case study
Simplifying entry
Self-service terminals are a successful way of
simplifying and streamlining entry into trade fairs
and other professional events
By Evolis – www.evolis.com
The success of a professional event
is highly dependent on the quality of
its visitor marketing. The organisers of
conferences and trade fairs need effective
solutions to manage visitor registration,
access control, and badge creation.
Specialised in managing arrivals, French
company LENI has seen great success
with its self-service terminals that reduce
waiting times.
A leading French company in the
short-term hire of IT and office equipment
and the management of visitor arrivals,
LENI has been deploying several hundred
Evolis plastic card printers, linked to a
network and run by software developed
by LENI for the production of visitor
badges, for more than 10 years. Regular
feedback from clients who wish to
improve the management of visitor flows
and the high cost of temporary staff has
led the LENI teams to consider a self-
service terminal solution.
Terminals made in France
In collaboration with K2Corp, a French
20 KIOSK solutions
manufacturer of interactive terminals,
LENI proposed this new solution to all
its clients in 2016. Today, LENI owns 10
terminals, which are regularly installed at
the entrance of trade fairs around France.
Depending on the client’s
specifications, the terminal can include
a payment point, an RFID reader, and a
barcode or QR code reader. In addition,
all the terminals include an Evolis KC200B
print module for plastic cards capable
of producing various badges depending
on the visitor’s profile. The organizers
of Première Vision, the global event for
fashion professionals, tested it out for the
first time in 2016 and were satisfied with
the reliability and speed of the terminals.
Visitors can choose to pay their entry
fee at the welcome desk and have their
badges printed by an attendant, or carry
out the entire process on their own in
just a few seconds on the self-service
terminal. In both cases, the single-sided
monochrome badges are personalised
with Evolis systems and display the name
and company of the visitor, as well as a
barcode. More than 35,000 badges were
issued for Première Vision 2016.
Growing demand
K2Corp delivered 25 additional terminals
in 2017 to expand LENI’s stock and
respond to growing demand from
customers in the events industry. This