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 | Apr 2, 2009 | Scan Display
Scan Display ended the year on a high note with five wins at the Exhibition & Event Association of Southern Africa’s (EXSA) year-end function held at Expo Centre on 13 November 2008.
“It was a fantastic achievement to win five awards out of a possible 11. This has never been done before by any company in our industry so we are justifiably proud. To date Scan has also won the most EXSA awards in Association’s history,” said Justin Hawes, Scan MD.
The EXSA awards recognise excellence for EXSA members in their various fields of expertise and are aimed at generating an awareness of the importance of quality of service to the exhibition industry.
Scan’s design team comprises seven full-time interior designers, two graphic designers and a qualified architect.
Scan Display won the following awards:
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Event
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Client
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GSM Africa
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Inkript
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- Best Custom
101m2 – 200m2 Stand
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Tourism Indaba
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Three Cities
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GSM Africa
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Namitech
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- Best System Stand
51m2 to 100m2
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Digital Life Expo
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Vodacom
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- Best System Stand
100m2 – 200m²
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Electra Mining
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Voith
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by Ceri | Apr 2, 2009 | Scan Display
Scan Display’s Durban branch recently hosted a client cocktail party to celebrate its move into larger offices. The party was held at the branch’s new premises in Briardene, where clients were entertained by an Afro Jazz band.
Scan’s MD, Justin Hawes, says: ”Our Durban office has grown considerably in the past couple of years making a move to larger premises inevitable. We are pleased to now have a print studio on site which will mean a quicker turnaround time for graphics and applications.”
Scan has been operating in KwaZulu-Natal since 2004 and has a team of account executives, exhibition designers, graphic designers and production staff committed to the region.
The Durban team was responsible for the design and production of the award-winning Three Cities Group stand at Indaba 2008. The exhibit won a Platinum award at the show, as well as the Exhibition & Event Association of Southern Africa’s (EXSA) 2008 Best Stand award in the ‘Custom Large’ category.
Scan Display is a specialist provider of display, exhibition and presentation products extending from large custom-built stands and portable systems to banner systems, brochure holders, display cases and clip frames. Scan also offers the full range of exhibition services including shell scheme, carpeting, electrics and furniture rental.
by Ceri | Apr 2, 2009 | Scan Display
Scan Display’s stand was named Runner Up in the Medium Stand category at Markex & World of Events, held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 10 to 12 June 2008. The latest win means that the exhibition and display specialist has won an award at Markex Jhb for the last five years.
This year’s stand was smaller than previous years’. However, Scan spent more per square metre and achieved a better return on its investment, drawing visitors to the stand and generating an excellent database of leads from the show.
Scan launched its new rolled carpeting at Markex, using the product on the floor and walls of its stand. The carpet comes in large rolls and is cut on site to fit the space, ensuring a superior finish to the alternative carpet tiles.
Scan extended its rolled carpeting from the stand into the exhibition hall aisles to make the stand feel bigger than it was. It also used a high roof to create a feeling of space on the stand.
For more information contact Scan’s MD, Justin Hawes, on +27 11 447 4777 or [email protected]. Alternatively visit www.scandisplay.co.za.
