by Ceri | Jun 5, 2009 | Audiovisual Equipment, Brochure Stands, Competitions, Counters, Custom stands, Events, Exhibition Services, Exhibition Stands, Exhibitions, Furniture, Indaba Awards, Markex, Mobile Exhibitions, News, Pop-Ups, Products, Roll-Ups, Scan Display, Shell Scheme, Showcases, Signage, Tiles Carpets, Unibox Stands
About 60% of South Africa’s Blue Crane population resides in the Western Cape. Here the birds favour farmlands, particularly pastures and wheat plantations, above the indigenous Fynbos habitat. But climate change threatens this unusual success story. The western parts of our country are expected to be most hard hit by the extreme weather conditions that climate change brings, and existing agricultural practices could become economically unviable, with detrimental effects for the cranes.
Kerryn Morrison manages the ICF/EWT Partnership for African Cranes and, together with her passionate team of crane conservationists, is carefully monitoring the Western Cape’s Blue Cranes so that we can react to the signs of climate change well in advance of it becoming an insurmountable problem.
When I asked Kerryn how she came to be so passionate about cranes, she said they are a perfect flagship species that can be used to highlight environmental issues to people and so change environmentally destructive behaviour. Kerryn was just four years old when her nursery school teacher predicted she would work with animals, and she has never wanted to be anything other than a conservationist. Her dedication is not without reward, and she has received broad acclaim for her exceptional dedication to crane conservation, and is recognised as being instrumental in combating the trade in cranes that takes place throughout Africa on a daily basis. We are extremely proud of being able to say that Kerryn has grown her career with the EWT since 1995.
We will be celebrating the success of our crane conservationists on World Environment Day, on 5 June, with this year’s theme being ‘Your Planet Needs You – Unite to Combat Climate Change’. Learn more about this day and other EWT climate change projects by entering our online competition , open only to our loyal supporters, and stand in line to win a fabulous getaway to a South African destination.
– The Editor
Projects
The EWT at Nampo Harvest Day 2009
Every year the NAMPO Harvest Day provides the EWT with an opportunity to engage with visitors on conservation issues and projects, talk about problems and solutions, distribute educational materials to farmers, school groups and the like and promote the EWT as a whole. This year was no different. Click here to read more.
Contact: Claudia Hodkinson
by Ceri | Jun 2, 2009 | Exhibition Stands, Exhibitions
Scan Display, in partnership with Modulbox Germany, is now manufacturing the innovative Modulbox system locally. Scan Display will be launching the system at the upcoming Markex Jhb show, where it will be used to create the company’s stand.
Scan Display MD, Justin Hawes, says, “This modular ‘stand-in-a-box’ exhibition and retail solution won the innovation award at Europshop 2005 and was in the limelight when 10 Modulbox units toured 21 cities in Germany in the lead-up to the 2006 Soccer World Cup.”
Modulbox is perfect for roadshows, allowing companies to create a portable branded showroom that can be taken around the country to wherever their customers are. This makes them a cost effective way to communicate with a widespread audience.
Each Modulbox can be custom-designed to a client’s specifications. They are portable and easy to set up, making them ideal for events and exhibitions.
“Within the exhibition industry we have noticed that set-up times are becoming shorter and shorter. The Modulbox is therefore the ideal solution for exhibitors as it is in essence a portable exhibition stand which means the set up on site is very quick,” says Hawes.
“By manufacturing the Modulbox locally rather than importing the units we are able to ensure that prices are kept competitive in relation to conventional exhibition stands. Local manufacture also boosts skills development in the industry and we have plans to export these units in the future.”
For more information go to www.scandisplay.co.za or call Justin Hawes on +27 11 447 4777 or +27 82 570 7280.
by Ceri | May 4, 2009 | Exhibition Stands, Exhibitions
Scan Display was awarded the contracts for the City of Johannesburg and Gauteng Provincial Government’s pavilions at the Joburg Easter Festival, held at the MTN Expo Centre from 3 to 13 April 2009.
Uncertainty about the show’s venue had r esulted in tenders being awarded later than usual and Scan had to work to very tight deadlines to produce over 2 000m² of custom-built exhibition stands for the show. Scan rose to the challenge and produced award-winning exhibits – both the City of Johannesburg and Gauteng Provincial Government’s stands were awarded Gold status by the exhibition organisers.
Scan’s MD, Justin Hawes, attributes the success of these projects to Scan’s infrastructure, which enables the company to deliver on big exhibitions and events. He says: “Our new 10 000m² factory in Newtown gives us the extra capacity to deliver where smaller operators wouldn’t be able to. We also have a dedicated electrician and printer on site which makes a huge difference to our quality of service. ”
With the Confederations Cup just around the corner and many of the tournament games being played in Gauteng, the reception area of the Gauteng province’s pavilion focused on soccer. The pavilion’s graphics included the provincial governments’ stunning new-look logo and colours.
The City of Johannesburg’s exhibit was divided into eight different sections representing the municipality’s different departments. The displays were made as interactive as possible to encourage participation from the public and Scan used its Mobi Pro product (a portable stand with a computer) to allow visitors to update their records at the show.
