Green Issues

MODdisplays, a company specializing in trade show displays and exhibit graphics, has returned to the spotlight with the ability to sell eco-friendly graphics for their entasi displays. Many trade show display companies use solvent printers, which are horrible for the environment, but for a small upcharge you can have your entasi display printed using responsible means. The graphic production process produces a graphic called “GreenKnit”, which is a great way to help the environment.

There are hundreds of thousands of trade show graphics printed around the world each year, many of which immediately end up in the trash due to errors in printing and/or laminating by inexperienced printers. Changing the way graphics are printed could have a huge impact on the health of our environment, and MODdisplays realizes this fact. GreenKnit graphics are the first step in a process that will allow graphics to be printed more responsibly.

Green Knit can be used for structures, such as custom projects, Shapes and Entasi, and also for banners.  Green Knit can be printed using our state of the art Photo Fabric printing process.  

Sixty percent of the yarn used in making Green Knit is one hundred percent recycled.  Seven carbon producing manufacturing steps are eliminated in the production of the recycled yarn.  For every pound of yarn produced 61,000 BTU’s are conserved (equivalent to .5 gallons of gasoline).

The introduction of this fabric is another example of MODdisplays commitment to environmental responsibility.  MODdisplays is proud of its many initiatives in this area that include:

• Our Photo Fabric Dye-Sublimation printing is produced without the use of solvent inks.
• All aluminum scrap is recycled at our three manufacturing plants.
• All paper, cardboard and shipping tubes are recycled at our three plants.
• MODdisplays offers a rental program – encouraging our customers to rent rather than buy and discard after limited use.
• The Belfast plant uses BioHeat instead of standard heating oil.
• The Salt Lake City plant uses swamp coolers instead of air conditioners.

The Step-Up Program provides a progression businesses can follow to become environmentally sustainable and to become leaders in the business community.

You can read more about this photo printing process by visiting the Trade Show Marketing Blog and reading about trade show graphics. You can also read about the top trade show products MODdisplays sells.