Pinnacle to Create New Events Division

Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 1/29/2007

Pinnacle Exhibits, a trade-show exhibit design and manufacturing firm, will expand to offer services for event planners as well.

Toni Palmieri will head the new events division. Palmieri previously had a similar position at ExhibitWorks.

"Pinnacle's events group will provide a broader range of services in terms of event production," she said. "Customer appreciation events, user conferences and consumer events surrounding a client's participation at a tradeshow will be provided with this expansion to our existing capabilities. We will provide turn-key, one-stop shopping for our clients' event program needs."

The events portion of Pinnacle's business is growing, said company President Chris Olberding, and the new division is set up in a way that's consistent with its existing business model and team-based culture.

Services the company will provide include registration, staffing, catering, destination management, entertainment and venue selection, housing, video production and development of promotional materials.