Promotor Action Counter Available with Strong Internal Shelf

New – Promotor Action Counter Available with Strong Internal Shelf

The Promotor Action counter is a great quality, UK manufactured portable promotional counter that can be configured with various options such as a header panel, internal dustbin, full-colour printing and a smooth tabletop surface.

Promotional counters are ideal for product demonstrations, sampling, and retail marketing campaigns.
All the promotional counters from Printdesigns are available with or without bespoke printing.

Our updated Promotor Action is now available with an extra strong internal shelf that is ideal for supporting heavy objects such as a microwave oven for example.

The ability to support heavy objects makes this popular promotional counter the ideal food tasting or food sampling promotional counter, ideal for in-store promotions and events.

The Action Promotor with strong shelf is available to purchase on the Printdesigns.com website in two guises:-

• Standard Action Promotor Counter (with normal internal shelf)
• Action Promotor Counter with Strong Internal Shelf

Both units can be supplied with a printed panel, produced from your own artwork. In addition, the header panel for the unit can also be bespoke printed and even contour-cut to shape.

The reasons that make the Promotor Action counter the perfect addition to your next promotion are:

• Optional flat counter top
• Hygiene friendly counter unit – perfect for food sampling
• Optional built-in tidy bin at the rear of the unit
• UK manufactured counter unit made to a high specification
• Optional strong shelf at the rear of display ideal for storing heavy duty items
• Carry bag included
• No tools required for assembly

The new update of the Promotor Action Counter is also ready to use with our optional iPad display enclosure. For use with any iPad from the ‘2’ up to the ‘Air’, it brings a level of interactivity to your demonstrations and product displays.

Printdesigns supply a wide range of other promotional counters in a choice of styles and sizes to suit almost all requirements and budgets.
As well as ‘off the shelf’ promotional counters, we can manufacture bespoke products for volume orders.

For more information on our product range or to find a solution to meet your requirements, why not call and speak to one of our experienced team who will be happy to provide helpful advice and support on all of the products in our range.

Check our main website for more innovative promotional counters.

MODULATE™ DISPLAYS – PRODUCT REVIEW

Modulate™ Displays – Product Review

Modulate™ Displays were introduced in 2018 by leading portable displays manufacturer Ultima Displays. The Modulate™ system represents a development when compared to conventional ‘tube’ displays that are widely available today (sometimes referred to as TEXStyle or Formulate Displays).

The Modulate™ Display System builds on the practicality of a fabric tube display (lightweight and easy to assemble) by offering the primary advantage of being linkable. In other words, you can purchase multiple display frames and join them together to create much larger display stand configurations of varying shape and size.

Typical Modulate™ Display Building Block 1.5M wide x 2M tall

So, how does it work?….. The Modulate™ system uses a tubular aluminium frame that push fits together. To keep the process of assembly as simple and straight-forward as possible, the vast majority of tube sections are pre-connected with elasticated bungee cords. This means you can break apart the main sections of the frame without having to piece so many individual sections together again when it comes to re-building them!

Assembling a Modulate™ stand is very simple and a typical frame goes together in a few minutes . Once the frame is constructed, the printed fabric graphic simply slips over the top and zips-closed at ground level to secure it in place. You can attach the graphic to the frame whilst it is standing up or alternatively we found that it’s easier to lie the frame on it’s back to fit the graphic (if you are shorter!).

The visual effect on the Modulate™ Display really is very good. The fabric graphic is made from a highly elastic polyester material so it tensions without any unsightly creases or wrinkles (even if the print has been stored/folded for an extended period of time). Colour reproduction is also very strong and vibrant too when graphics are printed using a dye sublimation print process onto quality fabric materials.

Bespoke Wall of Modulate™ Stands

So, what type of stands can be constructed with the Modulate™ Displays?…. All sorts!

Every single section of frame can be connected together by simply offering two stands up to one-another. The magnetic connection is hidden within the vertical tube sections of the frame and allows the angle of the sections of Modulate™ to be adjusted when they are ‘snapped’ together. It is handy because you can essentially choose the shape of the display while setting it up to fit the overall space you have to work with.

Modulate™ frames are available with a selection of height and width options so there is a choice of ‘building blocks’ to work with. To add interest, some frames are available with top sections of the frame being angled. Using such sloped sections of frame in the overall stand configuration can give a more bespoke look to the overall stand arrangement.

This solution is really aimed at those customers who are looking for an exhibition system with an emphasis on portability but there is no reason why this type of system could not be used within a retail environment or other public space.

Modulate™ display stands fitting into a bay window area at event

If you are looking for a display solution for a particular event then Modulate™ Displays could certainly offer a solution. The examples above show the Modulate™ system in use at a customer event. By working with the client to establish the available floor space and shape, we were able to propose a design solution in the form of a 3D CAD design along with a quotation. There is no cost involved for producing a concept design and of course the quote is obligation free.

If you would like to discuss a project, why not get in touch with a member of our team and see how we can help.

Printdesigns are a specialist supplier of portable fabric displays, customers are welcome to visit our printing facility in Staffordshire by appointment.

You can also visit the Modulate™ Display Stands section of our website for further information and prices.

Cardboard Recyclable Displays for Events and Exhibitions

Cardboard Recyclable Displays for Events and Exhibitions

Recyclable displays made from cardboard are a great, eco-friendly alternative to traditional banner stands and are ideal for use at exhibitions, events, conferences or for use in retail and showroom environments.

Printdesigns have developed a series of products that can be assembled from a flat-packed state in a matter of minutes with completely tool-free assembly.

Products like our Toblerone Cardboard Display can be seen in use within busy exhibition venues, providing an attractive way to promote products and services. The three-sided design means that content can be viewable from almost any direction unlike conventional one or two sided display stands.

There is also a strong demand for recyclable point of sale display products in retail showrooms. Not only are flat packed displays convenient for transportation to stores but at end of life, they can be disposed of in the normal paper and cardboard stream along with other waste.

The example below shows one of a series of cardboard ‘Toblerone’ displays that were distributed to Ducati motorcycle dealerships in order to promote 3 key model types.

Printdesigns employ a digital, UV printing process that allows us to print directly onto cardboard materials. Furthermore, we use digital cutting technology for the cutting, creasing and folding of our cardboard display products.

Using digital print and cutting technology removes the high set up costs normally associated with the production of cardboard POS (point of sale) displays and opens-up these products to customers with a demand for one off or small order volume requirements.

The range of applications for these displays really is endless whether for use at an exhibition, roll out into showrooms or for use in busy retail spaces as was the case with the example shown below.

In the example above you can see that the cardboard display stand was stood onto some bespoke printed carpet to further enhance in-store branding.

As well as ‘off the shelf’ display designs, Printdesigns can also help with the design of completely new display stands that are tailored to the clients exact requirements. Our team can create a virtual render of the product followed by a prototype for testing usually at minimal cost.

For more information, please get in touch with our team on 01785 818111 or visit our website www.printdesigns.com

Embrace or Embrace+ SEG Display Stands – What’s the difference?

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Embrace or Embrace+ SEG Display Stands – What’s the difference?

The Embrace SEG display stand is a popular, portable display backdrop. It utilises a collapsible ‘pop up’ style frame but combines it with a tensioned fabric display graphic rather than heavy, rollable panels that are common to traditional pop up stands.

The result is a portable display system that can be assembled in under 10 minutes but looks every bit as good as a conventional tensioned SEG fabric display that can take more than an hour to construct.

Original ‘Embrace’ Display Frame shown here with optional lighting curtains designed for back-lighting your printed graphics

The original ‘Embrace’ frame shown above can be fitted with curtains of optional LED lights. The lights allow the graphic to be illuminated from behind in order to create a portable freestanding lightbox.

Aluminium channel bars are attached to the perimeter of the frame. It is these channel bars that allow the printed fabric graphic to push-fit into place.

With the graphic attached to the frame, we can see that the image is illuminated thanks to the curtains of LED lights that sit behind it.

Notice the slight shadow around the edge of the display?

This is caused by the aluminium channel bars on the frame. They are preventing light from shining-through and back-lighting this section of the graphic!

The Embrace+ Display Stand is a new product that addresses this problem with a simple revision to the design of the channel bars…

The Embrace+ SEG pop up stand uses a triangular shaped channel bar instead of the conventional rectangular shaped bar on the standard Embrace Pop Up Stand. The triangle shaped profile means that less of the graphic is in contact with the face of the channel bar and this reduces the shadow effect on the edge of the panel when it is illuminated. Now the graphic is illuminated almost all the way up to the edge of the frame and there is little shadow-effect.

The utilisation of a triangle profile channel bar almost eliminates completely the shadow around the edge of the graphic when back-lighting

Other than the design of the channel bar, both the Embrace and Embrace+ Display Stands are comparable products. Both frames come in a choice of frame size and both products pack into a wheeled trolley bag for transportation.

Cosmetically, the Embrace+ framework looks different with it’s white, powder coated finish whereas the regular Embrace SEG frame is silver.

From 2020, Printdesigns will increase pricing on the backlit variant of the Embrace SEG pop up stand. The product will be re-branded and sold as the Embrace+ Backlit Display Stand.

The original Embrace display will still be advertised as a non-illuminated display stand although lighting curtains will still be available for purchase separately as an option for this product.

Graphic panels for non illuminated stands (Embrace) are printed onto a blockout fabric material for maximum opacity and vibrancy. Graphics for illuminated stands (Embrace+) are printed onto specialist back-lightable fabric material.

If you have a regular Embrace frame or an Embrace+ frame and require new printed graphic panels to fit then we are happy to assist and can supply blockout or illuminated fabric graphics depending on whether you intend to back-light the image.

Our printing and sewing is handled in house by our own experienced team so you can be assured of the best possible quality.

For more information on the Embrace and Embrace+ SEG Display stands please visit our website at https://www.printdesigns.com

illumiGo Free-Standing Lightbox

Backlit and illuminated displays have become increasingly popular over the last couple of Years as LED lighting technology has become cheaper and therefore more accessible to mass market.

Illuminated displays look fantastic and there is no doubt that they can grab attention in a way that an ordinary printed banner stand cannot. The problem is that until recently, illuminated/backlit displays tended to be bulky, heavy and just plain awkward to transport to and from events. That has been the major turn off for most potential buyers.

The illumiGo Freestanding Lightbox Display has been developed as a solution for exhibitors looking for a viable alternative to a banner stand but with the attention-grabbing visual effect of a traditional light box display.


The illumiGo Lightbox system has obviously been well thought out and engineered in terms of it's overall design. In particular, the packaging that uses a simple, lightweight cardboard container with carry handle to house all of the individual frame components together within a compact space. We are reliably informed that as well as the standard cardboard packing carton, a more substantial carry bag is in the pipeline which may suit customers who are using this product very regularly and could be concerned about the long term durability of the cardboard carton.



Open the lid of the box and you are presented with clear step by step instructions outlining the assembly process for illumiGo. It is very straight-forward with the sections of the frame simply push-fitting together. Small plastic buttons engage when the frame pushed together in order to keep the sections secure.

The process of assembling the frame is very simple. For the first time user it should take no more than 5 minutes. With prior experience of how the frame assembles, it should be possible in only a couple of minutes.



The frame is formed from powder coated steel and the white colour has a modern and clean appearance.

A small channel around the edges of the frame allows the graphic panel to push-fit into place. This is possible because the fabric graphic has a small bead of silicone edging sewn around the perimeter. The fit of the graphic to the frame is positive and due to the slight amount of stretch in the fabric itself, the print is pulled tight which removes any creases.

Of the entire assembly process, it is the fitment of the graphic that probably takes the longest time of all. There is definitely a technique involved on efficiently fitting the graphics and we found that fitting the top and bottom (short edges) of the print to the frame and then pushing in the sides (long-edges) in afterwards seems to be the most effective technique.

After a few attempts we were able to install a graphic print into the illumiGo frame in a few minutes at most. That means that the total assembly time for this product can be under 5 minutes. Great if you are in a hurry to set up at an event or trade show.



After assembling the framework of the stand and fitting the graphic panel, the unit can be plugged in and switched-on.

The power lead plugs into the bottom of the framework and the illumiGo comes with a mains adapter. The adapter will work with any voltage from 110V to 250V and so it would be possible to use this type of display stand in any worldwide location with the relevant local plug socket adapter.



The lighting effect on the illumiGo Lightbox really works brilliantly. It is hard to believe how much LED technology has come on and also quite astonishing how the small rows of LED lights on the frame of this free standing lightbox are able to disperse light so evenly over the graphic. We were unable to detect any lower level of illumination in the centre of graphic that is further away from the lights when compared to the edge of the graphic.

Another nice feature of this stand is the almost frameless effect. Unlike old light boxes that have a frame around the edge of the image, with the illumiGo lightbox you have a graphic that is pretty much edge to edge.

The illumiGo Freestanding Lightbox Display is certainly a product we would not hesitate to recommend. OK, it's more expensive than a standard roller banner but what you get is a portable display solution that looks every bit as professional as a display you might find in an upmarket retail location. Assembly is a longer process but visually, it's worth it.

From an environmental and economical stand point, another consideration is that this frame is re-usable. You can swap the printed cover for the stand anytime and effectively build a library of artwork designs or promotional messages for use on a single frame. That's got to be better for the planet than throwing away old, outdated roller banners. The fabric itself being polyester based can be recycled widely along with other textiles.

Prices on illumiGo vary but the product as tested is available from most Ultima dealers as well as https://www.printdesigns.com

Printdesigns are specialist suppliers of portable displays for events and exhibitions and have in house printing equipment for the fabric backlit materials required for use with this product. You can find more information about the illumiGo Lightbox at the link above.

Barracuda Banner Stands

The Barracuda Banner Stand is a long-established favourite and perhaps one of the most popular types of roller banners on sale in the UK today.

Since being introduced over 15 Years ago the product has undergone several revisions with the latest model offering many enhancements in terms of design and functionality.

With a wide, stable base, Barracuda Banners do not require twist-out support feet that are common on economy/budget type systems. This is a benefit if the display is to be used in high-traffic environments where a very 'planted', stable display is preferable. From an aesthetic point of view, the stand is pleasantly designed and features an anodised silver base with contrasting black, plastic end plates.

There is a slotted ratchet hole on the side of the display that can be turned in order to increase the internal spring tension. This allows the mechanism of the banner to be adjusted dependent on the thickness of the graphic material that is fitted to the display (for thicker/heavier graphics you can add more tension to help wind-up the material).

The Barracuda for 2017 features a new, modified upright support pole with a telescopic top-section. This means that the finished height of the banner stand can be adjusted. It also makes assembling the display easier for shorter individuals who may otherwise struggle to reach the top of the display.

Barracuda banner stands are available in widths ranging from 600mm all the way up to 2400mm so whether it's a compact space-saving display you need or a large mural back drop there is a stand that will be suitable for you!

Barracuda Banner Stands are available for purchase from the Printdesigns web store.

TEXStyle Icon Banner Stands

Most, traditional banner stands are 2 dimensional in appearance and have a flat graphic that can be single or double sided.

New, fabric based display banners are providing the ability to create different, interesting shapes such as the collection of Icon banner stands shown here that Printdesigns Limited produced for The BBC.

The Icon Banner Stand uses an oval profile base and a simply upright support pole and shaped top section. The printed graphic is hung over the frame and a silicone bead sewn at the bottom of the print push-fits into the oval base to secure and tension the fabric.

Printing for the stands is produced using a dye sublimation process which allows the prints to be crumpled or folded for convenient store and transportation without causing damage to the print itself. Should the prints become dirty or marked after repeat use, the fabric can even be machine washed.

TEXStyle Icon banner stands are available with a choice of two upright shape profiles and due to the 3 dimensional shape can be viewed from any angle which makes them an ideal banner stand for use in open, public places where traffic may approach from various directions.