Signify says it will reuse as many components as possible from its stand at the recent CEF Live show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
The company says that key elements of the construction will be used in its new office in Guildford, Surrey, while the trade counter will be re-homed at a CEF branch.
More lighting brands are beginning to reuse stands to demonstrates to customers their environmental ethos and consistency amid concern over the environmental impact of exhibitions.
As last year’s Light 24 eventat the Building Design Centre in London, Stoane Lighting reused its stand for the third year in a row.
The trend is also affecting international shows such as the Light + Building exhibition in Frankfurt. At the 2024 show, a number of major lighting brand reused either most of all of their stands at the.
Erco, XAL and RZB were among the luminaire makers whose stands were constructed from previously used elements and were designed for future use.
XAL said that for its stand it ‘mixed old treasures with new materials’. All its components are already set for future projects.
The kitchen was reused from previous fairs while ,1,000 square metres of drywall panels were set to be reused at its new office in Austria.
Meanwhile, the major structural elements of Erco’s bold yellow and black stand in Hall Five were reused from the company’s last outing in Frankfurt in 2018. The carpetless floor was painted black and reusable trusses provided additional structures. The moveable seating was made from the flight cases in which the products were delivered.
German lighting giant RZB Lighting said it was acting sustainably and had worked out that 88.8 per cent of its stand had been reused.
French luminaire maker Roger Pradier made a feature of the wooden crates in which its products are shipped.
The moves are designed to address the growing concern over the environmental impact of large exhibitions.
‘Waste generation and diversion is a major challenge in the exhibition industry, due to the nature of the business,’ says Philippe Echivard, chair of the the global exhibition industry’s working group on waste. The association, UFI, has released a report setting out the challenges of tackling waste in the exhibitions industry.
‘While many events organising companies and venues are tackling it seriously, we need to go further collectively.’
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