Exhibition stand technology: truss square rigged or ground-supported, LED wall with the right resolution, lighting, sound and the power you need to order.
A trade fair stand has three jobs: catch the eye from the aisle, draw visitors onto the floor space and make conversations possible there. Technology contributes to all three: truss for height and lighting, an LED wall for moving images, light for graphics, sound for presentations. One clarification first: photon is not a stand builder. For stand construction in Cologne or elsewhere you need a partner for stand concept, graphics printing and furniture. We supply, install and support the technology inside a stand and tell you in advance how much power to order from the fair organiser. This article shows the building blocks from our configurator's trade fair module and answers the most frequent questions from enquiries.
Everything starts with the stand area: width and depth are the exact stand dimensions, the truss runs just inside the boundary. On that base sits the square, a surrounding truss frame at the height of your choice for lighting, banner, hanging elements and LED walls.
There are two ways to install it: rigged from the hall ceiling, or as ground support on truss legs with base plates. Hall and organiser decide whether rigging is possible. What rigging involves is explained in our article on stage construction and rigging.
On the square sits the banner: an LED band with a ticker in your corporate colour or a print, square-cornered or rounded, lit from outside by floodlights on outriggers if you wish. A hanging element can be added as cube, cylinder or sphere, in LED or print.
The trade fair module allows up to two LED walls per stand. For each wall you choose side, offset, width and viewing direction; it hangs from the square, stands on floor stands, sits in a floor frame or integrates into a wall. A doorway in the wall makes the LED wall move aside or rise above the door.
A typical enquiry: LED wall for a stand, about 2 × 2.5 m, with a proposal for the most sensible format and resolution. Which pixel pitch fits depends on the viewing distance, usually a few metres at a stand. Tell us size, mounting and content, meaning video, presentation or logo loop, and you receive a proposal. "LED wall or projection" also comes up regularly; the brightness of the hall is part of the answer. Equipment and sizes: LED wall hire.
The trade fair module provides floodlights on outriggers for the banner, a gobo grid for logo projections and plinths with illuminated edges. For power planning we use fixed values per fixture type, around 470 W for a spot and 500 W for a wash, from the data sheets. Available fixtures: lighting hire.
Graphics walls, partition walls in a 0.5 m grid, molton drapes in black, white or corporate colour with doorway, a counter from 1.5 to 3.5 m, lounge, displays and lockable storage: all of this is planned in the trade fair module so technology and stand construction fit. The stand builder supplies the construction; drapes, truss and lighting come from us.
Fabrics bring fire safety into play. The building material classes under DIN 4102-1 divide materials into non-combustible (A1, A2), flame retardant (B1), normally flammable (B2) and highly flammable (B3); EN 13501-1 adds smoke production (s1 to s3) and flaming droplets (d0 to d2), for example B-s1,d0. Proof comes from a classification or a fire test under DIN 4102-1; fabrics and projection screens are classified under DIN 4102 parts 1 to 4. Which class your fair requires is in the exhibitor conditions; ask us for the certificates of the drapes we supply.
Besides stand construction and lighting, the trade fair module enables microphones, PA and a front-of-house position. For presentations a small speech system with a wireless microphone is often enough; for a trade fair stage, ask for tiered options. One enquiry for a trade fair stage for 500 people asked word for word for an entry, mid-range and premium package because it was unclear what was necessary.
At a fair you order power. The trade fair module adds up the power of all planned equipment and issues an ordering recommendation such as "n × CEE 32 A or 16 A or Schuko, to be ordered from the fair organiser". The basis: planning values per equipment type from the data sheets:
These are photon's own planning values. For your stand registration this means: equipment list first, then the power order. Customers tell us openly they would be grateful to know what is needed. Distribution boards, cables and protection at the stand come from our stock: power supply hire.
Trade fair enquiries reach us for Cologne, Frankfurt and Hanover. The wish is almost always the same: delivery, set-up, dismantling and technical support on site during the fair days, as a complete quote with separate line items. Our services are under trade fair technology and on the occasion page trade fair; for stands in the region see event technology Cologne. To see your stand first, build it in the event configurator (German-language), with equipment list and power recommendation.
A trade fair stand does not get better with more technology but with the right order: stand area and concept from the stand builder, then the technology that makes the concept visible, then the power order. Send us stand dimensions, hall conditions and the LED wall content via the event enquiry; you receive a quote with separate line items and the list of power connections to order.
No. photon is not a stand builder; stand concept, graphics printing and furniture come from your stand builder. We supply, install and support the technology: truss, LED wall, lighting, sound, drapes, power distribution.
Both are possible. It is rigged from the hall roof where rigging points are available; otherwise the square stands as ground support on truss legs with base plates. The organiser tells you what the hall allows.
That depends on size, mounting, content and viewing distance. Tell us the size, for example 2 × 2.5 m, and what will be shown; we propose format and resolution. Mounting: on the square, floor stands, floor frame or in a wall.
It follows from the equipment list. We add up the planning values per device, around 470 W for a spot or 1,200 W for a subwoofer, and tell you how many CEE 32 A, CEE 16 A or Schuko outlets to order.
Your fair's exhibitor conditions state the required building material class. "Flame retardant" means B1 under DIN 4102-1 or, for example, B-s1,d0 under EN 13501-1; proof comes from a classification or a fire test.
Yes. In the trade fair module of the event configurator you plan up to three stands in 3D with square, banner, LED walls, drapes, counter and lighting; the result is an equipment list with power recommendation for your enquiry.
Call us or send us your enquiry. To start, your contact details are all we need – you can add the details afterwards in six short steps.
Christian Fino BeyerManaging Director · Master Technician for Event Technology
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