President and Mrs. Obama dance on a custom-built circular stage with a faux finish design cut on an EskoArtwork Kongsberg i-XL

摘要

Few people watching the inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States would have realized the role EskoArtwork's Kongsberg i-XL played in the proceedings. For Hargrove Inc, a management firm for special events, custom exhibits and trade show services which has been a major contractor for every presidential inauguration since 1949, time was of the essence. The company had seven days to provide all the services for the inauguration: ten balls, three dinners, seven floats and many other events which entailed 44 separate jobs in 34 different venues over six days. Most of the decorations used in these events were printedrnon a Vutek QS3200 large format printer and cut on an EskoArtwork Kongsberg i-XL.