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We Invested in Casting to Provide The Highest Quality Products

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All Blog Posts Article SummaryBrandon Industries emphasizes the importance of aluminum die casting in producing high-quality street products, including light poles, signage, and mailboxes. Aluminum is favored for its lightweight nature, corrosion resistance, and recyclability, making it ideal for outdoor applications. The company employs various casting methods, including sand casting, gravity casting with permanent molds,…

Protective street bollards next to a road

Planning and Installing Decorative LED Bollards In Streetscape Designs

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All Blog Posts Article SummaryBrandon Industries offers a comprehensive guide to bollard installations, emphasizing the importance of strategic placement and proper installation techniques to enhance safety and aesthetics in public spaces. The company provides a range of bollard options, including decorative LED bollards that serve dual purposes: illumination and protection. Installation methods vary based on…

LED acrylic globe with large cap and arms post top luminaire with finial overlooking river at sunset

Post Top Lighting Guide: Styles, Placement & Design Tips

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All Blog Posts Article SummaryPost top lighting brings both function and character to outdoor spaces, from backyards to city streets. The right fixture, color temperature, and spacing improve safety, highlight architecture, and cut energy costs, while over-lighting wastes budget and washes out the features you actually want people to notice.Post Top Lighting Guide: Styles, Placement…

man holding onto street light during wind storm

How much wind can a luminaire take?

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It’s not rare to come across uprooted trees, telephone poles, light poles and power lines especially during the storm season. It leaves the roads in a mess and could also endanger lives. Although no one can predict the damages that a severe storm can cause, every inhabited town has certain safety guidelines for outdoor installations, that must adhered to…

twin cluster mailboxes next to shopping center

5 Things To Know About Cluster Mailboxes

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I bet you didn’t realize the Brandon Industries is one of the nation’s top CBU manufacture. Centralized mail delivery equipment can be in the form of any “clustered” style of mailboxes, but the most popular is the free-standing, pedestal-mounted Cluster Box Unit (CBU). These USPS Approved units are most often used in outdoor new construction installations, but are also popular in commercial and retail settings…