Kentucky Derby Festival features 241,149 square feet of temporary structures

August 21, 2009  |  Projects, Tents

Providing temporary environments for ‘the most exciting two minutes in sports’ required creativity and attention to detail. Each year, for the past 135 years, people have flocked to Louisville, Ky., to sip mint juleps, enjoy sumptuous southern fare, cheer as some of the finest horses in …
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Unique structure built for Australian sporting event

August 17, 2009  |  Projects, Tents

HTS Höcker Germany recently won the contract to design, manufacture and install what is believed to be the world’s largest and most structurally complex demountable building. The unique structure, known as the Pit Pavilion, will be used exclusively for the Clipsal 500 V8 Super Car race he…
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Yurt manufacturer named powerhouse in job creation

August 1, 2009  |  Industry News, Tents

When the Edward Lowe Foundation, which supports and recognizes second-stage entrepreneurs, cited 50 Colorado companies as “major powerhouses when it comes to job creation,” a yurt manufacturer and one of its customers both made the list. The Colorado Yurt Company, Montrose, Colo., began …
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Designer uses recycled tents to make dresses

August 1, 2009  |  Industry News, Projects, Tents

Tent dresses, made popular in the 1960s with A-line shapes and unstructured fabrics, wafted around flower children for a few scant years and disappeared into fashion history. A completely different tent dress concept, designed by Angelika Werth, Nelson, B.C., Canada, may have a more durable lifecycl…
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Sphere designed for disaster relief

August 1, 2009  |  Industry News, Projects, Tents

When disaster strikes—be it fire, flood, hurricane or tornado—tents often provide temporary shelter for displaced victims. German designer Felix Stark of Formstark designed the Sphere Refugee Tent to provide tent occupants with a sense of community as well as physical shelter. “The…
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Recycled fabric used to craft “tent bags”

August 1, 2009  |  Industry News, Projects, Tents

Tent and awning fabricators such as Takada Soubi Co. Ltd., Gifu, Japan, can count on leftovers—bits and scraps of mesh, cotton and polyester that pile up and increase waste disposal costs. Company president Akihiro Kondo sent eight employees with sewing expertise on a mission to recycle the fa…
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Gallagher visualizes success in the tent rental industry

August 1, 2009  |  Features, Marketing, Perspective, Tents

Jim Gallagher communicates excellence—professionally. By Sigrid Tornquist “Sure, I could go out and do everything myself. I could create my own website, put a couple of Polaroids on there and say ‘look at me.’ But how am I going to grow my business that way?” says Jim Gallagher, president …
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Tent markets trend: a more competitive environment in 2009

August 1, 2009  |  Markets, Tents

By Jeff Rasmussen The impact of the recession on tent fabric suppliers, tent manufacturers and event rental professionals has been profound. Sales for 2009 are down 15-20 percent for tent manufacturers through April, tent orders from event professionals are down and many event operators are in a wai…
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ARA Rental Show to return to New Orleans

July 28, 2009  |  Industry News, Tents

The American Rental Association (ARA) announced its 2012 Rental Show will be held in New Orleans instead of the initial location of Atlanta. The move was prompted by ARA members who requested the change after the 2007 Rental Show was moved to Atlanta after Hurricane Katrina. The show, which has not …
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Fabric trends webinar to examine new applications for fabric

July 21, 2009  |  Graphics, Industry News, Tents

The Event Marketing Institute will hold a webinar titled “Fabric Trends: New Materials & New Apps for a New Look” on Friday, July 24. The webinar will feature event professionals discussing the role of functional fabric in event design with an emphasis on new fabric materials, fabric…
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