Carpenter Connection is a family-owned and family-operated producer of custom exhibits and branded environments, founded more than 37 years ago with a client that the company still serves. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, it operates a 150,000-square-foot facility and completes more than 2,000 projects annually for over 200 clients, producing projects locally and around the globe.
Exhibit StudiosFounded in 2000, Exhibit Studios is a Pennsylvania-based company known for keeping exhibit projects under one roof, from the first design conversation through fabrication and delivery. Its in-house team serves organizations across the country, with an 80,000-square-foot facility that stores and tracks exhibit assets between events.PITTSBURGH, PA
XYZ CustomSince 2000, Tarentum-based XYZ Custom has turned designers’ sketches and renderings into engineered and fabricated environments, with a particular focus on immersive museum exhibits. Its work ranges from the LIGO Observatory Visitors Center to the traveling Charlie Harper exhibit, and the company handles projects from design engineering through fabrication, delivery and installation. XYZ’s team brings deep exhibit-industry experience, including founder Steve Hellberg’s two decades at Creative Productions, to custom work built for museums and other public-facing spaces.TARENTUM, PA
Downing ExhibitsFounded in 1972, Downing Exhibits is a custom exhibit and retail display design and fabrication company serving clients throughout North America and internationally. The family-owned, privately held Ohio company operates two plants across 300,000 square feet of facilities and employs more than 100 people.COPLEY, OH
White Oak Display & DesignWhite Oak Display & Design is a family-led Pennsylvania company that grew from Jim Boyd’s 1979 garage shop into a 100,000-square-foot operation. Today, four families with longstanding ties to the company guide its work creating handcrafted retail displays for more than 100 clients, including partners that have stayed with White Oak since its beginning.PALMYRA, PA