OSPI (OCTANORM Service Partners International) is a global cooperation of 177 qualified exhibit companies. This partnership crosses borders and cultures and facilitates the realization of international trade shows by using the shared language of the OCTANORM systems. You plan at home with your local OSPI partner, and the OSPI abroad will carry out your design with full service at almost any exhibition venue.

OCTANORM is an aluminum extrusion system that offers design flexibility, efficient installation and dismantle times, adaptive re-use, and is relatively light to ship and manageable to warehouse. Exhibit Resources’ staff provides complete and customized design services for both rental and purchase using the Octanorm systems. Browse through our portfolio and explore some of our past and current projects.

WBENC (Women's Business Enterprise National Council, pronounced wee-bank), created in 1997, is dedicated to enhancing opportunities for women's business enterprises in America's major markets. In partnership with women's business organizations throughout the United States, WBENC provides access to a national standard of certification and provides information on certified women's businesses to purchasing managers through an Internet database – WBENCLink.

Exhibit Resources has been certified by WBENC since 2002.

NAWBO (The National Association of Women Business Owners), headquartered in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, is the only dues-based national organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs in all types of businesses. The organization currently has more than 70 chapters nationwide. It is affiliated with NFWBO, NWBOC and Les Femmes Chefs d'Entreprises Mondiales (World Association of Women Entrepreneurs) in 33 countries.

Exhibit Resources has been an active member in NAWBO since 1991.

NWBOC™ (The National Women Business Owners Corporation), a national 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, was established to increase competition for corporate and government contracts through implementation of pioneering economic development strategies for women business owners. NWBOC is a sister organization to the National Association of Women Business Owners(NAWBO) and the Center for Women's Business Research (CWBR).

NWBOC provides a national certification program for women owned and controlled business as an alternative to the multiple state and local certifications required by many public and private sector agencies. More than 100 private and public agencies now accept NWBOC certification.

Exhibit Resources has been certified with NWBOC since 2000.

The NC Sustainable Business Council brings together professionals and business leaders from across the state to meet the unprecedented challenges and opportunities we are facing today. NCSBC promotes sustainable business practices and assists North Carolina organizations through peer-to-peer networking to share information and best practices and collaboration to address related issues facing companies.

One of our graphics suppliers, Pictura Graphics, has been certified as a “Sustainable Green Printer” by the Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership. The SGP is the only national certification for printers that have implemented environmentally sustainable business practices.

Exhibit Resources received a National ADDY Award at the AAF National Conference in Washington, D.C. June 6, 2009. The award is for the trade show exhibit we designed and produced for Burt’s Bees.

The 2001 Pinnacle award for business growth and staying power was presented to Exhibit Resources for the category of 10-25 employees.

The 2006 Triangle Fast 50 award was presented to Exhibit Resources, ranked 48th. The award goes to forward-thinking, dedicated and highly motivated companies with a strong commitment to their corporate vision.

Exhibit Resources was a recipient of the DiversityBusiness.com 2004 Top Businesses award. Launched in 1999, with more than 25,000 members, DiversityBusiness.com is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and colleges and universities.

CEIR (Center for Exhibition Industry Research) is a non-profit organization with the mission of advancing the growth, awareness and value of exhibitions and other face-to-face marketing events by producing and delivering research-based knowledge tools. Founded in 1978 as the Trade Show Bureau, CEIR has become the foremost source of research, information and communication on exhibitions.

Exhibit Resources has been a member of CEIR since 2002.

EDPA (Exhibit Designers and Producers Association), founded in 1954,is an internationally recognized trade association with more than 370 corporate members from 18 countries that are engaged in the design, manufacture, transport, installation and service of displays and exhibits primarily for the exhibition industry. Its purpose is to provide education, leadership and networking for the advancement of its members and the exhibition industry.

Exhibit Resources has been a member of EDPA since 2005.

Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is a dynamic organization made up of 4,800 business people throughout the region. The Chamber has been representing the interests of the local business community for more than a century.

The mission of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is to sustain and further develop a thriving economy and to enhance our community's quality of life. To achieve this, the Chamber divides its work into three main areas: economic development, government affairs, and membership services and small business.

The Enterprising Women National Advisory Board is comprised of a select group of women and men who show their support for the publication and give back to the women business owners’ community — helping provide leadership, motivation and inspiration to thousands of women entrepreneurs across the United States and Canada. Board membership is reserved for the country’s top women business owners and corporate representatives, and it is considered a prestigious honor for a select group of accomplished women. Many Board members author articles that are published in Enterprising Women, and all are consulted periodically throughout the year for input.