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LeFort Interests acquires four East Coast event rental businesses
July 9, 2024 | Industry News, News
LeFort Interests, a family office with locations in New York and Winter Park, Fla., has acquired four event rental businesses based on the East Coast. The acquisitions include Nantucket, Mass.-based companies Nantucket Tents, Placesetters Nantucket and Soiree Floral, as well as&n…
Element expands Gulf Coast footprint
June 21, 2024 | Industry News, News
Element, a Louisiana-based event production rental company with its hub in New Orleans, is expanding in the Gulf Coast region with a new location in Gulfport, Miss. Element has served the southern Louisiana market for 25 years. Third-generation owner Octavia Young, who serves as the company’s chie…
Point of Rental named one of Inc.’s best places to work
June 18, 2024 | Industry News, News
Point of Rental has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Places to Work for 2024, the first time the software company has been listed. “A few years ago, we set a 10-year Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal as a company. One of those goals was to become one of the best places to work in … <div><a…
Cincinnati’s All Occasions launches All On Productions
June 5, 2024 | Industry News, News
The All Occasions Group, Cincinnati, has created a new division dedicated to providing lighting and production services. All On Productions will build upon All Occasions’ broader capabilities of event rental products and services, the company said. “We will leverage our 40-plus years i…
Aztec delivers new tent architecture
May 29, 2024 | Industry News, News
Aztec Tents, a provider and manufacturer of lightweight fabric structures, tents, canopies, and other durable fabric products, has begun delivery of the first Adena™ frame tents to the North American market. The Adena™, first conceptualized as a prototype tent display at the 2023 ARA Show in Orl…
Outlook 2024 highlights military, policy updates
May 20, 2024 | ATA News, Industry News, News
More than 75 textile leaders gathered at this year’s Outlook® Conference to hear updates on the economy and the top issues facing the industry. The Outlook conference is organized by the U.S. Industrial & Narrow Fabric Institute and the Military Division of the Advanced Textiles Association. …
Arena Americas, PGA of America partner through 2030
May 15, 2024 | Industry News, News
Arena Americas, a provider of temporary and semi- permanent structures and event solutions, announces the extension of its partnership with the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) of America through 2030. This extension reflects the strong synergy cultivated between the companies since the…
Get ready for ‘cicada-geddon’ this summer
May 13, 2024 | Industry News, News
By Connie Lannan If you are an event rental business that operates in the Midwest or parts of the South, you had better be prepared for “cicada-geddon,” the term used by some in the media to describe the arrival this summer of two broods of cicadas — Brood XIX, which arrives every 13 years, a…
Mod-Fence, FloorEXP, California Portable Dance Floor combine as Event Product Solutions
May 8, 2024 | Industry News, News
The innovative minds behind Mod-Fence, FloorEXP and California Portable Dance Floor Company announced the launch of their latest venture, Event Product Solutions. This new brand is building off their previous successes in temporary event fencing and event flooring. Event Product Solutions is committ…