A lanyard is often the first piece of branding a visitor sees from you, even before they have properly stepped onto your stand. Your logo hangs around the neck of every visitor, every speaker and every team member all day long. A ribbon barely two centimetres wide walks the aisles for hours and still shows up afterwards in the organiser’s photos. Many brands underestimate that.
We supply lanyards, badge holders and accreditation materials for trade fairs, conferences, open days and staff events in Belgium. A simple printed ribbon is fine, and so is a complete package including badges and clips. Tell us which event you’re ordering for and what quantities you have in mind, and we’ll suggest a finish that suits it.
A lanyard holds a badge, and it usually doesn’t stop there. At a trade fair or conference it is both a recognition sign and a proof of access. Work with a colour code per group and you can see from a distance who is a visitor, who is a speaker and who belongs to the stand team. Your reception saves time, and visitors know straight away who to talk to.
The holder contains the badge with name and job title, often with a QR code or barcode that is scanned at the entrance or for lead capture. Registration runs smoothly and afterwards you know who stopped by. Together with your team’s trade fair clothing, it makes your stand recognisable without anything needing to be explained. A flyer disappears into a bag after ten minutes. A lanyard is worn by your visitor all day.
The material determines how the ribbon feels, how sharp your logo looks and which price range you end up in. Torn between two finishes? Feel free to ask for samples. Touching and seeing simply works better than a product photo on a screen.
Width matters at least as much. Around two centimetres is the most popular middle ground, wide enough for a legible logo and narrow enough to wear comfortably. A narrower ribbon of one or one and a half centimetres looks more discreet and is usually more affordable. Go for two and a half centimetres or wider and you get room for a longer text or a second logo next to yours.
The price per ribbon follows from those choices: material, width, finish and quantity. Send us those four details and you’ll get a concrete calculation back.
The ribbon is only half the story. What hangs from it determines how comfortable and how safe the whole thing is to wear. A safety breakaway has a release point at the neck that opens as soon as it is pulled too hard, and then you simply click it back together. For public events, in crowds and certainly near stand construction or machinery, we recommend it as standard. It costs little extra and gives a lot of peace of mind.
At the bottom there is usually a trigger hook or lobster clip from which the badge holder hangs. A swivel version stops the badge from constantly flipping over, and matt black or nickel-plated gives a calmer look than shiny silver. The holder itself comes in hard plastic, which protects better and sits neatly straight on the chest, and in soft PVC, which is lighter and stacks more easily for large runs. For multi-day events, organisers usually choose the harder model, as it survives days two and three better. If your badges are scanned often, a badge reel is handy, as you pull the badge towards the reader without taking off the lanyard.
The technique determines how your logo looks and how long production takes. Screen printing lays even, opaque areas of colour on the ribbon and is the logical choice for a simple logo or text in one or two spot colours, including for larger runs. Do keep details a little bolder, as hairline strokes quickly fill in.
With sublimation or full colour, the ink soaks into the ribbon itself. Gradients and fine details stay sharp and you can run a pattern along the full length. A woven logo sits in the fabric and has a slightly raised feel. It looks the most premium and lasts the longest, but you pay for that with a longer production time and less room for small details. On the clip there is also doming, a small domed resin sticker with a logo, often used for a sponsor or a second brand.
Ideally, send your logo as a vector file. Our prepress team lays it out at the chosen width and shows you which technique gives the sharpest result.
Lanyards are often ordered in large numbers and thrown away after one day. A shame, because a few simple choices prevent a lot of that. Choose a ribbon made from recycled PET or a natural fibre, reuse your badge holders and only renew the badge itself. Place a clearly marked collection box at the exit too, it works better than you’d think. And if you choose a neutral ribbon without a year on it, the same design lasts across several editions. Individual packaging is best left out when it isn’t needed.
On timing, we’ll keep it short. Woven lanyards and special clips have a longer production time than a standard printed ribbon, and in the busy trade fair season that lead time increases a little. So send your design a few weeks before your event, leaving room for a proof and a correction. Want to arrange the rest of your stand at the same time? Take a look at the page about trade fairs and events.
That differs per model. For a standard printed ribbon the threshold is usually lower than for woven lanyards or special clips. Let us know which event you’re ordering for and what quantities you have in mind, and you’ll get the applicable threshold per model and a proposal based on those quantities.
Between your approval of the design and the moment the lanyards arrive, there is usually a period of a few weeks. Woven lanyards, special clips and large runs take more time than a simple printed ribbon. In the busy trade fair season that lead time increases a little, so request your quote in good time. The exact timing is stated on your order confirmation.
Yes. With sublimation the ink soaks into the ribbon, so gradients and fine details stay sharp. For a logo with several colours, that is usually the best choice. Send your file as a vector and we’ll lay it out at the chosen width, so you can see straight away whether all details stay legible.
Around two centimetres is the most popular width, wide enough for a legible logo and narrow enough to wear comfortably. Narrower ribbons look more discreet and are usually more affordable. A wider ribbon gives you room for a longer text or a second logo. Which width your logo can handle becomes clear as soon as we lay it out at actual size.
Certainly. There are ribbons made from recycled PET and from natural fibres. It also helps to reuse badge holders, collect the lanyards afterwards and choose a neutral ribbon without a year that you use across several editions. For the model you choose, the available sustainable options are listed in your quote.
Yes. We supply the complete package: the ribbon, the badge holder, the clip and the printed badges with name, job title or QR code. That way everything fits together neatly and you have just one point of contact. Send us your attendee list and your house style, and we’ll put an accreditation workflow down on paper.
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