when he was younger. He needed crutches to walk since he was a kid. I think he really knew what he was talking about.

Ciao Antonio! It has been an honour and a privilege to meet you and to share part of your path. And thank you for your daily example of courage. I'll try to follow it as much as I can.

Love Always,
Fabio

Here's two questions about LED screens I received from one of you.

First Question: "Do you think Outdoor LED Billboard walls can be profitable investment in countries with lower economic power (i.e. Eastern EU)? [...] Some Chinese displays installed here showed as bad investment (weak customer interest)."

Second Question: "When do you think LED display technology will be suitable to substitute citylight static displays (2x1 m). We need to take into consider robustness of display since vandals can reach installations easily, for example?"

These questions are both very interesting and reveal a deeper than average understanding of the technology and the industry.
 
My answer to the first question is: yes, I believe LED screens can be a profitable investment even in emerging countries. Actually these countries are among the best places for an LED screen.
 
Infact, usually emerging countries have a strong capitalist attitude that makes advertising a powerful tool. One great example for what I'm saying is the LED screen we installed in the Dominican Republic (a country with very low economic power).
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