Inter-Global Exhibits Group
Inter-Global Exhibitions Group (IGE Group) joined TSEA in July, 2010. Although a US company with headquarters in Denver, Colorado, IGE has multiple strategic locations including Irvine, California; Europe; Latin America; and Asia. From the United States to Africa and South America to Asia/Middle East, savvy companies depend on IGE for design excellence and the expertise and exhibit resources they need to effectively bring their brands to market. The team is led by President and Founder Gino Pellegrini, who started the company in Santiago, Chile, in 1994.
IGE Group Headquarters in Denver
When the company first began, Gino was the sole employee doing local exhibit work. A little more than a decade later, the company is now headquartered in the United States and has more than 30 employees. And through IGE’s global group of partners, IGE has created a one world source for clients exhibiting globally.
IGE Group's Breathtaking Lobby
IGE offers a range of design and fabrication services:
- Brand development
- Corporate events
- Exhibit design
- Exhibit graphics
- Retail displays
- Show services
- Portables
IGE Group Office Interior
Event Design Magazine recently profiled IGE and Gino Pellegrini titling the article “Man on the Move”. The feature article detailed how Gino, a self-taught furniture designer born and raised in Chile, found himself designing international exhibits for power brands such as Procter & Gamble, Nokia, Bayer and Lockheed Martin. When you meet Gino or work with anyone at IGE Group, it doesn’t take long to see their appetite for design which he quotes in the article is “far from satiated.”
Every project is “new” to IGE and the design studio approaches each brand’s challenge with innovative materials and design solutions. This approach has kept each IGE exhibit design distinctive.
IGE Group Graphic Productions
“Our job is to make our client’s brand come alive on the trade show floor,” said Gino Pellegrini. “Exhibits need to have the same award-winning personalities as the companies they represent. It is because we understand how to use design to put brands in their best light, that companies from all over the world ask IGE Group to design and construct their exhibits," he concluded.
IGE Group team members and projects have won numerous national awards:·
- EDPA’s Designer of the Year
- TSEA Exhibitors’ Choice Nominee
- ‘BtoB Magazine’s Best Awards
- Best of MOD
- Event Design Award, Silver
- Best of Show, Exhibitor 2009
IGE Group Team member Working on a new Fabrication Project
When I asked Gino what IGE Group offered their clients that other design organization may not, he replied, " Wherever your event location may be, IGE can deliver your exhibit on time, on budget and with an unmatched quality of construction. IGE specializes in international exhibit design, supporting brands with award-winning craftsmanship wherever your marketing campaign may take you. IGE understands the cultural sensitivities needed to apply to your design. IGE has global resources with the finest builders to bring that design to life on the same continent as your event, limiting your shipping costs, customs fees, and turn-around time."
In September of 2010, IGE Group became certified as a minority business enterprise (MBE). According to to Gino, "Although IGE has been a minority owned and operated business since we opened in 1994, we thought this certification would provide official verification of our diversity to our clients. This certification will be helpful to our clients working towards meeting their requirements working with diversity/minority-owned businesses.”
In closing this interview, I asked Gino if IGE Group has a motto. He replied. "Our motto is 'No matter where you need to go, expect One World Class Service from Inter-Global Exhibitions.' Our world is a big one, with lots of possibilities… but we don’t make it more work than it needs to be.”