Written by Norman De Bono, London Free Press

The business, stevensE3, which designs and builds exhibit and event displays, has leased 55,000 square feet at the former steel-wheel manufacturing plant, said Andrew Stevens, the company’s vice-president.
“We’re still moving in. We’re just getting things up and running,” Stevens said. “With how much we have grown, we needed to make this transition. We have been looking for a new space.”

During the pandemic, the business lost about 85 per cent of its sales. Since then, demand for exhibits and displays has boomed and sales have increased tenfold.
The company employs about 30 people. Much of its growth has come from building displays for medical, military and education-related trade shows, Stevens said.

“We have been working with different agencies, building our brand with different clients since the pandemic, and it has paid off,” he added.
“We’re doing a lot more custom work. We do custom builds for exhibits. We exploded out of the pandemic. A lot of the trade shows have come back and we made some good connections out of the pandemic.”

Stevens represents the fourth generation of the family business, which has operated in London for about 100 years and began by making hand-painted signs.
StevensE3 was previously located at 2101 Oxford St. E. The building has been conditionally sold. The company also operated a warehouse elsewhere in the city and has now consolidated both operations at the new location, said Larin Shouldice, a realtor with CBRE, the commercial realty firm.

“This is a positive example of the reuse of industrial space,” Shouldice said. “They have gone from two sites in London to one. It’s a space that can be adapted for different uses.”
Accuride closed in January 2025 after 56 years, laying off about 200 workers. The building is now owned by E&E McLaughlin Ltd.

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