Case Studies > FS Group

A 54sqm stand, 6m high and less than 4 weeks for production including the Christmas period!

FS Group is one of the top Destination Management Companies and Tourism Investors in the Mediterranean area. When they needed a new high-impact stand for the 2009 Lisbon Tourism Trade Fair they turned to Imagine Virtual, a Portuguese design company, to design their 54sqm island stand.

Amongst other things, the brief called for an easy to assemble/disassemble modular system that would be easy to transport and store.

Following design approval, Imagine Virtual turned to Unlimited Events, Tecna’s T3 Airframe dealer in Portugal, to help meet these key operational requirements.

The green light was received one week before Christmas and, with a January 16 build date looming, work on the stand began immediately. T3 Fabframe (the tensioned fabric version of the T3 system) was chosen as a total solution because of its structural simplicity and ability to create large graphic walls and backlit features.

Despite winter storms causing shipping delays during production, the whole stand kit was assembled and ready for delivery on schedule.

There was even time for a pre-build, where the textile graphics were applied and checked. Any corrections were done at this stage and the whole stand was then loaded into a Renault Traffic van where it took up no more than 60% of the load space!

The installation itself attracted the attention of several other stand builders who were impressed by the versatile nature of the T3 Fabrame system and the use of textile graphics. The largest fabric panel in the main wall was 6m tall by 3m wide. It was printed in one piece without seams and fitted into the T3 framework. Observers commented on the speed of assembly, the reduced manpower required and the quality of finish.

At the end of the show, FS Group expressed their satisfaction with the whole stand package including the design concept from Imagine Virtual and the performance of the T3 system which allowed a professional looking stand to be assembled to a very tight schedule.