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MESSUA – reliable partner with 20-year experience The story begins in 1987 when Messua Design Oy was established as a design firm to support the success of Messua Arvelin Oy with exhibition construction. During the recent year the design firm has employed 8 persons and is one of the biggest in its class in Finland. “I n 2005 we realized that traditional booth and exhibition construction is no longer sufficient to all of our customers”, says Managing Director Eriikka Kalliokoski. Based on the wishes from our customers we developed a new service concept in which the customer can choose an adequate entity from our vast offering that fulfills the customer needs. Messua Oy’s project management can include everything from the traditional booth construction to a complete turn-key delivery including e.g. customer events organized either at the booth or outside the exhibition premises as a evening event, travel and accommodation arrangements, exhibition hosting, customer surveys at target markets, filing for the export promotion subvention among other things”, adds Eriikka Kalliokoski. CHALLENGING TRADITIONAL PEERS ... and the results are convincing. Eriikka Kalliokoski is pleased to say that Messua Oy has started servicing the healthcare and wellbeing sector as well as the maritime industry. “We have succeeded in our project management service. After these successful projects we have actively expanded our comprehensive services also into other lines of business”, says Salla Paloneva, Sales Manager. “Our clientele consists of enterprises of various sizes and different cultures. The common factor is internationalization and search for new markets. We recommend joint stalls to the smaller companies. There the costs are completely transparent and we can file for the export promotion subvention from the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry.” “The customer’s communication and marketing strategy is the base for our booth design. In our discussions with the client, we will review the budget so that our eventual proposal is prepared as cost effectively as possible. Fairs are among the most important events influencing the image of the company because the personal interaction is always present with the customers”, Salla Paloneva reminds. Messua Oy is professional in its own industry but also a small and flexible challenger who is capable of executing the most ambitious exhibition projects in the various magnitudes all over the world. Messu Arvelin Oy focuses in offering reliable, creative and quality exhibition booth building in both Finland and globally. Please contact Salla Paloneva, Sales Manager, and Eriikka Kalliokoski, Managing Director, for more information about Messua Oy’s project management concept. ■ Further information: www.messua.fi PRICED FROM 39 /NIGHT (VAT 0%, min. 3 nights)