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THE STAND BUILDING INDUSTRY: SHOW ME WHAT YOU’RE WORKING WITH Like many other event-related industries, the stand building industry has incorporated new technologies and materials in recent years. Here is a short list of what experts say is available now, and whether it is generally affordable ($) or expensive ($$$). “New technologies like plasma screens, iPads and LED lighting...are all becoming more affordable as the markets for them grow.” -- Alan de Beer, Creative Director, Scan Display
Technology
Materials
Affordable ($):
Affordable ($):
LED Lighting
Lightweight Tensile Fabric
Colour Change AV Advances
Fabric Printing OSB Board
iPads
Using Banners with frames as divider walls, branding and ceilings
Plasma Screens
Melamine Panel
Expensive ($$$):
Expensive ($$$):
Interactive Technology Displays
Vinyl and Modular Glass Floorings
Hologram Touch Screens Interactive Projection
Printing on Vinyl Applied to Acrylic or Board New ,different plastics and acrylics for panelling and cladding Resin casts with materials captured inside
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