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Cadence

Trade Show, Meeting & Event Production. Nationwide.

Chicago-based since 1995, Cadence plans, builds, and runs trade shows, corporate meetings, and live events for B2B brands in Las Vegas, Orlando, Austin, Dallas, and across the country. Design, fabrication, AV, and logistics are handled by one in-house team.

12 yrs
Average client tenure
83%
Repeat business
94%
Fortune 500 clients
22 yrs
Longest client relationship

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What We Do

Six services, one team. Use one or combine them into a single program.

01

Trade Show Exhibits

HP booth at Labelexpo Americas with live trees, meeting tables and overhead HP sign, built by Cadence

Custom and rental exhibits designed, built, and managed by our own team, from a single show to a full annual program.

Includes exhibit design and fabrication, program management, installation and dismantle, storage and shipping, lead capture and CRM integration, and union crews for McCormick Place and other union venues.

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02

Meetings & Events

Evening reception on the lawn at Terranea Resort for Edwards

End-to-end planning and logistics for sales meetings, conferences, and customer events, starting with a venue contract that protects your budget.

Includes venue sourcing and contract negotiation, room blocks, registration, travel management, hospitality, on-site management, and incentive travel.

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03

Event Production & AV

General sessions and live events produced end to end, from message and script to stage, screens, and show calling.

Includes show production, scriptwriting, video and graphics, staging, lighting, LED, audio, and AV systems integration for audiences of 500 to 5,000.

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04

Show Management & Expo Services

Life Time branded entrance arch and expo hall at the Life Time half marathon expo, produced by Cadence

For private shows up to about 250 exhibitors, we act as your general contractor. We plan the floor, supply booth packages, and handle drayage, labor, and electrical, so you have one contractor for both the general session and the show floor.

Includes floor plans, booth and furnishing packages, exhibitor services and ordering, drayage and material handling, labor, and electrical.

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05

Custom Fabrication & Branded Environments

Coors Light cooler wall and tap station installed at an FC Cincinnati stadium bar

Props, structures, displays, and permanent spaces, built from your concept in our own shop and installed by our team.

Includes oversized props, POP displays, engineered portable structures, visitor centers, retail environments, millwork, signage, and CAD and 3D rendering.

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06

Activations & Tours

Guests entering a weathered boxcar set on the Beam Suntory Bourbon Legends Boxcar Tour

Activations, mobile tours, and launch roadshows, built in our shop, shipped, and set up for the agencies and brands that run them.

Includes activation and tour asset fabrication, routing and logistics, contracted trucking and DOT-certified drivers, staging, and install and strike crews.

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Who We Are

Cadence, Inc. is a Chicago-based event production company. Since 1995 we've designed, built, and run trade show exhibits, corporate meetings, general sessions, and brand tours for national and global companies. Most of our work is produced on the road, in Las Vegas, Orlando, Austin, Dallas, Miami, Denver, and other major convention cities.

Everything happens in-house: strategy, design, engineering, fabrication, AV, logistics, and on-site crews. Our shop builds the custom pieces, our warehouse holds the rental inventory and AV gear we use on every show, and our team travels with all of it. Clients get one team accountable from first concept to final teardown, instead of a stack of separate vendors. And because the people shaping the message also design the space and run the show, the whole program fits together.

Clients include companies like Mercedes-Benz, Daimler Truck, HP, Ford, Abbott, PepsiCo, and Diageo.

Industries We Serve

We work with companies that sell complex products to other businesses, and with the brands and agencies that support them.

  • Transportation & Commercial Vehicles
  • Automotive
  • Industrial & Manufacturing
  • Building Products
  • Medical Devices & Healthcare
  • B2B Technology
  • Food, Beverage & Consumer Brands

Our Clients

  • HP logo
  • Mercedes-Benz logo
  • Daimler Truck logo
  • Abbott logo
  • PepsiCo logo
  • Frito-Lay logo
  • Daimler logo
  • Thomas Built Buses logo
  • TruckPro logo
  • TNT Sports logo
  • NCAA logo
  • WarnerMedia logo
  • Wasserman logo
  • VML logo
  • WPP logo
  • Solomon Group logo
  • Sidecar logo
  • NEXT/NOW logo
  • Ford logo
  • Nissan logo
  • Diageo logo
  • Starbucks logo
  • Under Armour logo
  • Gatorade logo
  • Quaker logo
  • Propel logo
  • Smirnoff logo
  • Chipotle logo
  • Hemisphere Design Works logo

info@cadence-inc.com

Cadence, Inc.
302 Terrace Drive
Mundelein, IL 60060

847.495.4500

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