Trade show figure

A rocket engine as a trade show model: Storm for The Exploration Company

Large-format 3D printing makes temporary event installations high-quality, brand-aligned, and attention-grabbing.

A rocket engine as a trade show display? We can do that.

We had the opportunity to create a vivid, large-format 3D-printed trade show model of the "Storm" engine for The Exploration Company. Storm is a European rocket engine program for modern space propulsion, and its full-scale model was unveiled to the public for the first time at ILA Berlin. The engine is designed to run on liquid oxygen and bio-methane, is built for reusability, and is intended to deliver up to 180 tons of thrust at sea level. Technically, Storm is based on a highly sophisticated full-flow staged combustion cycle.

For us, this commission was much more than just another trade show model. It was a project defined by speed, technical fascination, and a very clear goal: within a very short timeframe, we had to turn digital data into a physical exhibit that makes the complexity, scale, and impact of a modern rocket engine tangible.

From the initial inquiry to the finished trade show object, only eight days passed. Eight days of planning, printing, preparing, post-processing, and finalizing. To reliably meet this tight deadline, we pooled all our manpower, parallelized our workflows, and put in more than a few extra shifts. Not just out of a sense of duty, but because this task immediately captured our imagination.

With an object like this, size isn't the only thing that counts. Visually, an engine thrives on its technical architecture: lines, shapes, transitions, proportions, and surfaces must be executed in a way that turns a printed model into an understandable, impressive exhibit. The challenge was to convincingly translate the technical aesthetic of the Storm engine into a physical model—robust enough for trade show operations, precise enough for presentation, and impressive enough to command attention.

The result: a large-format trade show model that makes the scale and complexity of the Storm program visible, giving visitors an immediate impression of what The Exploration Company is working on. Because that is exactly what trade show models are for: they translate sophisticated technology into an object that can be viewed, understood, and remembered.

In the end, it was a project that began under enormous time pressure and was completed with confidence. For us, it was a special assignment—not just because of the space exploration theme, but also because of the speed, the technical challenge, and the collective effort of the team.

In short: A rocket engine as a trade show model? We can do that.

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