Our History

1944

The H. G. Brooks Company was founded in Knoxville, Tennessee as a manufacturer of plastic products.

1947

Name changed to Plasti-Line, Inc.

1947

Plasti-Line received its first order for internally illuminated signs made of Plexiglas from Pet Milk Company.

1950

Coca-Cola signed on as a customer.

The first plant was built in Knoxville, TN.

1960

Plasti-Line was awarded its first re-image program by American Oil Company.

The erector network was born.

1962

The Chrysler re-image program, which was the largest sign program ever done at that time, was the first of many major projects and re-image changeovers Plasti-Line would become known for.

1965

Over 300,000 square feet of manufacturing space and adjoining offices, built at Emory Road in Knoxville.  This greatly enhanced our manufacturing and customer service capabilities.

Harry Brooks, the original company founder, sold the company to Dart Industries, which was to be a transitional owner.

1975

Dart sold Plasti-Line to A&E Plasti-Pak, which brought in President James R. Martin who grew the company to the major multi-million dollar leader it is today.

We were awarded the General Motors sign program, which is still our largest account.  Plasti-Line's average account is over 10 years old, a good indication of the lasting relationships we form with our customers.

1980

James R. Martin and two others purchased the company. Martin subsequently became CEO and continues to chart an aggressive growth plan for the future.

1986

Plasti-Line became the largest single source supplier in the United States after purchasing American Sign and Marketing. By combining the product manufacturing capabilities of the two companies, we were able to offer customers more point of purchase and smaller indoor signage.

Plasti-Line's stock went public and was traded on the NASDAQ for the first time.

1987

Plasti-Line purchased Tencon in Centerville, TN. This added the McDonald's program, which is still one of our largest accounts today. While Tencon was consolidated in Knoxville in 1988, many of the Tencon employees still work for Plasti-Line today.

1990

Design Performance Group was founded. This expanded the creative design and graphics capabilities of the company, enabling us to offer turnkey service for total retail environmental fulfillment.

1995

The acquisition of Carter-Miot in Columbia, SC, further strengthened our presence in the automotive and banking industries, as well as bringing additional materials capabilities to the total corporate product line, such as wood and sculpted signage and ATM signage.

2003

Name changed to ImagePoint, better reflecting the work we do for leading U.S. companies. Corporate offices relocated to the historic Miller's Building in downtown Knoxville.

2008

Established global partnership with the Principle Group for brand implementation around the world.

Today

ImagePoint provides fully integrated branding solutions for the world's greatest businesses. We are an experienced partner you can trust for all your needs, from concept design to delivering a broad spectrum of facility branding solutions that meet your specific needs; project management expertise to provide complete turnkey services to navigate through the complexities of local permitting and surveying, on through to installation with the largest network of pre-qualified installers; and a nationwide preventive and on-call maintenance service program to keep your brand image consistently clean and bright.