Kia’s award-winning Connected Home is back! And it can be experienced in person at LA’s iconic Kia Forum through January 29, 2026. If this environment looks familiar, you’re not imagining things. We originally designed, engineered and fabricated the Connected Home in 2024 to highlight the bidirectional vehicle-to-home charging capabilities of Kia’s vehicles. Located directly outside of CES’s main hall, [...]
As you might have heard, we’ve dutifully served clients at auto shows, trade shows and in retail environments for several decades. Today we’re thrilled to announce an exciting addition to our offering with the launch of EWI Live Environments. Leading the charge is longtime EWI stalwart Mike Bollo, joined by seasoned industry veterans John Pugh and Justin Kurtz. With [...]
This month we had an opportunity to catch up with Leslee Faulkner, EWI’s Vice President of New Business Development, Trade Shows. And if you’ve ever met Leslee, you already probably know that she is a ray of enthusiastic sunshine. During our conversation, we discussed a range of topics, and through it all her passion for people shined brightly. EWI [...]
By Leslee Faulkner, EWI Vice President of New Business Development and Tina Sharnas, EWI Director of New Business Development Traditional trade show strategies are losing their impact as audiences have come to expect more personalized and immersive/interactive brand experiences. In most situations, a brand can’t just show up at a trade show with a rental wall, a few products [...]
We recently had an opportunity to catch up with Mark Nelson, President of EWI’s Retail Division, to discuss all things retail. Mark joined EWI in 2011 as an account executive and stepped into a leadership role in 2017. Since then, he’s helmed the retail division through a series of rapid-fire changes in the retail landscape. Read on to learn [...]
At EWI, we have a fairly simple philosophy. Make amazing stuff. And do it alongside great people and partners. Sounds pretty straightforward, no? We’ve held the same basic philosophy at the core of our business for nearly five decades, and it continues to work. We get the opportunity to work with many of the world's most respected brands — [...]
Once again, the Business Intelligence Group has named EWI a Best Place to Work for 2025. This award acknowledges our company’s commitment to creating a first-rate work environment where employees are engaged and equipped to perform at a high level. Russ Fordyce, the CEO of Business Intelligence Group, had this to say about the award. "Congratulations to EWI for [...]
This month, we had a chance to catch up with Dwayne Lacanaria, Vice President of Global Client Services. Dwayne’s journey from shop apprentice to account decision-maker inspires us — and is a great example of what makes EWI such a unique place to build a career. In the conversation, he discussed the importance of client service, a “normal” day [...]
EWI has been named a 2024 Top Workplace by the Detroit Free Press. We are amped — not just because of the award hardware, but because our team (evidently) loves to work here. This awesome award was based solely on employee feedback gathered by an anonymous survey from employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. The confidential survey measured the [...]
This just in: experiences EWI co-created with Kia and T-Mobile have been recognized by Muse Creative Awards this year as award winners. We are amped! This awards competition was no cakewalk either. The Muse Creative Awards is a global competition hosted by the International Award Association to celebrate the kinds of innovation and vision that propel the creative and [...]
