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News Archive 2001

Shop In Shop Movement Attracts Attention

November 2001

Retail Effects of Leicester have created a number of attractive in-store displays for Tag Heuer watches using B200 turntables from British Turntable to add more excitement and appeal to the displays.

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High Visibility For Texaco

November 2001

The Texaco filling station at Manchester's Trafford Centre is enjoying a high profile thanks to a revolving sign designed by Street Design of Manchester and installed by the Pearce Group using a revolving sign mechanism from British Turntable Co. A revolving sign was chosen for its visibility from the nearby M60 motorway, the filling station being otherwise obscured by other buildings and direction signs to the Centre. After looking at various options, an image of a sign in the United States was found that matched Texaco's requirements for the Trafford site. This tall fixed circular sign was then adapted to revolve to make it even more conspicuous.

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Award Winning Design

September 2001

An exhibition stand designed and built in the USA for north American trade shows and incorporating a bar revolving on a 4.5m diameter unit supplied by British Turntable has won a gold design award at the USA's Exhibitor Magazine's 15th Annual awards. The 60'x70' island stand, which was fabricated for cable TV network company, Rainbow Media Holdings by British Turntable customers, Freddie Georges Production Group (FGPG) of Garden Grove, California, 'reflects the judges' preference for clean, innovative design that clearly transmits clients' messages', according to the American trade publication, Exhibitor Magazine.

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Design For Success!

September 2001

Heritage and visitor centres are being given hints and tips on how to make their venues more attractive and exciting in a new publication from British Turntable, Design for Success. Design for Success and its sister publication, Reveal for Heritage and Leisure, cover everything from display to moving visitors through multi-media presentations to revolving signage. The focus is on creating a dynamic, living environment by using simple rotary or linear movement.

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Revolving Window Displays Attract Sales

July 2001

Venetia Glass is finding that revolving glass ornaments and sculptures in the window of teh Lyndhurst, Hampshire outlet is stopping passers-by in their tracks and encouraging them into the shop to browse.

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Innovation Success

July 2001

Innovative design implementing a 10 metre diameter revolve hired from British Turntable Co has resulted in a succesful AutoRai 2001 in Amsterdam for Dutch exhibition designers, Hypsos International.

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Science Brought to Life

June 2001

The Danish Science Centre, Experimentarium, is bringing science to life with the help of a 3m diameter revolve from British Turntable Co.

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Automotive Design Solutions

June 2001

Creative and technology-orientated vehicle development solutions by RLE International Product Development Ltd have been assisted by the use of a custom built 5m diameter revolve from British Turntable Co.

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Christmas Display Options

May 2001

For attractive, attention grabbing Christmas displays, British Turntable Co offers a range of movement options that will not just create passing interest but will also increase those vital seasonal sales.

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Riveting By Design!

May 2001

An interactive display has been created in the new Celtica Museum in Machynlleth, Wales simply by using a Mini Carousel from British Turntable's new Carousel range.

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Spring Action For Bikes

May 2001

With Spring just around the corner, bike owners across the UK will be fetching their treasured possession out of the garage or shed and getting it ready for the new season. It's a task made much simpler with The MAT, a handy device from British Turntable that makes manoeuvring a bike quicker and easier, particularly where space is limited.

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Street Deliveries Safer and Easier

April 2001

A HGV access revolve manufactured by British Turntable Co. under contract to Interior plc is making deliveries to three central London office blocks safer and easier.

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Trouble Free Operation

April 2001

Al Qurain Automotive Trading Co of Kuwait is making the most of movement in the showroom, using no fewer than four turntables to display such major brands of passenger vehicles as Volvo, Kia, Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Lancia.

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Improving Customer Appreciation With Movement

March 2001

Stewart Linford Furniture Makers are finding that revolving one of their large and heavy pieces on a British Turntable revolve is enhancing customer appreciation of their showroom and, most importantly, their magnificent furniture.

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New Carousel Range Increases Display Options

March 2001

British Turntable Co has launched their new Carousel range of display turntables with a series of colourful leaflets demonstrating how movement adds value to merchandise and increases sales. The leaflets, which include hints and tips on using movement effectively, cover mains operated turntables with diameters up to 3 metres and carrying capacities up to 700kg. Ceiling mounted units for suspended displays and signs are also included for loads up to 227kg.

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New automotive newsletter out now

February 2001

A colourful and informative newsletter demonstrating the selling power of movement in the car showroom is now available.

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Exhibit at Blackpool Pleasure Beach revolves heaviest man

February 2001

A life-size replica of the world's heaviest man, Walter Hudson, has been drawing the crowds to Ripley's Believe It or Not museum at the world renowned Blackpool Pleasure Beach, thanks to a revolving carousel supplied by British Turntable.

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Revolving Stages Turn Heads in Dubai

January 2001

Collaboration between Metel Trading of Dubai and the export and technical departments at British Turntable Company has resulted in three of the UK's revolving stages being chosen to enhance the sales area of one of the largest - and newest - car showrooms in the world.

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The Al-Fatah Restaurant. Tripoli's crowning glory.

January 2001

With diplomatic relations re-established between Britain and Libya, British Turntable has found itself at the forefront of a government led export drive - by manufacturing and supplying a revolving restaurant mechanism to a major new commercial development in Tripoli, the capital city of Libya.

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