Client/Objective:
FLOW International is the world leader in waterjet technology and provides cutting solutions across a broad spectrum of industries. Flow's trade show program is an integral part of their sales effort-they have a large booth space in 4-6 shows annually including a 50x100 exhibit at the International Machine Tool Show (IMTS) held in Chicago every other year. Steelhead was asked to develope a brand new exhibit that could configure into spaces as small as 40x40 and as large as 50x100, with one catch-they didn't want to buy it.
The solution:
NEW BUILD OPTIONStm is a program Steelhead developed in 2005 for high frequency exhibitors, like FLOW, that want to leverage all of the financial and marketing benefits of renting their exhibits- without sacrificing design or quality. Steelhead designed and built a new custom exhibit for FLOW, and they have absolutely ZERO ownership costs. Flow makes monthly payments for specified term, keeping expenses to a minimum, non-performing assets off their balance sheet, and a fresh exhibit at each and every trade show.
Finally a solution both accounting people and marketing folks can agree on!