The Best Trade Show Cases
Every year, thousands of exhibitors pack up their booth displays, electronics, signage and merchandise and hit the road for the industry events that drive their business, from the massive halls of InfoComm and NAB to the sprawling floors of PACK Expo and SHOT Show. And every year, too many of them arrive at their booth space to find shattered monitor bezels, bent display frames, crushed signage and merchandise that looks like it lost a fight with a freight handler.
There's a better way to go to market. Calzone & Anvil Case Company has been building the cases that protect trade show investments since 1952, and with facilities in Connecticut, Texas and California, we're the largest custom fabricated ATA flight and road case manufacturer in the United States. Whether you're a first-time exhibitor at a regional show or a seasoned road warrior running a 40-foot inline booth at IAAPA or RSNA, we build the cases that get your show on the road and keep it going.
Why ATA Cases Beat the Alternatives
Cardboard boxes are a one-way ticket. Wooden crates are heavy, expensive to ship and prone to damage. Generic plastic totes offer almost no real protection for precision electronics, delicate signage or high-value merchandise displays. The best solution is to use ATA Spec 300 Category 1 cases that are engineered for a minimum of 100 round trips and built to absorb real-world freight abuse and keep your contents intact show after show, year after year.
More than a durability advantage, it's a total cost of ownership advantage. When you consider ROI and amortize the cost of a Calzone & Anvil custom ATA case across five, ten or fifteen years of trade show seasons, the math is undeniable. You stop buying replacement packaging, stop filing freight claims and stop showing up on the floor with gear that looks tired before the show even opens.
And when sustainability matters to your brand, reusable ATA cases dramatically reduce the cardboard waste that disposable packaging generates show after show.
The Trade Show Case Lineup: Built for Every Exhibit Need
Flat Screen Monitor Cases and Monitor Lift Cases
Your monitors are among the most expensive and most fragile assets in your booth. Calzone & Anvil builds flat screen monitor cases in virtually any size, with custom-cut foam interiors that immobilize your display during transit and stage it safely between shows. For exhibitors who need height-adjustable presentation, our monitor lift cases integrate a motorized lift mechanism directly into the case so the same road-ready case that protected your display in the freight hold becomes the stand that presents it on the show floor. No assembly. No missing hardware. No searching for a screwdriver twenty minutes before doors open.
Digital Signage Cases
Digital signage is no longer a luxury at trade shows. It's a baseline expectation. Large-format LED panels, modular tile systems and transparent display panels are precision instruments that require purpose-built protection. Our digital signage cases are engineered to the exact dimensions of your display system, with shock-isolated interiors and heavy-duty hardware designed to handle the rigors of regular air and ground freight.
Trunks, Desk Trunks and Heavy-Duty Trunks
The classic ATA trunk is the backbone of any trade show kit, but at Calzone & Anvil, a trunk can be much more than a shipping container. Our desk trunks are engineered with a work surface built directly into the case, transforming your road case into a functional exhibit desk or reception counter the moment it arrives at your booth space. No furniture rentals. No assembling flat-pack tables under pressure. Your desk rolled in with your freight, and it's ready before the show floor crew finishes the aisle carpet.
For exhibitors who want maximum flexibility without added weight, our removable lid table system lets a standard case lid do double duty as a freestanding table, supported by its own folding legs and deployable in seconds. And for those who need even more surface area in a compact footprint, our M.I.C.S. (Modular Integrated Case System) allows lids and ancillary table surfaces to attach directly to the case body, creating an integrated workstation or display counter without the bulk and weight of a separate piece of furniture.
From compact carry-on-compatible trunks to full-size road cases rated for the heaviest freight environments, Calzone & Anvil builds trunks in every dimension and configuration, with aircraft-grade aluminum hardware, recessed latches, heavy-duty casters and lid stays, all built in-house to your exact specifications.
For the most demanding applications, our STRONGBOX heavy-duty trunk series delivers exceptional structural rigidity and load-bearing capacity. STRONGBOX cases are the go-to choice for protecting trade show backdrops, large fixture components, tension fabric display systems and structural hardware that takes a beating show after show. When your backdrop infrastructure is too valuable to trust to a standard case, STRONGBOX is the answer.
Workboxes with Drawers
The organized exhibitor is the efficient exhibitor. Calzone & Anvil workboxes with custom drawer configurations keep your tools, supplies, literature, branded merchandise and small components exactly where you expect them, and protect them during transit. Drawer workboxes are essential for production crews, AV technicians and exhibit managers who need fast, repeatable access to specific items without tearing through a trunk at setup call.
Hospitality Cases: The Backstage Kitchen
Hospitality is a competitive advantage at major trade shows, and nothing draws prospects into your booth faster than the smell of fresh coffee. Calzone & Anvil's Backstage Kitchen hospitality case is a fully self-contained catering station built into a road-ready ATA case. Arrive with a mini-fridge stocked with beverages, a microwave for quick meal prep and a coffee maker ready to brew, all housed in a rugged, lockable case that ships with your exhibit freight and sets up in minutes.
Whether you're hosting VIP client meetings at CES, keeping your crew fueled during a marathon setup day at NAB or offering a hospitality moment to prospects at RSNA, the Backstage Kitchen turns your booth into a destination. No venue catering minimums. No running to the convention center coffee cart for $8 cups. Just seamless, branded hospitality that makes your team and your guests feel at home anywhere in the country.
Retractable Banner and Pull-Up Banner Cases
Retractable banners, pull-up banners, roll-up banners and roller banners are among the most universally used, and most frequently damaged, assets in the trade show exhibitor's kit. Graphic panels crease. Hardware bends. Roller mechanisms jam after one too many careless packdowns. Calzone & Anvil builds purpose-built ATA cases for banner storage and transport, protecting your rolled graphics and hardware from the crush and vibration of freight transit. With custom foam cradles and secure latching, your banners arrive at every show flat, clean and show-ready without the ruined graphic that always seems to reveal itself when you're standing in the aisle ten minutes before doors open.
Go-Live Workstation Flypacks
For software companies, AV integrators and tech exhibitors who need to demonstrate live product at trade shows, our Go-Live Workstation — commonly called a flypack or flycase — is a fully integrated mobile command center. These custom-built cases house integrated monitors, signal routing infrastructure, cable management and power distribution in a single road-ready package that sets up in minutes and performs like a broadcast truck.
Whether you're running live software demos at an OCP Global Summit event, showcasing video production capabilities at SVG Summit or Cine Gear, or demoing your latest platform at SXSW or a Silicon Valley tech summit, a Go-Live Workstation flypack means your team hits the floor ready to present, not spending setup day untangling cables and hunting for adapters.
Rack Cases and SLR Slam Lid Racks with Pocket Doors
Professional audio-visual and broadcast equipment demands professional protection. Our rack cases are built to house standard 19-inch rack-mount equipment with shock isolation, internal cable management and configurable front and rear access. For exhibitors and production professionals who need fast access without sacrificing protection, our SLR (Slam Lid Rack) cases with pocket doors are the industry gold standard with doors that slide and pocket cleanly out of the way for immediate access, then close securely for transit without exposed hardware or awkward panel storage. No more losing your lid at the show.
SLR slam lid racks are a fixture in touring production, broadcast remote and trade show AV deployments from NAB and InfoComm to DCAC and the Battery Show tech floor.
Chair and Seating Storage Cases
Booth chairs are an afterthought, until they're not. Folding chairs, director's chairs, padded stools and hospitality seating take a beating in freight, and exhibitors who toss them loose into trucks quickly discover that bent frames and torn upholstery are a real budget line. Chair rental prices are crazy at these trade shows. Calzone & Anvil builds custom chair storage cases that protect your seating assets during transit, keep them organized between shows and make setup faster by putting everything exactly where your crew expects it.
Trophy Cases and Memorabilia Display Cases
Awards programs, hall-of-fame displays and high-value merchandise showcases deserve cases that protect and present. Calzone & Anvil builds custom trophy cases and memorabilia cases with acrylic viewing panels, plush velvet-lined interiors and locking hardware, cases that serve as both secure transit packaging and finished display furniture on the show floor.
Large-Format Display Cases: Your Entire Booth in a Box
Perhaps the most dramatic innovation in trade show case design is our large-format display case system. Picture a case up to 8 feet tall and 5 feet wide. Then picture it opening up to become your entire booth backdrop.
These remarkable cases are engineered to open and deploy as complete, self-contained exhibit environments. The interior surfaces accept custom graphics panels. Built-in shelves and compartments showcase merchandise, product samples and marketing materials. Accessory hooks, lighting mounts and signage rails integrate directly into the case structure. What arrives on your freight pallet becomes, in a matter of minutes, a fully branded, beautifully merchandised booth backdrop — with no additional display structures, no union labor for assembly and no logistics headaches.
For brands that exhibit at multiple shows annually, a large-format display case system pays for itself in reduced drayage fees, faster setup times and a consistently polished brand presentation, regardless of who is staffing the booth that week.
Between Shows, Your Cases Work Just as Hard
One of the most underappreciated advantages of a well-designed ATA case system is what happens between shows. When CES wraps in January and your next major event isn't until InfoComm in June, where does your exhibit gear live?
For most exhibitors, the answer is a storage unit, a back office or a warehouse corner, where gear gets shuffled, misplaced, borrowed for other uses and returned in unknown condition. Monitors get stacked wrong. Banner hardware gets separated from its graphic. The hospitality kit gets raided for the breakroom microwave.
Calzone & Anvil cases solve this problem by design. Your flat screens live in their monitor cases. Your banners stay rolled in their protective cradles. Your workbox drawers hold every cable, adapter and tool in exactly the right place. Your Backstage Kitchen stays stocked and ready. When the call comes to exhibit — at a conference, a pop-up event, a client roadshow or an industry summit — your team pulls the cases, loads the truck and goes. No inventory scramble. No last-minute replacements. No arriving at the show to discover that critical piece you assumed was packed actually isn't.
A Calzone & Anvil case system protects your trade show investment in transit and manages your entire exhibit program between shows, so you're always one truck call away from being show-ready.
Not Every Application Needs a Custom ATA Case
We get it. Not every item in your booth requires a full ATA fabricated case. For smaller, lighter items where weight and budget are the primary concerns, Calzone & Anvil is also an authorized dealer for Pelican, SKB and NANUK lightweight plastic cases with our CAD-designed custom-cut foam inserts. These impact-resistant injection-molded cases are ideal for cameras, lenses, laptops, tablets, handheld devices and small electronics, engineered protection in a format that can check as luggage or ship small parcel.
And for exhibit components, literature, branded premiums and merchandise that typically ship in cardboard, our EverLite corrugated plastic shipping boxes offer a durable, reusable alternative to single-use cardboard. EverLite boxes stack cleanly, resist moisture damage and survive the rigors of repeat freight shipping, saving you money on replacement packaging while keeping your materials arriving in show-ready condition.
Built for Every Show on the Calendar
Calzone & Anvil cases travel to, and protect investments at, trade shows and industry events across virtually every vertical. Our customers exhibit and perform at events including:
AV, Broadcast & Entertainment: InfoComm, LDI, NAB Show, Cine Gear Expo, SVG Summit, CFX
Music & Performing Arts: NAMM, TMEA, USITT
Technology, Innovation & Consumer Electronics: CES, SXSW, OCP Global Summit, DCAC, and major Silicon Valley technology summits and product launch events
Aerospace, Defense & Government: NBAA, AUSA, Space Tech Expo, AB (Aero Billerica), SHOT Show, RS&A, SLATS Show
Medical & Life Sciences: RSNA, MD&M (Medical Design & Manufacturing)
Packaging, Manufacturing & Energy: PACK Expo, Battery Show
Theme Park, Attractions & Entertainment: IAAPA Expo
Travel & Consumer Goods: Travel Goods Show
Exhibits & Events Industry: Exhibitor Live, GlobalShop, EDPA ACCESS, IAEE Expo! Expo!
Sports & Recreation: NACDA, FRC Robotics, AEMA
Whether your next show is a 10-by-10 booth at a regional industry event or a sprawling 3,000-square-foot island exhibit at one of the major internationals, Calzone & Anvil builds the cases that protect your investment, accelerate your setup and elevate your brand presentation on the floor.
Custom-Engineered. American-Made. Ready When You Are.
Every Calzone & Anvil case is engineered and fabricated to order at our U.S. facilities in Connecticut, Texas and California. Our team works directly with exhibit designers, AV integrators, marketing directors and booth managers to engineer cases that solve real problems to protect gear and improve every aspect of how you move, set up and present at shows.
If you're heading into trade show season with cardboard boxes, generic cases or equipment that's been repaired one too many times, it's time to talk to Calzone & Anvil.
** Request a custom quote at calzoneanvil.com — and arrive at your next show ready to perform.**
Calzone & Anvil Case Company | Connecticut • Texas • California | The #1 U.S. Manufacturer of Custom Fabricated ATA Flight and Road Cases
