Company History

Recent Years & Expansion

In March of 2015, Comet Signs expanded again by purchasing State Sign Company in Houston, TX.  Longtime owner Danny Zoch was ready to retire and knew the person he wanted to take over his legacy was Pete Sitterle.  Since 1957, State Sign had been a major player throughout Houston and the Gulf Coast region providing electrical, on premise sign manufacturing, installation and maintenance services.  Clients included major retail customers, developers, general contractors and installations for national sign companies.  Comet later consolidated its Houston operations at the State Sign facility near Hobby Airport.  State Sign had and continues a strong history of creative sign design success as a multi-year winner of the Texas Sign Association Frank Page Award given annually to the company with the overall best sign design, manufacture and install.  Operating as State Sign, A Comet Signs Company, the Houston group continues to flourish under the Comet Signs umbrella.

In November 2017 Comet expanded in the growing East Texas market through the purchase of Design Center Signs in Tyler, Texas.  Industry veterans Paul & Nita Ingle built a strong company with a high performing management team that was able to benefit from increased manufacturing capacity, purchasing power and systems support provided by Comet.  A growing East Texas customer base including banks, hospital systems and universities is supported by a strong project management team and Comet’s proprietary work flow management program, Job Command   Paul and Nita continue to provide executive and sales leadership for Design Center Signs, A Comet Signs Company as the company provides electrical sign manufacturing, installation and maintenance services throughout East Texas and Louisiana.

A few months later, in January 2018, Comet expanded into Austin, Texas.  The purchase of Custom Sign Creations (CSC) added coverage of Central Texas with a company known for vibrant and creative sign designs.  CSC’s strong sales team and manufacturing expertise enhanced Comet’s ability to serve customers across the state of Texas.  Company founders Jamie Mitol and Andy Leffler continue to lead the company’s Austin operations as Comet’s growth into a new geography is focused on providing a better customer experience to current and future customers through local knowledge and experience.

With Comet’s move into an 180,000 square foot San Antonio headquarters and manufacturing facility in March 2019, the company is poised for another 60 years of growth and superior customer service.  Comet Signs three manufacturing plants with 200,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity provide program and custom sign fabrication serving customers of all sizes.  Whether large petroleum programs with vacuum formed faces, interior packages utilizing large format digital prints or installations across the country or with our 26 in house installation crews throughout the state of Texas, Comet would like the opportunity to serve you.