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EDPA: Who We Are

The Exhibit Designers and Producers Association (EDPA), founded in 1954, is an internationally recognized national trade association with more than 400 corporate members from 18 countries that are engaged in the design, manufacture, transport, installation and service of displays and exhibits primarily for the exhibition and event industry.
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EDPA News

Winners Named in EDPA’s Student Design Competition

April 2009 — Three student designers have been named by the Exhibit Designers and Producers Association as top winners of the trade association’s Student Design Competition. The winners, unveiled recently at the EXHIBITOR2009 show in Las Vegas, were selected from among scores of entrants who were challenged to “…design a tradeshow booth that maximizes face-to-face marketing experiences” for a fictional client. For a look at the winning entries and the judges’ comments, click here to read more ...

First Place Winner: Youngkyu Kim

This student design won first place in the EDPA competition.

EDPA Las Vegas Chapter Plans Golf Fundraiser

April 2009 — The Las Vegas chapter of the EDPA, working in conjunction with the EDPA Foundation, will hold the Seventh Annual Las Vegas Scholarship Golf Classic on June 12, 2009 at the Rhodes Ranch Golf Club. www.edpalv.com

The EDPA Foundation Scholarship program is designed to give back to the local tradeshow community through college-level educational scholarships for children whose parents are involved within the industry.
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EDPA Names Winners of Student Design Competition

Las Vegas — Four student designers have been named by the Exhibit Designers and Producers Association as top winners of the trade association’s Student Design Competition.

The four winners, unveiled at the EXHIBITOR2009 show in Las Vegas this week, were selected from among scores of entrants who were challenged to “…design a tradeshow booth that maximizes face-to-face marketing experiences” for a fictional client.
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Member News

ELITeXPO names Tom Markusson as Business Development Manager

South Elgin, IL — June 2009 — ELITeXPO has announced that Tom Markusson, formerly of National Trade Productions has been named as Business Development Manager. Tom will be responsible for the development of additional Official Events and existing Show Management clients.
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Nimlok Announces Breakthrough in the Acoustic Field

LaGrange, GA — June 2009 — Nimlok has introduced an acoustical panel for schools, museums and other venues that is aesthetically pleasing rather than just functional. They have full acoustical functionality but now serve dual purposes.
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Freeman Wins Three Of Five Awards In Infocomm/LSA Awards Competition

DALLAS — June 2009 — Freeman has won the top awards in three of five categories in the InfoComm/Lighting & Sound America Staged Events Awards 2009. The awards were presented in a ceremony at the annual InfoComm International Show Wednesday, June 17.
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Chapter News

EDPA Upper Midwest Chapter Plans Program

The UMEDPA has announced its kickoff spring program, scheduled for Tuesday, April 21.
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EDPA NorCal Chapter Asks Members "Concerned About the Economy?"

On February 12, the EDPA NorCal Chapter and guests gathered at the facilities of Riverview Systems Group in San Jose, Calif., to discuss the current economic climate.
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Industry News

Ohio Displays is Named 2008 Best Tradeshow Company by CBC Magazine

Cleveland, March 2009 — ODI (Ohio Displays) has been named the 2008 Best Tradeshow Company by CBC (Cleveland Business Connects) Magazine. Nineteen categories of businesses were recognized at the 2nd Annual Connectors Choice Awards, held at the House of Blues in downtown Cleveland, on Wednesday evening, March 4. The event pulled in more than 400 attendees.

The award was especially meaningful, as ODI was selected from an impressive list of national trade show companies — with the three finalists coming down to Skyline, Downing Displays, and Ohio Displays.

Travel, Convention Groups Defend Corporate Conferences

March 2009 — Congress may have found convenient whipping boys in bailed-out financial companies holding seemingly lavish corporate retreats, but two groups who host such events are fighting back, according to a report in Advertising Age. In ad campaigns, both the U.S. Travel Industries Association and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority are standing up to defend the value of corporate meetings as necessary and an important contributor to the economy, Ad Age reports.
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“Meetings Mean Business” Gives Voice to Millions of Working Americans, Hundreds of Local Communities

March 2009 — (PRNewswire) -- The U.S. Travel Association has launched the “Meetings Mean Business” campaign, a major initiative intended to push back against the political demonization of business meetings and events. The campaign comes as companies—most of whom have not received taxpayer assistance—cancel thousands of meetings and events, often out of fear that they will be singled out by politicians.
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