UK - Two years ago, PCL Live opened its doors cater for Northeast Scotland’s production needs. Investing in the latest technology and using the team’s extensive experience, the company quickly established itself.
From the start, it had a large focus on Leyard Europe LED screens. Significant expansion continues that focus, as does a recent investment in Leyard’s LN Series, which is helping the company go from strength to strength.
“We now have over 200m2 of Leyard video wall including CFO, NEV and MGP, plus the recent addition of the new LN Series, all of which has been very good and extremely versatile,” says Alex Sherman, business development and technical manager at PCL Live.
“Because the LN Series is both indoor and outdoor rated and the panels are so easily connected together, we can quickly create amazing structures. This has allowed us to expand what we do and gives us a lot more flexibility in what we can provide our clients. We can handle projects for large companies, especially in the oil, gas and energy sector.”
Over the past two years, PCL has invested over half a million pounds into Leyard video walls alone, expanded its warehouse to twice its original size, increased its fleet of vans, and seen a 200 per cent increase in staffing levels. Revenue also doubled in its second year, with further growth projected for next year.
“We’ve pushed the boundaries in Aberdeen, and this has allowed us to move into more national and international projects,” Sherman continues. “Because we operate such a lean business model, we can be competitive with our pricing. Our Leyard products go out multiple times a week, which allows us to quickly recoup our investment. It's a no brainer from our point of view and means we can compete with the bigger players.”
PCL Live is currently pitching for some exclusive events throughout Scotland in which the team have had to utilise out of the box thinking to accommodate the client’s desire to have video walls in challenging locations. The company is looking at new ways for utilising its Leyard screens, with ingenious use of products that would traditionally be used for fixed installations, MGP for example, which has been deployed for rental projects such as conferences and exhibitions, for example for stands at the biennial Offshore Europe conference.
“It’s wonderful to see PCL go from strength to strength and gratifying to know we’ve played a part in that,” says Leyard’s Luke Marler-Hausen.
