ShellTex®
ShellTex fabric graphic fitted to an exhibition shell scheme
ShellTex®

Seamless shell scheme graphics

Cover each wall of your exhibition stand with one continuous fabric print. ShellTex clips onto the existing frame, conceals the upright posts and rolls up ready for your next show.

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On the exhibition floor

ShellTex in use

Quirepace · hospital logistics display
Quirepace · hospital logistics display

A 5.5 m back wall met a 2 m return. We adjusted the rail positions to accommodate a half-width bay beside the corner.

7 m × 3 m stand · three graphic walls
7 m × 3 m stand · three graphic walls
BVC · five-panel back wall
BVC · five-panel back wall

One fabric backdrop carried the design across five shell scheme bays. BVC highlighted how quickly the team could put it up and take it down.

Belvoir Farm · corner stand
Belvoir Farm · corner stand
Compatibility

Will ShellTex fit my stand?

We designed ShellTex to fit the vast majority of metal-framed exhibition shell schemes. Using the same graphics and fixings at your next show helps keep costs down and reduces waste.

As part of your order, we check your stand plan and your contractor’s shell scheme specification before we make the graphics. That way you know everything fits before you arrive at the venue.

Booked an unusual frame? For one White Space XPO stand, we modelled the contractor’s profile, tested our clips and made the graphic to a bespoke height. See the FabraMax installation.

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Planning your artwork

One print per wall or a wraparound?

Separate prints give you the most flexibility to reuse individual walls when your stand layout changes.
Separate prints give you the most flexibility to reuse individual walls when your stand layout changes.
A single print can wrap around adjoining walls when the corner posts and dimensions suit. This works best if you regularly use the same layout.
A single print can wrap around adjoining walls when the corner posts and dimensions suit. This works best if you regularly use the same layout.

With separate walls, keep lettering and logos clear of the corners. Send us your stand plan if you want artwork to continue around a corner.

What comes in the box?

The printed wall arrives with slim aluminium rails already fitted. The adapters travel separately in a carton with cut-outs for each clip. Slide the upper adapters along the rails to line them up with the beam, then hook the elasticated lower fittings under the bottom rail.

ShellTex mounting clips neatly arranged in their purpose-designed protective storage carton
The dedicated clip storage carton
Rigid ShellTex top clip hooked over upper shell scheme beam
Rigid top clips support the graphic. Elasticated bottom clips tension the fabric.
ShellTex elasticated bottom fixing attached to lower aluminium rail
The elasticated lower hook
Installation

How to fit your ShellTex wall

Slide the top adapters into the factory-fitted rails. Hang the graphic over the top beam and centre the artwork. Hook the elasticated bottom fixings under the lower beam to tension the fabric.

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One person can generally fit a wall up to about four metres long. For longer walls, have a second person support the folded fabric while you hook each rail into place.

View the nine-step illustrated fitting guide

A ShellTex wall rolled with its rails attached.
A ShellTex wall rolled with its rails attached.
After the show

Roll it up for your next stand.

Fold the fabric between the rail sections, then roll the folded wall into a bundle about a metre wide.

How does it pack away?
Planning your exhibition

Got your stand plan?

Send it with the shell scheme specification from your organiser. We’ll check the frame, wall dimensions and corners, then advise on the layout and artwork template for your stand.

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