Creaplan, based in Nazareth and specialised in exhibition stands, interiors and displays, takes over the stand building activities of Bulik in Izegem. In doing so, the Belgian market leader expands its international client portfolio.

The acquisition fits in with the growth strategy that Creaplan applies. Walter Mastelinck, director and co-shareholder, explains. “On the one hand we grow organically, on the other hand we want to grow through acquisitions of Belgian as well as European companies with a similar or complementary offer. The takeover of the stand building activities of Bulik is fully in line with this growth strategy.”

Match in vision and approach

Bulik is a fitting complement to Creaplan, says CEO Michael Debaveye. “We consider it a good opportunity to incorporate their customers into our structure. Bulik, just like Creaplan, holds years of experience with clients from various sectors. Their in-house production with talented craftsmen, choice for high-quality materials and innovative approach fit seamlessly with our vision.”

Bulik remains active

Bulik shifts its activities as stand builder to Creaplan but remains active as a creative supplier. “The current situation has accelerated our step but is not the cause of the acquisition. Family circumstances make us want a more structured life, in a less deadline related sector. We will however continue being creative.” Bulik Standbouw becomes Bulik 2.0 and will focus on displays, pop-ups, micro events, marketing and numerous creative activities. “We will gradually discover our new core business and find out for what competences our clients appreciate us the most”, says Sofie of Bulik 2.0.

Strong emergence from crisis

These last few months Creaplan has not sat back. COO Vincent Lievens explains. “Although the corona crisis has had an undeniable impact on the events industry, covid has allowed us to accelerate the further broadening of our activities, particularly in interiors and displays.”

About Creaplan

Creaplan is the Belgian market leader in exhibition stands, interior design and displays. With a team of 50 permanent employees and about 80 freelancers, the company from Nazareth designs and builds stands and interiors for SMEs as well as multinationals all over Europe.

For retail, offices, hospitality and more

The new range is developed for production environments as well as retail and offices. Our products range from health displays with protective materials to protective furniture and teleworking infrastructure. We developed these to support companies in maintaining safety measures at work. Our solutions can be deployed flexibly, have a low entry cost and can also be rented.

Stands, interiors, displays and Safety solutions

Our Safety Solutions join our existing service range of stands, interiors and displays. COO Vincent Lievens explains: "With all the European trade fairs and events temporarily on hold starting from March, our workshop came to a complete standstill. The first weeks we used our resources to develop 2 kilometres of mobile walls available to hospitals and residential care centres, to expand their capacity. After that, we started thinking about how we could support companies during this period as well".

The end result of that thinking exercise is a range of furniture and interior solutions, from partitions over mobile washbasins to, of course, our now familiar health displays and temperature check displays.

Durable materials and neat finish

Chances are that this new caution and prevention in the workplace is part of the new normal. That's why - as is always the case for our stands, interiors and displays - we consciously opt for durable materials and solutions that last a long time. We double down on service at the same time: we not only do installation of the health displays, we also supply the materials. That way, you no longer have to look for mouth masks and hand sanitizer etc. yourself.

Setting up your workspace safely?

You can read all about our interior solutions on the Safety solutions page. You can already find our solutions at Brussels Airport, BMW, EY, P&G, Alpro and more.

EuroShop: the largest retail trade fair worldwide

Every three years in February, the Messe in Düsseldorf is home to EuroShop: the largest retail trade fair worldwide. With a strong focus on the technologies of the future, it presents everything there is to know about retail interior design, visual merchandising, retail marketing and technology, exhibition and event marketing and much more, spread over eight dimensions.

Last edition, the fair welcomed more than 110,000 visitors and over 2300 exhibitors. With over 120,000 square meters of inspiration, you are guaranteed to go home with new ideas and interesting contacts. Especially during the 20th edition of the fair! And as a European stand builder with projects all over the world, we wouldn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to share our inspiration with you.

The Creaplan stand: a sea of inspiration

Day in day out, we build stands and interiors for our customers, anywhere in the world. So when we get to build one for ourselves, we like to think outside of the box as well. A challenge our designers loved to dive into! Come visit the Creaplan stand and immerse yourself in the latest customer experience technologies and design practices.

Who knows, maybe you'll fish up some ideas that are sure to make waves at your next trade fair participation?

Find us at Hall 4

You'll find us in hall 4, booth B32. See you then?

Last week, 80 MS patients overcame the limits of their bodies and climbed the Mont-Blanc together, under the guidance of the Belgian Air Force. A fantastic experience for them to which Creaplan is happy to contribute.