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That is where most trade show exhibit maintenance actually happens, or fails to. A scratched counter gets noticed on day one of a show. The laminate stored dirty, the graphics folded wet, the cable packed kinked: those all get discovered later, at the worst possible time. The question is not whether your booth needs maintenance. It is how deep that maintenance needs to go, and who should be doing it.<\/p>\n\n <h2>What Trade Show Exhibit Maintenance Actually Means<\/h2>\n\n <p>First, a boundary. “Exhibit maintenance” here means the care of commercial trade show booths and display assets between events. Not museum exhibit conservation. Not the servicing of industrial equipment. Whether you call it trade show exhibit maintenance or trade show booth maintenance, the subject is the same: your booth is built, used, dismantled, stored, and rebuilt, over and over. Every cycle adds wear, and every cycle is a chance to remove it.<\/p>\n\n <p>The mistake most guides make is presenting maintenance as one flat checklist: clean this, tighten that, test the lights. It is five levels of care, and each level demands a different kind of time, skill, and money:<\/p>\n\n <ul>\n <li><strong>Cleaning and packing discipline:<\/strong> anyone can do this, after every event.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Preventive checks:<\/strong> inspection, hardware, electrical testing, between shows.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Refurbishment:<\/strong> repairing and refinishing surfaces, a workshop skill.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Graphics refresh:<\/strong> replacing aging printed surfaces, a scheduled investment.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Ownership decisions:<\/strong> who is responsible for all of the above between your shows.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <p>Each step down that list demands more than the one before: more capability, more equipment, and harsher consequences if it is skipped. A portable display owner who exhibits twice a year can stop at level one or two. A company with a custom booth that ships to three cities a year cannot. So the useful question is not “how do I clean my booth” but “how far down this ladder does my situation sit.” That decides whether maintenance is a Saturday chore or a line item you hand to someone else.<\/p>\n\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Trade-Show-Booth-Rules-1.webp\" style=\"width: 512px; height: 384px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; border-radius: 12px; margin: 30px auto; display: block; box-shadow: 10px 10px 60px 0px rgba(210, 221, 224, 0.35); transition: all 0.3s ease; cursor: pointer;\" onmouseover=\"this.style.transform='translateY(-5px) scale(1.03)'; this.style.boxShadow='15px 25px 80px 0px rgba(210, 221, 224, 0.45)'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.transform='translateY(0) scale(1)'; this.style.boxShadow='10px 10px 60px 0px rgba(210, 221, 224, 0.35)'\"> \n\n <h2>Clean and Pack Discipline: The Care Floor<\/h2>\n\n <p>The cheapest maintenance you will ever do happens before storage: cleaning and packing done right. It is also the most skipped, because it happens when everyone is tired and the priority is getting home.<\/p>\n\n <p>Dirty surfaces should never go into storage. Fingerprints, dust, and adhesive residue settle into materials over weeks, and sticky residue is a leading cause of edge damage on laminates and graphics. For fabric graphics the routine is gentle and specific: wipe panels with a damp microfiber cloth, spot-clean with mild soap and warm water, and let everything air-dry completely before folding, because mildew is a storage problem, not a cleaning problem. Laminated counters take a non-abrasive wipe-down; metal components, a dry fiber cloth. Avoid harsh solvents: they dull finishes slowly, invisibly.<\/p>\n\n <p>Packing discipline is where the money really lives. Industry veterans who have watched thousands of show cycles put a blunt number on it. A typical 10\u00d710 pop-up display lasts about 10 to 20 shows with normal setup and breakdown, and as few as 2 to 3 shows when salespeople cram it back into its case and slap a shipping label on it (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-do-you-maintain-your-trade-show-booth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quora<\/a>, Eric Joseph, 15+ years in exhibit marketing).<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"bp-3-stats bd-reveal\">\n <p class=\"bp-3-eyebrow\">Same 10\u00d710 pop-up display<\/p>\n <div class=\"bp-3-row\">\n <div class=\"bp-3-cell\">\n <p class=\"bp-3-label\">With normal cleaning & packing<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-3-num\">10\u201320 shows<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bp-3-cell\">\n <p class=\"bp-3-label\">Crammed back into its case & shipped<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-3-num\">2\u20133 shows<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <p class=\"bp-3-note\">Industry practitioner observation (Quora) \u2014 the same display, different packing discipline.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <p>The rules that protect that lifespan are simple: carry cases, never loose; nothing heavy stacked on panels; graphics rolled or laid flat, never creased; every component dry before the case closes. Rushing teardown is how booths get hurt. The damage happens in the hour after the show ends, not during it.<\/p>\n\n <p>If your exhibit is small, portable, and used a few times a year, this level is genuinely enough. The levels below exist for bigger assets. Read them anyway, because level two is where even small booths quietly start to fail.<\/p>\n\n <h2>Between Shows: Preventive Checks and the Storage Problem<\/h2>\n\n <p>Here is the sentence that should change how you think about this topic. Exhibit management companies that handle hundreds of booths between events put it directly: <strong>most exhibit issues begin during storage, not on the show floor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"bp-1-quote bd-reveal\">\n <div class=\"bp-1-quote-icon\">\n <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M3 21c9 0 9-9 9-18H6c0 6-3 6-3 9v9h0z\"\/><path d=\"M21 21c-9 0-9-9-9-18\"\/><\/svg>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bp-1-quote-text\">\n <p class=\"bp-1-quote-main\">Most exhibit issues begin <em class=\"bp-1-em\">in storage<\/em> \u2014 not on the show floor.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <p>It makes sense once you map the calendar. A booth that ships to four shows a year spends maybe sixteen days on a show floor, and the other 349 being handled, transported, and stored, where damage accumulates quietly. That is why the same guide recommends treating the moment right after each show as the maintenance event, not the week before the next one. Waiting months to address issues leads to hidden structural damage, missing hardware, graphic deterioration, and electrical failures.<\/p>\n\n <h3>The between-show timeline<\/h3>\n\n <p>The maintenance calendar has four moments, and each has its own job:<\/p>\n\n <ul>\n <li><strong>Immediately after each show (teardown):<\/strong> clean, dry, photograph the booth’s condition, note any damage in writing, pack with the packing list attached to the crate.<\/li>\n <li><strong>In storage:<\/strong> nothing happens here that you did not set up, which is the point. The condition it enters storage in is the condition it will emerge in, plus whatever the storage environment adds.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Before it ships (pre-show prep):<\/strong> the deep check. Tighten, test, replace, and verify every system while the booth is still somewhere you can get parts and labor cheaply.<\/li>\n <li><strong>At the show:<\/strong> the booth is re-assembled from a kit that was proven two weeks earlier. Setup becomes verification, not discovery.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <p>The last cheap window is the pre-ship check: damage found in your warehouse costs parts and an afternoon. The same damage on a show floor costs overtime labor and rush freight.<\/p>\n\n <h3>Lights rarely fail as lights<\/h3>\n\n <p>Electrical and lighting problems are the classic case of treating the symptom. When a light bar is dead or a section of the booth is dark, the culprit is almost never the fixture itself. It is a loose connection, a worn cable, or a damaged transformer. The fix that matters happens before the show: test every fixture, check for flicker, inspect cables and connectors for wear. Swap the cable, reseat the connector, and the “broken” light is a two-minute repair instead of an electrician’s call on show week.<\/p>\n\n <p>On frequency, the advice in the wild disagrees. Some guides imply a full check after every show; others stretch hardware checks to every one or two shows. What you never want is a booth that is checked only when it is unpacked at the venue.<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"bp-2-clock bd-reveal\">\n <p class=\"bp-2-title\"><span class=\"bp-2-title-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><rect width=\"18\" height=\"18\" x=\"3\" y=\"4\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M16 2v4\"\/><path d=\"M8 2v4\"\/><path d=\"M3 10h18\"\/><path d=\"M21 14h-6a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v4\"\/><\/svg><\/span>The maintenance clock<\/p>\n <div class=\"bp-2-row\">\n <span class=\"bp-2-row-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M9.937 15.5A2 2 0 0 0 8.5 14.063l-6.135-1.582a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.962L8.5 9.936A2 2 0 0 0 9.937 8.5l1.582-6.135a.5.5 0 0 1 .963 0L14.063 8.5A2 2 0 0 0 15.5 9.937l6.135 1.581a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .964L15.5 14.063a2 2 0 0 0-1.437 1.437l-1.582 6.135a.5.5 0 0 1-.963 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n <p class=\"bp-2-when\">After every show<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-2-do\">Clean everything before it goes into storage.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bp-2-row\">\n <span class=\"bp-2-row-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M14.7 6.3a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.4l1.6 1.6a1 1 0 0 0 1.4 0l3.77-3.77a6 6 0 0 1-7.94 7.94l-6.91 6.91a2.12 2.12 0 0 1-3-3l6.91-6.91a6 6 0 0 1 7.94-7.94l-3.76 3.76z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n <p class=\"bp-2-when\">Every 1\u20132 shows<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-2-do\">Tighten and inspect hardware; check joints, magnets, and locks.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bp-2-row\">\n <span class=\"bp-2-row-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><polygon points=\"13 2 3 14 12 14 11 22 21 10 12 10 13 2\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n <p class=\"bp-2-when\">Before every show<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-2-do\">Test all lighting and electrical, connectors included.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <h3>Hardware kits and the storage environment<\/h3>\n\n <p>Two invisible killers deserve their own paragraph. First, loose and missing hardware. Shipping vibration and repeated assembly loosen bolts, magnets, hinges, and locks. Standardized hardware kept in labeled kits is the difference between a five-minute fix and a hunt through three crates on a show floor. Second, the environment. “Climate-controlled storage” is close to meaningless until you make it checkable. Ask what it actually means where your booth lives: humidity control (damp air delaminates graphics and mildews fabrics), direct light (it fades printed surfaces), and stacking rules (panels warp under weight). A dry, dark, unstacked booth will outlive a “climate-controlled” one used as a shelf.<\/p>\n\n <p>This level is where most self-managed teams start to slip. Not because the checks are hard, but because they happen in the gap between shows, when nobody is watching. If your booth is bigger than a pop-up, the next two levels decide whether the checks you do are even pointed at the right problems.<\/p>\n\n <h2>Refurbish or Refresh: Factory-Grade Care<\/h2>\n\n <p>Every exhibit reaches the same crossroads after two or three years. It is structurally fine, but it no longer looks new: scratched counters, faded graphics, edges that have lost their crispness. What you do here is not cleaning and not repairing. It is deciding between making the booth look new again (refurbishment) and making it look current (refresh). Both are workshop jobs, and most “exhibit maintenance” content stops exactly where they begin.<\/p>\n\n <h3>What ages first<\/h3>\n\n <p>Different materials fail in different ways, and knowing which one you are looking at tells you what the fix costs. Read your booth as a grid of materials, each with its own failure mode, its own deadline, and its own repair path:<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"rich-compare bd-reveal\">\n <p class=\"rich-compare-title\">What ages first in a trade show exhibit<\/p>\n <div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table>\n <thead>\n <tr><th>Surface<\/th><th>What “old” looks like<\/th><th>When it’s past saving<\/th><th>Who can fix it<\/th><\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td>Fabric graphics<\/td><td>Faded, creased, seams overstretched<\/td><td>When the print no longer represents your brand (reprint, don’t repair)<\/td><td>Any print shop; fabric is reprintable<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Tension-fabric vinyl graphics<\/td><td>Edges peeling, magnet glue failing<\/td><td>Once adhesive fails, patches show; re-skin the panel<\/td><td>Print shop with correct media<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Laminated counters & panels<\/td><td>Scratches, chips, bubbles<\/td><td>Scratches worn through the laminate can’t be polished; only re-faced<\/td><td>Exhibit shop with lamination or replacement panels<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Painted surfaces<\/td><td>Scratches, dulling, chipped edges<\/td><td>When touch-up looks patchy, the surface needs a full repaint<\/td><td>Workshop with a paint bay; most display companies don’t have one<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <p>Two details from the field are worth carrying. Fabric graphics are an aging exhibit’s best friend. When artwork is worn or outdated, you reprint the fabric, and the display looks new for the cost of printing. Vinyl-faced graphics are the opposite. Practitioners note the vinyl often outlives its own adhesive, and it is the glue holding the magnets that fails first (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-do-you-maintain-your-trade-show-booth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quora<\/a>, Eric Joseph, 15+ years in exhibit marketing). Painted surfaces are the quiet trap: a scratched finish cannot be spot-fixed forever, and refinishing means masking, sanding, multiple coats, and drying time. Real workshop work.<\/p>\n\n <h3>Refurbishment is a workshop skill<\/h3>\n\n <p>This is the level where “maintenance” stops being a checklist and becomes a craft. Refacing a laminate panel, matching paint on a complex-shaped wall, replacing a damaged component. None of these happen with a microfiber cloth. They need a workshop with a spray bay, lamination capacity, and tooling to fabricate replacement parts. That is why the market splits here. Most display companies sell you the booth and hand you back a checklist. A smaller group, with their own production shops, can actually execute the deep care.<\/p>\n\n <p>Refurbishment is also where the refresh-versus-replace math lives. A custom booth that gets periodic surface refurbishment and graphic refreshes stays competitive for years, while the same booth neglected for three shows is often cheaper to replace than to bring back. One boundary worth knowing: refurbishment handles “old.” A failing joint or compromised wall has left maintenance and entered rebuild territory. That is a different conversation.<\/p>\n\n <h3>Graphics refresh: a scheduled decision, not an emergency<\/h3>\n\n <p>Graphics are your brand’s face and the exhibit’s biggest consumable. The refresh trigger is not “when they look bad” but a schedule driven by two clocks: your brand cycle (messaging, logo, product lines change) and the physical clock (printed surfaces fade regardless). Planned refreshes are cheap: swap the printed fabric, replace the vinyl faces, update the header while the structure stays put. Emergency refreshes are expensive because they are rushed: a rebrand discovered a month before a show, or graphics that looked fine in the warehouse and washed out under hall lighting. Schedule refresh as an operating expense, like the show itself.<\/p>\n\n <p>By this point in the ladder, one pattern is visible. Levels one and two are habits. Levels three and four are capabilities. Capabilities cost money whether you use them or not, which is why the final question is not about cleaning at all.<\/p>\n\n <h2>Who Should Own Maintenance Between Your Shows?<\/h2>\n\n <p>Pull the ladder together and the decision writes itself. Cleaning is yours if you want it. Preventive checks are mostly yours too, until the calendar gaps grow. But refurbishment needs a paint bay, refresh needs a print relationship, and both must happen while your booth is out of sight. The real question of trade show booth maintenance is therefore not “what should I clean” but <strong>who is responsible for the booth in the months between shows<\/strong>. The honest answer depends on how often you exhibit, not what you spent on the booth.<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"rich-compare bd-reveal\">\n <p class=\"rich-compare-title\">Which maintenance model fits your show schedule?<\/p>\n <div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table>\n <thead>\n <tr><th>Your schedule<\/th><th>The sensible model<\/th><th>When it stops fitting<\/th><\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td>One show a year or less<\/td><td>Don’t own the maintenance problem: rent the booth and let the provider absorb care, storage, and refresh<\/td><td>If you exhibit more often, rental’s per-show cost stops beating ownership<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>One to three shows a year, owned booth<\/td><td>You clean and inspect; hand refurbishment and refresh to a workshop between shows<\/td><td>If you skip the workshop visits for two cycles, the bill simply arrives later and larger<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Several shows a year, multiple cities<\/td><td>A managed program: one partner who stores, inspects, refurbishes, and produces graphics between every event<\/td><td>If your partner’s warehouse is an ocean away from your show circuit<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <p>The first row deserves a pause, because it is the industry quietly admitting its own math. Display companies themselves note that for infrequent exhibitors, a rental booth often provides better value precisely because it removes maintenance and storage from your ledger, a view echoed by practitioners on the hidden costs of owning versus renting (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-the-hidden-costs-of-owning-a-trade-show-booth-vs-renting-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quora<\/a>). If you own a custom booth and exhibit once a year, you are paying a warehouse, a skill set, and a refresh cycle for eleven months of stillness. That is the least rational position in this article.<\/p>\n\n <p>If you land on the second or third row, five questions, asked in writing, separate marketing from capability:<\/p>\n\n <ol>\n <li><strong>Who is responsible between shows?<\/strong> Is there a named party that owns the booth’s condition in the storage months, or does it become nobody’s problem?<\/li>\n <li><strong>What happens before it ships?<\/strong> Do you get a trial build, structure up, graphics on the walls, photographed for your sign-off, before the booth leaves the workshop? That step alone moves most problems from show week to warehouse week.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Can they refurbish, not just store?<\/strong> Ask about paint and lamination capacity, not the brochure. A workshop with a paint bay and print production is a different supplier from a warehouse with shelf space.<\/li>\n <li><strong>How fast can graphics change?<\/strong> Is reprinting a same-day job in their own shop or a week-long external order?<\/li>\n <li><strong>Where does the bill stop?<\/strong> Does the agreement end at the show, or do invoices keep arriving for weeks afterward?<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n\n <p>The answers tell you which of the five ladder levels a partner actually operates at. One honest boundary: if you exhibit once a year with a small portable display you own, none of this applies. The first two levels of this article are your entire strategy, and a workshop’s overhead is not worth it for you.<\/p>\n\n <p>At Aplus Expo, our own 12,500-square-foot factory sits ten minutes from the Las Vegas convention district, with dedicated production, painting, printing, and trial-build workshops under one roof (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our Las Vegas factory and workshops<\/a>). Every booth we build is trial-built in our factory first: structure up, graphics on the walls, photographed for your sign-off. The check that normally happens on a show floor happens in our warehouse instead, where fixes are cheap. Between shows, booths we store stay under that same roof (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/trade-show-storage-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aplus Expo<\/a>, our trade show storage service), where cleaning, hardware checks, and refurbishment are part of the cycle rather than an emergency you discover at move-in. When graphics age, our print shop reprints them; when surfaces wear, our paint shop refinishes them; and when the show opens, we keep a standby presence through the event. Your bill is finalized before the show closes, with no post-show invoices from us.<\/p>\n\n <p><em>When you plan your next exhibit cycle, add the five questions above and see which partners can answer all of them in writing. If you would like our answers in the first reply, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">start a project here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"bp-cta-end bd-reveal\">\n <p class=\"bp-cta-end-title\"><span class=\"bp-cta-end-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M22 2 11 13\"\/><path d=\"M22 2 15 22l-4-9-9-4z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Plan Your Booth’s Between-Show Care<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-cta-end-sub\">Send your show schedule and the five questions from this article. We’ll answer them in writing, with an itemized free estimate from our Las Vegas team.<\/p>\n <a class=\"bp-cta-end-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_self\">Request a Free Estimate<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <h2>References<\/h2>\n\n <ol>\n <li>Quora. “How do you maintain your trade show booth?” (Practitioner answers incl. Eric Joseph.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-do-you-maintain-your-trade-show-booth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-do-you-maintain-your-trade-show-booth<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Quora. “What are the hidden costs of owning a trade show booth vs renting one?” (Practitioner answers.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-the-hidden-costs-of-owning-a-trade-show-booth-vs-renting-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-the-hidden-costs-of-owning-a-trade-show-booth-vs-renting-one<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. “Trade Show Storage.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/trade-show-storage-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/trade-show-storage-1\/<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. “Graphics Printing Displays.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/graphics-printing-displays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/graphics-printing-displays\/<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. “Installation and Dismantling.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/installation-and-dismantling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/installation-and-dismantling\/<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. “About Us.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/about-us\/<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. “Contact.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/contact\/<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. 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That is where most trade show exhibit maintenance actually happens, or fails to. A scratched counter gets noticed on day one of a show. The laminate stored dirty, the graphics folded wet, the cable packed kinked: those all get discovered later, at the worst possible time. The question is not whether your booth needs maintenance. It is how deep that maintenance needs to go, and who should be doing it.<\/p>\n\n <h2>What Trade Show Exhibit Maintenance Actually Means<\/h2>\n\n <p>First, a boundary. “Exhibit maintenance” here means the care of commercial trade show booths and display assets between events. Not museum exhibit conservation. Not the servicing of industrial equipment. Whether you call it trade show exhibit maintenance or trade show booth maintenance, the subject is the same: your booth is built, used, dismantled, stored, and rebuilt, over and over. Every cycle adds wear, and every cycle is a chance to remove it.<\/p>\n\n <p>The mistake most guides make is presenting maintenance as one flat checklist: clean this, tighten that, test the lights. It is five levels of care, and each level demands a different kind of time, skill, and money:<\/p>\n\n <ul>\n <li><strong>Cleaning and packing discipline:<\/strong> anyone can do this, after every event.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Preventive checks:<\/strong> inspection, hardware, electrical testing, between shows.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Refurbishment:<\/strong> repairing and refinishing surfaces, a workshop skill.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Graphics refresh:<\/strong> replacing aging printed surfaces, a scheduled investment.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Ownership decisions:<\/strong> who is responsible for all of the above between your shows.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <p>Each step down that list demands more than the one before: more capability, more equipment, and harsher consequences if it is skipped. A portable display owner who exhibits twice a year can stop at level one or two. A company with a custom booth that ships to three cities a year cannot. So the useful question is not “how do I clean my booth” but “how far down this ladder does my situation sit.” That decides whether maintenance is a Saturday chore or a line item you hand to someone else.<\/p>\n\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Trade-Show-Booth-Rules-1.webp\" style=\"width: 512px; height: 384px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; border-radius: 12px; margin: 30px auto; display: block; box-shadow: 10px 10px 60px 0px rgba(210, 221, 224, 0.35); transition: all 0.3s ease; cursor: pointer;\" onmouseover=\"this.style.transform='translateY(-5px) scale(1.03)'; this.style.boxShadow='15px 25px 80px 0px rgba(210, 221, 224, 0.45)'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.transform='translateY(0) scale(1)'; this.style.boxShadow='10px 10px 60px 0px rgba(210, 221, 224, 0.35)'\"> \n\n <h2>Clean and Pack Discipline: The Care Floor<\/h2>\n\n <p>The cheapest maintenance you will ever do happens before storage: cleaning and packing done right. It is also the most skipped, because it happens when everyone is tired and the priority is getting home.<\/p>\n\n <p>Dirty surfaces should never go into storage. Fingerprints, dust, and adhesive residue settle into materials over weeks, and sticky residue is a leading cause of edge damage on laminates and graphics. For fabric graphics the routine is gentle and specific: wipe panels with a damp microfiber cloth, spot-clean with mild soap and warm water, and let everything air-dry completely before folding, because mildew is a storage problem, not a cleaning problem. Laminated counters take a non-abrasive wipe-down; metal components, a dry fiber cloth. Avoid harsh solvents: they dull finishes slowly, invisibly.<\/p>\n\n <p>Packing discipline is where the money really lives. Industry veterans who have watched thousands of show cycles put a blunt number on it. A typical 10\u00d710 pop-up display lasts about 10 to 20 shows with normal setup and breakdown, and as few as 2 to 3 shows when salespeople cram it back into its case and slap a shipping label on it (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-do-you-maintain-your-trade-show-booth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quora<\/a>, Eric Joseph, 15+ years in exhibit marketing).<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"bp-3-stats bd-reveal\">\n <p class=\"bp-3-eyebrow\">Same 10\u00d710 pop-up display<\/p>\n <div class=\"bp-3-row\">\n <div class=\"bp-3-cell\">\n <p class=\"bp-3-label\">With normal cleaning & packing<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-3-num\">10\u201320 shows<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bp-3-cell\">\n <p class=\"bp-3-label\">Crammed back into its case & shipped<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-3-num\">2\u20133 shows<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <p class=\"bp-3-note\">Industry practitioner observation (Quora) \u2014 the same display, different packing discipline.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <p>The rules that protect that lifespan are simple: carry cases, never loose; nothing heavy stacked on panels; graphics rolled or laid flat, never creased; every component dry before the case closes. Rushing teardown is how booths get hurt. The damage happens in the hour after the show ends, not during it.<\/p>\n\n <p>If your exhibit is small, portable, and used a few times a year, this level is genuinely enough. The levels below exist for bigger assets. Read them anyway, because level two is where even small booths quietly start to fail.<\/p>\n\n <h2>Between Shows: Preventive Checks and the Storage Problem<\/h2>\n\n <p>Here is the sentence that should change how you think about this topic. Exhibit management companies that handle hundreds of booths between events put it directly: <strong>most exhibit issues begin during storage, not on the show floor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"bp-1-quote bd-reveal\">\n <div class=\"bp-1-quote-icon\">\n <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M3 21c9 0 9-9 9-18H6c0 6-3 6-3 9v9h0z\"\/><path d=\"M21 21c-9 0-9-9-9-18\"\/><\/svg>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bp-1-quote-text\">\n <p class=\"bp-1-quote-main\">Most exhibit issues begin <em class=\"bp-1-em\">in storage<\/em> \u2014 not on the show floor.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <p>It makes sense once you map the calendar. A booth that ships to four shows a year spends maybe sixteen days on a show floor, and the other 349 being handled, transported, and stored, where damage accumulates quietly. That is why the same guide recommends treating the moment right after each show as the maintenance event, not the week before the next one. Waiting months to address issues leads to hidden structural damage, missing hardware, graphic deterioration, and electrical failures.<\/p>\n\n <h3>The between-show timeline<\/h3>\n\n <p>The maintenance calendar has four moments, and each has its own job:<\/p>\n\n <ul>\n <li><strong>Immediately after each show (teardown):<\/strong> clean, dry, photograph the booth’s condition, note any damage in writing, pack with the packing list attached to the crate.<\/li>\n <li><strong>In storage:<\/strong> nothing happens here that you did not set up, which is the point. The condition it enters storage in is the condition it will emerge in, plus whatever the storage environment adds.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Before it ships (pre-show prep):<\/strong> the deep check. Tighten, test, replace, and verify every system while the booth is still somewhere you can get parts and labor cheaply.<\/li>\n <li><strong>At the show:<\/strong> the booth is re-assembled from a kit that was proven two weeks earlier. Setup becomes verification, not discovery.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n <p>The last cheap window is the pre-ship check: damage found in your warehouse costs parts and an afternoon. The same damage on a show floor costs overtime labor and rush freight.<\/p>\n\n <h3>Lights rarely fail as lights<\/h3>\n\n <p>Electrical and lighting problems are the classic case of treating the symptom. When a light bar is dead or a section of the booth is dark, the culprit is almost never the fixture itself. It is a loose connection, a worn cable, or a damaged transformer. The fix that matters happens before the show: test every fixture, check for flicker, inspect cables and connectors for wear. Swap the cable, reseat the connector, and the “broken” light is a two-minute repair instead of an electrician’s call on show week.<\/p>\n\n <p>On frequency, the advice in the wild disagrees. Some guides imply a full check after every show; others stretch hardware checks to every one or two shows. What you never want is a booth that is checked only when it is unpacked at the venue.<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"bp-2-clock bd-reveal\">\n <p class=\"bp-2-title\"><span class=\"bp-2-title-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><rect width=\"18\" height=\"18\" x=\"3\" y=\"4\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M16 2v4\"\/><path d=\"M8 2v4\"\/><path d=\"M3 10h18\"\/><path d=\"M21 14h-6a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v4\"\/><\/svg><\/span>The maintenance clock<\/p>\n <div class=\"bp-2-row\">\n <span class=\"bp-2-row-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M9.937 15.5A2 2 0 0 0 8.5 14.063l-6.135-1.582a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.962L8.5 9.936A2 2 0 0 0 9.937 8.5l1.582-6.135a.5.5 0 0 1 .963 0L14.063 8.5A2 2 0 0 0 15.5 9.937l6.135 1.581a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .964L15.5 14.063a2 2 0 0 0-1.437 1.437l-1.582 6.135a.5.5 0 0 1-.963 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n <p class=\"bp-2-when\">After every show<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-2-do\">Clean everything before it goes into storage.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bp-2-row\">\n <span class=\"bp-2-row-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M14.7 6.3a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.4l1.6 1.6a1 1 0 0 0 1.4 0l3.77-3.77a6 6 0 0 1-7.94 7.94l-6.91 6.91a2.12 2.12 0 0 1-3-3l6.91-6.91a6 6 0 0 1 7.94-7.94l-3.76 3.76z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n <p class=\"bp-2-when\">Every 1\u20132 shows<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-2-do\">Tighten and inspect hardware; check joints, magnets, and locks.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bp-2-row\">\n <span class=\"bp-2-row-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><polygon points=\"13 2 3 14 12 14 11 22 21 10 12 10 13 2\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n <p class=\"bp-2-when\">Before every show<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-2-do\">Test all lighting and electrical, connectors included.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <h3>Hardware kits and the storage environment<\/h3>\n\n <p>Two invisible killers deserve their own paragraph. First, loose and missing hardware. Shipping vibration and repeated assembly loosen bolts, magnets, hinges, and locks. Standardized hardware kept in labeled kits is the difference between a five-minute fix and a hunt through three crates on a show floor. Second, the environment. “Climate-controlled storage” is close to meaningless until you make it checkable. Ask what it actually means where your booth lives: humidity control (damp air delaminates graphics and mildews fabrics), direct light (it fades printed surfaces), and stacking rules (panels warp under weight). A dry, dark, unstacked booth will outlive a “climate-controlled” one used as a shelf.<\/p>\n\n <p>This level is where most self-managed teams start to slip. Not because the checks are hard, but because they happen in the gap between shows, when nobody is watching. If your booth is bigger than a pop-up, the next two levels decide whether the checks you do are even pointed at the right problems.<\/p>\n\n <h2>Refurbish or Refresh: Factory-Grade Care<\/h2>\n\n <p>Every exhibit reaches the same crossroads after two or three years. It is structurally fine, but it no longer looks new: scratched counters, faded graphics, edges that have lost their crispness. What you do here is not cleaning and not repairing. It is deciding between making the booth look new again (refurbishment) and making it look current (refresh). Both are workshop jobs, and most “exhibit maintenance” content stops exactly where they begin.<\/p>\n\n <h3>What ages first<\/h3>\n\n <p>Different materials fail in different ways, and knowing which one you are looking at tells you what the fix costs. Read your booth as a grid of materials, each with its own failure mode, its own deadline, and its own repair path:<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"rich-compare bd-reveal\">\n <p class=\"rich-compare-title\">What ages first in a trade show exhibit<\/p>\n <div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table>\n <thead>\n <tr><th>Surface<\/th><th>What “old” looks like<\/th><th>When it’s past saving<\/th><th>Who can fix it<\/th><\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td>Fabric graphics<\/td><td>Faded, creased, seams overstretched<\/td><td>When the print no longer represents your brand (reprint, don’t repair)<\/td><td>Any print shop; fabric is reprintable<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Tension-fabric vinyl graphics<\/td><td>Edges peeling, magnet glue failing<\/td><td>Once adhesive fails, patches show; re-skin the panel<\/td><td>Print shop with correct media<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Laminated counters & panels<\/td><td>Scratches, chips, bubbles<\/td><td>Scratches worn through the laminate can’t be polished; only re-faced<\/td><td>Exhibit shop with lamination or replacement panels<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Painted surfaces<\/td><td>Scratches, dulling, chipped edges<\/td><td>When touch-up looks patchy, the surface needs a full repaint<\/td><td>Workshop with a paint bay; most display companies don’t have one<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <p>Two details from the field are worth carrying. Fabric graphics are an aging exhibit’s best friend. When artwork is worn or outdated, you reprint the fabric, and the display looks new for the cost of printing. Vinyl-faced graphics are the opposite. Practitioners note the vinyl often outlives its own adhesive, and it is the glue holding the magnets that fails first (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-do-you-maintain-your-trade-show-booth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quora<\/a>, Eric Joseph, 15+ years in exhibit marketing). Painted surfaces are the quiet trap: a scratched finish cannot be spot-fixed forever, and refinishing means masking, sanding, multiple coats, and drying time. Real workshop work.<\/p>\n\n <h3>Refurbishment is a workshop skill<\/h3>\n\n <p>This is the level where “maintenance” stops being a checklist and becomes a craft. Refacing a laminate panel, matching paint on a complex-shaped wall, replacing a damaged component. None of these happen with a microfiber cloth. They need a workshop with a spray bay, lamination capacity, and tooling to fabricate replacement parts. That is why the market splits here. Most display companies sell you the booth and hand you back a checklist. A smaller group, with their own production shops, can actually execute the deep care.<\/p>\n\n <p>Refurbishment is also where the refresh-versus-replace math lives. A custom booth that gets periodic surface refurbishment and graphic refreshes stays competitive for years, while the same booth neglected for three shows is often cheaper to replace than to bring back. One boundary worth knowing: refurbishment handles “old.” A failing joint or compromised wall has left maintenance and entered rebuild territory. That is a different conversation.<\/p>\n\n <h3>Graphics refresh: a scheduled decision, not an emergency<\/h3>\n\n <p>Graphics are your brand’s face and the exhibit’s biggest consumable. The refresh trigger is not “when they look bad” but a schedule driven by two clocks: your brand cycle (messaging, logo, product lines change) and the physical clock (printed surfaces fade regardless). Planned refreshes are cheap: swap the printed fabric, replace the vinyl faces, update the header while the structure stays put. Emergency refreshes are expensive because they are rushed: a rebrand discovered a month before a show, or graphics that looked fine in the warehouse and washed out under hall lighting. Schedule refresh as an operating expense, like the show itself.<\/p>\n\n <p>By this point in the ladder, one pattern is visible. Levels one and two are habits. Levels three and four are capabilities. Capabilities cost money whether you use them or not, which is why the final question is not about cleaning at all.<\/p>\n\n <h2>Who Should Own Maintenance Between Your Shows?<\/h2>\n\n <p>Pull the ladder together and the decision writes itself. Cleaning is yours if you want it. Preventive checks are mostly yours too, until the calendar gaps grow. But refurbishment needs a paint bay, refresh needs a print relationship, and both must happen while your booth is out of sight. The real question of trade show booth maintenance is therefore not “what should I clean” but <strong>who is responsible for the booth in the months between shows<\/strong>. The honest answer depends on how often you exhibit, not what you spent on the booth.<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"rich-compare bd-reveal\">\n <p class=\"rich-compare-title\">Which maintenance model fits your show schedule?<\/p>\n <div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n <table>\n <thead>\n <tr><th>Your schedule<\/th><th>The sensible model<\/th><th>When it stops fitting<\/th><\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td>One show a year or less<\/td><td>Don’t own the maintenance problem: rent the booth and let the provider absorb care, storage, and refresh<\/td><td>If you exhibit more often, rental’s per-show cost stops beating ownership<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>One to three shows a year, owned booth<\/td><td>You clean and inspect; hand refurbishment and refresh to a workshop between shows<\/td><td>If you skip the workshop visits for two cycles, the bill simply arrives later and larger<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Several shows a year, multiple cities<\/td><td>A managed program: one partner who stores, inspects, refurbishes, and produces graphics between every event<\/td><td>If your partner’s warehouse is an ocean away from your show circuit<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <p>The first row deserves a pause, because it is the industry quietly admitting its own math. Display companies themselves note that for infrequent exhibitors, a rental booth often provides better value precisely because it removes maintenance and storage from your ledger, a view echoed by practitioners on the hidden costs of owning versus renting (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-the-hidden-costs-of-owning-a-trade-show-booth-vs-renting-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quora<\/a>). If you own a custom booth and exhibit once a year, you are paying a warehouse, a skill set, and a refresh cycle for eleven months of stillness. That is the least rational position in this article.<\/p>\n\n <p>If you land on the second or third row, five questions, asked in writing, separate marketing from capability:<\/p>\n\n <ol>\n <li><strong>Who is responsible between shows?<\/strong> Is there a named party that owns the booth’s condition in the storage months, or does it become nobody’s problem?<\/li>\n <li><strong>What happens before it ships?<\/strong> Do you get a trial build, structure up, graphics on the walls, photographed for your sign-off, before the booth leaves the workshop? That step alone moves most problems from show week to warehouse week.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Can they refurbish, not just store?<\/strong> Ask about paint and lamination capacity, not the brochure. A workshop with a paint bay and print production is a different supplier from a warehouse with shelf space.<\/li>\n <li><strong>How fast can graphics change?<\/strong> Is reprinting a same-day job in their own shop or a week-long external order?<\/li>\n <li><strong>Where does the bill stop?<\/strong> Does the agreement end at the show, or do invoices keep arriving for weeks afterward?<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n\n <p>The answers tell you which of the five ladder levels a partner actually operates at. One honest boundary: if you exhibit once a year with a small portable display you own, none of this applies. The first two levels of this article are your entire strategy, and a workshop’s overhead is not worth it for you.<\/p>\n\n <p>At Aplus Expo, our own 12,500-square-foot factory sits ten minutes from the Las Vegas convention district, with dedicated production, painting, printing, and trial-build workshops under one roof (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our Las Vegas factory and workshops<\/a>). Every booth we build is trial-built in our factory first: structure up, graphics on the walls, photographed for your sign-off. The check that normally happens on a show floor happens in our warehouse instead, where fixes are cheap. Between shows, booths we store stay under that same roof (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/trade-show-storage-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aplus Expo<\/a>, our trade show storage service), where cleaning, hardware checks, and refurbishment are part of the cycle rather than an emergency you discover at move-in. When graphics age, our print shop reprints them; when surfaces wear, our paint shop refinishes them; and when the show opens, we keep a standby presence through the event. Your bill is finalized before the show closes, with no post-show invoices from us.<\/p>\n\n <p><em>When you plan your next exhibit cycle, add the five questions above and see which partners can answer all of them in writing. If you would like our answers in the first reply, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">start a project here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"bp-cta-end bd-reveal\">\n <p class=\"bp-cta-end-title\"><span class=\"bp-cta-end-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M22 2 11 13\"\/><path d=\"M22 2 15 22l-4-9-9-4z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Plan Your Booth’s Between-Show Care<\/p>\n <p class=\"bp-cta-end-sub\">Send your show schedule and the five questions from this article. We’ll answer them in writing, with an itemized free estimate from our Las Vegas team.<\/p>\n <a class=\"bp-cta-end-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_self\">Request a Free Estimate<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <h2>References<\/h2>\n\n <ol>\n <li>Quora. “How do you maintain your trade show booth?” (Practitioner answers incl. Eric Joseph.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-do-you-maintain-your-trade-show-booth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-do-you-maintain-your-trade-show-booth<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Quora. “What are the hidden costs of owning a trade show booth vs renting one?” (Practitioner answers.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-the-hidden-costs-of-owning-a-trade-show-booth-vs-renting-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-the-hidden-costs-of-owning-a-trade-show-booth-vs-renting-one<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. “Trade Show Storage.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/trade-show-storage-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/trade-show-storage-1\/<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. “Graphics Printing Displays.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/graphics-printing-displays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/graphics-printing-displays\/<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. “Installation and Dismantling.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/installation-and-dismantling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/service\/installation-and-dismantling\/<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. “About Us.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/about-us\/<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. “Contact.” <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aplusexpo.com\/contact\/<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Aplus Expo. 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