Since 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.
Exhibit Concepts, IncFounded in 1978 by Ned Brown, Dayton-area Exhibit Concepts designs and builds experiential spaces that bring brands, museum stories, and educational ideas to life. Now owned by Brown’s daughter, Kelli Glasser, the woman-owned company operates from a 200,000-square-foot facility and handles projects ranging from museum galleries to trade-show exhibits, including work in more than 50 countries. Its in-house designers, craftsmen, and technologists support projects from concept through installation, with dedicated capabilities for interactive and digital engagement.VANDALIA, OH
Paradise LabsWith more than 30 years of combined design and fabrication experience, Paradise Labs is a Baltimore production house known for turning ambitious concepts into tangible, immersive work. Its hands-on team develops exhibits for cultural and educational organizations, with notable recognition for projects at Houston Zoo and Elmwood Park Zoo.BALTIMORE, MD
Erector Sets IncFounded in 2003 as a small custom fabrication shop, Philadelphia’s Erector Sets Inc. has grown into an 18,000-square-foot operation known for building made-to-measure environments for broadcasters, museums, and filmmakers. The company works from early design through final installation, while its hands-on team remains focused on solving the unusual engineering and fabrication challenges each project brings.334220PHILADELPHIA, PA