AAdvantage founder wins Entrepreneur of the Year award

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News

Mike Hall, founder of AAdvantage Tent Fittings in Pleasant Valley, Ohio, took home the Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2007 from the Chillicothe, Ohio, chamber of commerce. In 1991, Hall acquired Phillips Rent-All, but found that there was something lacking in tent installation technology. &ldquo…
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Chicago Party Rental wins three 2007 NICE Awards

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News

Chicago Party Rental has picked up three 2007 NICE Awards (NACE ISES Chicago Excellence Awards) for Best Use of Tenting, Best Use of Rental Equipment and Best Decorative Linen. Chicago Party Rental received the awards at NICE’s sixth-annual awards celebration and dinner in February. “The…
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Miller Weldmaster Corp. promotes engineer

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News

Miller Weldmaster Corp. of Navarre, Ohio, has promoted Erik Baker to sales consultant after Baker put in more than eight years as a field service engineer. In his prior role, Baker helped pioneer what are now widely used welding methods. He was involved in everything from design and building to inst…
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B.C. Tent & Awning names logistics manager

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News

Kelly Dooley has been named logistics manager for B.C. Tent & Awning of Avon, Mass. Dooley will be responsible for obtaining the necessary building permits for company projects, as well as doing inspection scheduling for the company. Dooley has seven years of experience in scheduling inspections…
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Chicago will pursue Olympic bid

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News

The U.S. Olympic Committee has approved Chicago as the American candidate to pursue the bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Chicago won over Los Angeles to be the front-runner representing the U.S. by proposing to build extensive facilities, whereas previous host city L.A. already has nearly all the…
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Rep change for Anchor

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News

Anchor Industries has chosen Tentwares to fill its current vacant sales territory in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Tentwares will relocate Mid-Atlantic sales rep Jason O’Neil to represent Anchor as the manufacturing sales representative for the midwest territory.
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New partnership for Kennards

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News

Kennards Hire of Concord, Australia, has expanded into event rental by entering into a new partnership with Barlens Event Hire of Canberra, Australia. The company plans to establish a network of Kennards Events locations across Australia. Peter Lancken, managing director of Kennards Hire, said the p…
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Stamford Tent & Event Services wins two TRD awards

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News, Project Briefs

When a private yacht club approached Stamford Tent & Event Services, Stamford, Conn., U.S.A., to install a tent for an exclusive fundraiser, president Steve Frost and his team initially said no. The club wanted Stamford Tent to do the impossible: to fit an 80-by-70-foot tent into what was essent…
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Chicago Party Rental wins TRD Award of Excellence

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News, Project Briefs

George P. Johnson, a large event planning firm, hired Chicago Party Rental, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A., in June 2006 to provide more than 75,000 square feet of tents and structures for the annual Lexus dealers’ conference. Around 1,250 guests attended the conference and enjoyed entertainment from n…
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Röder wins TRD Award of Excellence

June 1, 2007  |  Industry News, Project Briefs

Around 1,800 journalists and Smart Car dealers came to Stuttgart, Germany in November 2006 to see Dr. Dieter Zetsche, CEO of DaimlerChrysler, unveil the newly designed Smart ForTwo. For the presentation, Röder Zelt-und Veranstaltungsservice GmbH, Büdingen, Germany, provided a 35-by-40-mete…
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