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Facilities

Aivaf has an extensive range of in-house capabilities suitable for the design and production of hands-on interactive exhibitions

In-house technical capabilities

The company specialises solely within this sector and each staff member is trained not only in their subject area but also in all the elements required to produce a successful exhibit.

The company policy is to only employ full-time permanent staff as we believe that hands-on interactives cannot be properly produced by engineers who do not understand our industry and it’s ethos.

Details of each of the companies departments and their function.

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  • Concept design
  • Technical Design
  • Workshop drawings
  • Research and development
  • Bespoke electronic design and production
  • PCB design and production
  • Audio/Visual control – Visitor interfaces
  • Microprocessor control
  • Research and development Electrical installation – 16th edition wiring regulations
  • Prototyping CE Marking On-site installation
  • Multi Media Development
  • Turning – various materials
  • Milling
  • Welding – Mig / Tig / carbon arc
  • Precision assembly work
  • Prototyping
  • Vaccum Forming
  • On-site installation
  • Research and development
  • Acrylic case construction
  • CE Marking
  • Cabinet construction
  • Hardwood cabinets and interfaces
  • Laminating
  • Woodturning Model
  • Set Dressing
  • making Prototyping
  • On-site fit-out
  • GRP Models
  • Sculpting
  • Research and development
  • Mould and pattern making for GRP production
  • Child and Adult evaluation sessions
  • Research and development
  • O&M Manuals

Latest News

12th & 13th May 2010
See Aivaf at the Museums & Heritage Show
Earls Court London – Stand F4...
25th November 2009
Aivaf Wins Prestigious W5 Contract in Belfast
Aivaf wins the contract for design and build for W5@Odyssey’s new Permanent Exhibition on Gardens and Biodiversity. Due to open in April 2010 the new exhibition will cover Animal and Plant life related To Irish Wildlife....
25th November 2009
Chicago – The Windy City
We are currently working on a large Grain Exhibition which is going to Chicago on a
temporary basis and then onto Kansas for a permanent fit in February 2010....