{"id":1463,"date":"2023-09-29T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T15:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-display.co.uk\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2024-03-15T14:11:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:11:47","slug":"on-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-display.co.uk\/on-the-map\/","title":{"rendered":"On the map"},"content":{"rendered":"
For those in the roads network sector, Highways UK<\/a> is an essential date on the calendar. The NEC-based event brings together those responsible for planning, developing and maintaining the road network, and Smart Display is firmly on the map this season with seven exhibitors out in force.<\/p>\n Highways has been a regular exhibition for Smart Display, even since we first installed the Messagemaker Displays<\/a> stand at the show back in 2020. Our regular clients Westcotec<\/a>, Valmont<\/a>, Nexus Rentals<\/a> and MSF soon came on board, and this season sees us welcome newcomers Nicander<\/a> and MJ Church<\/a> to the annual highlight of the road trade\u2019s calendar.<\/p>\n For both Smart Display and our clients, having a portfolio of exhibitors at one event certainly has its advantages.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a bigger buzz amongst the builders when we have a few stands at one event,\u201d says Smart Display\u2019s production manager Shane Riding. \u201cWe have all our resources there in one location, and we can really pull on our experience of liaising with the event organiser. We tend to see a bit of camaraderie between the exhibitors as well because they help each other out during the build, not to mention a bit of friendly competition as to who can get finished first. The shared transportation is better for the environment, and we often find that our exhibitors get together for a drink in the evenings, which is really nice to see.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s part of being the Smart Display family that keeps customers coming back season after season, and the company\u2019s rate of repeat custom is testament to its service and quality standards.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been working with Smart Display for over six years and our stand builds are always a positive and smooth process,\u201d says Josh Lyne, UK sales manager at Messagemaker Displays. \u201cThe team are a bunch of friendly people who make our lives so much easier and design and make the stand to a superb level.\u201d<\/p>\n As a regular exhibitor at Highways UK, Messagemaker Displays doesn\u2019t underestimate the importance of face-to-face networking at trade events.<\/p>\n \u201cExhibitions are integral to our business model,\u201d says Josh. \u201cMost of the business that we do comes from these events and networking, and they play a vital role in what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n As a specialist in LED traffic signage, Messagemaker Displays is looking forward to releasing its new high speed range at next month\u2019s Highways UK.<\/p>\n Fellow exhibition regular Westcotec is also using Highways UK as a platform from which to unveil its new developments this season.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a lot of new innovations including our Fatal 3 system that is connected to an external AI camera to detect speeding, mobile phone usage and driver failure to wear a seatbelt,\u201d says sales director Olly Samways, who is taking his company to Highways UK for the third time. \u201cThat\u2019s in addition to our new vehicle to infrastructure modules, a brand new website and our first ever competition for visitors to our stand.<\/p>\n \u201cOur business would really struggle without trade exhibitions, especially since the pandemic. Innovation is at the heart of what we do, and we only continue to grow because we react and make bespoke products within a short timeframe. To do this, we need to speak to engineers and other professionals, which isn\u2019t as easy as it once was with the increased popularity of working from home. \u00a0Trade exhibitions are a great way to tempt people out and essential in letting us network with our industry professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n As one of Smart Display\u2019s longest-standing clients, Westcotec has entrusted its stand design and build to us for six years for a variety of trade shows including Traffex<\/a>, Intertraffic<\/a>, CV Show<\/a> and ITT Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cOur experience of having our stand designed by Smart Display is always effortless,\u201d says Olly. \u201cThe team at Smart has always executed our design briefs and stand builds perfectly, and the professionalism of the team is second to none. It shines through on the finished product, especially when you compare it to neighbouring stands at events.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way in which our company has been taken to the \u2018next level\u2019 by having an impressive stand built by Smart has transformed the way we do business.\u201d<\/p>\n