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>>GERRY: HAMILTON EXHIBITS IS A
FAMILY-OWNED, INDIANAPOLIS-BASED
COMPANY, WITH A HISTORY GOING
BACK 73 YEARS.

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IT STARTED BY BUILDING FLOATS
FOR THE 500 FESTIVAL PARADE BUT
HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF THE
NATION'S LEADING EVENT MARKETING

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COMPANIES, WITH AN ELITE LIST OF
CLIENTS, MANY WITH ROOTS RIGHT
HERE IN INDIANA.
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS HIT

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THE EDUCATION, RESTAURANT AND
EVENT INDUSTRIES WITH DRAMATIC
IMPLICATIONS.
THAT'S WHEN HAMILTON EXHIBITS

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REALIZED IT HAD TO PIVOT TO
ADJUST TO THE NEW NORMAL.
WITH MORE, I'M PLEASED TO BE
JOINED BY HAMILTON EXHIBITS

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OWNER AND CEO DAN CANTOR.
WELCOME!
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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>> I TEED IT UP A LITTLE BIT BUT
HAMILTON EXHIBITS THE HISTORY
BAKES DATES BACK POST-WORLD WAR
II, BUT YOU'VE GROWN INTO A

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LEADING EVENT AND MARKETING
COMPANY.
>> YES, FORMED IN 1947 BY ONE OF
THE HAMILTON BROTHERS AND HIS

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FATHER-IN-LAW.
IT WAS GROWN NICELY AS YOU
MENTIONED DOING DISPLAYS AND
FLOATS THROUGH THE 1970s WHEN

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THEY WERE JOINED BY A BROTHER.
OUR TEAM PURCHASED HAMILTON FROM
KENNY IN 1990 AND THEY EVOLVED
IT INTO AN EVENT MARKETING

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COMPANY ON A GLOBAL SCALE.
AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT MARKET.
>> COVID HAS IMPACTED SO MANY

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INDUSTRIES.
TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE
EVENT BUSINESS AND HOW DRAMATIC
THAT HAS BEEN.

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>> IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY DRAMATIC
ON A GLOBAL SCALE.
SO FIRST QUARTER WAS EXTREMELY
ROBUST FOR EVERYBODY.

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WE WERE GOING TO HUNDRED MILES
PER HOUR AND HIT A BRICK WALL
AND SO SUBSTANTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT
IN OUR INDUSTRY AND EVERYTHING

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LIVE EVENTS WERE CANCELED.
>> AND YOU FURLOUGHED SOME
WORKERS AND YOU ARE AT ABOUT 100
AND FURLOUGHED A NUMBER OF

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WORKERS BUT YOU PIVOTED IN PART
TO KEEP AS MANY PEOPLE ON DOING
SOME THINGS AS AN EXAMPLE IN THE
RESTAURANT BUSINESS AND I KNOW

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IN PARTICULAR WITH THE CLASSIC
IN IRVINGTON IS ONE PLACE WHERE
YOU DO SOME THINGS TO HELP THEM
IN THE REOPENING PROCESS.

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>> ARE PEOPLE LIKE TO DO CUSTOM
INSTALLATIONS LIKE THAT AND THE
ROBERTSONS WERE VERY GRACIOUS TO
ALLOW US TO DO THAT IN THEIR

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FACILITY AND SO THAT WAS A LOT
OF FUN BECAUSE OUR FOLKS WERE
ALLOWED TO DESIGN AND INSTALL
SOME ACRYLIC BARRIERS THAT

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COMPLEMENT THE ENVIRONMENT.
MUCH OF THE ACRYLIC WORK WE DO
AS MUCH MORE STANDARDIZED THEN
THAT FOR OFFICES AND FOOD

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SERVICE ENVIRONMENTS BUT WE ARE
FOCUSED LARGELY ON SCHOOLS NOW
AND THE NEEDS THEY HAVE GOING
FORWARD TO REOPEN.

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>> TALK ABOUT THAT AND THE
SCHOOLS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
SYSTEMS ALL OVER NOT ONLY
INDIANA, BUT THE COUNTRY

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STRUGGLING WITH OPENING IN
REOPENING AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN
THERE.
TALK ABOUT YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP

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SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THAT PROCESS.
>> RIGHT.
THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAVE
SUGGESTED STRONGLY THE INCLUSION

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OF ISOLATION SPACES IN SCHOOL
ENVIRONMENTS.
SO -- NOT FEELING WELL OR SIMPLY
MEDICO TO AN ISOLATED SPACE THAT

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STAYS OUT OF THE PUBLIC VIEW AND
-- TO WAIT FOR THEIR PARENT OR
GUARDIAN TO PICK THEM UP.
THESE ARE MODULAR UNITS AND VERY

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COST EFFECTIVE IN SCHOOL
MAINTENANCE FOLKS CAN PUT THEM
TO GATHER OR WE CAN IF
NECESSARY.

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AND THERE ARE NUMBER OF
CONFIGURATIONS AND ARE STARTING
TO BE WELL RECEIVED.
THE FIRST SHIPMENTS BEGIN NEXT

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WEEK.
>> ALL RIGHT, THE OWNER OF
HAMILTON EXHIBITS A COMPANY
PIVOTING AND DOING INNOVATIVE

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THINGS IN A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES
INCLUDING THE SCHOOL SECTOR AND
RESTAURANTS AS WELL.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

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WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO